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Iron Hands, a Fighting and Electric type Pokémon, official artwork

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Iron Hands: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

FightingElectricUUBL

Iron Hands is a bulky attacker, led by its HP (154) and Attack (140), with a base stat total of 570. Competitively it is too strong for UnderUsed but outclassed in OU, a classic borderline case. It currently appears on 2.1% of OU teams.

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What is Iron Hands weak to?

How much damage Iron Hands takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFairyGroundPsychic
0.5×ResistsDarkBugElectricRockSteel

Iron Hands takes super-effective damage from Fairy, Ground, Psychic. It resists Dark, Bug, Electric, Rock, Steel.

Best moveset for Iron Hands

The most-used moves on Iron Hands in OU (Smogon singles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):

  • Ice PunchIce7525.2%
  • Drain PunchFighting7518.7%
  • Swords DanceNormal-18.5%
  • Wild ChargeElectric9012.3%
  • Supercell SlamElectric1008%
  • Close CombatFighting1206.7%

Best nature for Iron Hands

Adamant. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Adamant with 248/252/8/0/0/0 EVs (42.1% of sets).

Abilities

  • Quark DriveElectric Terrain active or Booster Energy used: highest stat is 1.3x, or 1.5x if Speed.

Best counters for Iron Hands

Based on OU (Smogon singles) battle statistics, these Pokémon most reliably beat or force out Iron Hands:

Best teammates for Iron Hands

Pokémon most often paired with Iron Hands on successful OU (Smogon singles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:

Full learnset (56 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Close CombatFighting120100%Physical
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
ThunderElectric11070%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Supercell SlamElectric10095%Physical
Play RoughFairy9090%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
ThunderboltElectric90100%Special
Wild ChargeElectric90100%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
SlamNormal8075%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Drain PunchFighting75100%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Ice PunchIce75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Volt SwitchElectric70100%Special
Low SweepFighting65100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Force PalmFighting60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
Fake OutNormal40100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
Arm ThrustFighting15100%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Hard PressSteel?100%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
Seismic TossFighting?100%Physical
Belly DrumNormal--Status
ChargeElectric--Status
DetectFighting--Status
Electric TerrainElectric--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Focus EnergyNormal--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
MetronomeNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Sand AttackGround-100%Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
WhirlwindNormal--Status