Iron Hands counters

Gen 9 VGC 2026 Reg I · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Iron Hands
#0992 Iron Hands
FightingElectric
USAGE 9.7% #22
BASE STATS
HP 154
ATK 140
DEF 108
SPA 50
SPD 68
SPE 50
BST570
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GroundPsychicFairy
½×
ElectricBugRockDarkSteel
Moves
Fake Out 98.1% Wild Charge 91.9% Low Kick 86.8% Drain Punch 79.9% Heavy Slam 15.2% Volt Switch 4.9% Ice Punch 4.5% Brick Break 3.1%
Items
Assault Vest 79.6% Electric Seed 14.7% Clear Amulet 1.3% Sitrus Berry 1.3% Booster Energy 1.0% Black Belt 0.9% Iron Ball 0.4% Leftovers 0.2%
Tera Types
Water 57.9% Bug 23.9% Grass 7.8% Fighting 4.0% Dark 1.5% Fairy 0.9% Fire 0.8% Steel 0.7%
Common Teammates
Miraidon82.1%Calyrex-Ice52.6%Farigiraf37.1%Grimmsnarl32.9%Volcarona19.1%Annihilape17.1%Whimsicott16.7%Sinistcha15.9%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #22 with 9.71% usage. Sorted by reliability score.