Iron Hands counters

Gen 9 VGC 2026 Reg I (Bo3) · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Iron Hands
#0992 Iron Hands
FightingElectric
USAGE 8.1% #24
BASE STATS
HP 154
ATK 140
DEF 108
SPA 50
SPD 68
SPE 50
BST570
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GroundPsychicFairy
½×
ElectricBugRockDarkSteel
Moves
Fake Out 99.6% Wild Charge 97.8% Low Kick 96.9% Drain Punch 69.0% Heavy Slam 17.3% Volt Switch 9.3% Ice Punch 3.9% Brick Break 2.2%
Items
Assault Vest 98.5% Clear Amulet 0.6% Electric Seed 0.6% Grassy Seed 0.1% Leftovers 0.0% White Herb 0.0% Booster Energy 0.0% Sitrus Berry 0.0%
Tera Types
Bug 47.1% Water 46.0% Grass 2.9% Fire 2.1% Fairy 0.7% Fighting 0.4% Dark 0.2% Ground 0.2%
Common Teammates
Miraidon82.2%Farigiraf46.6%Calyrex-Ice41.7%Whimsicott32.9%Iron Bundle19.0%Calyrex-Shadow17.4%Incineroar17.3%Lunala16.4%

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 #24 with 8.08% usage. Sorted by reliability score.