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Iron Thorns, a Rock and Electric type Pokémon, official artwork

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Iron Thorns: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

RockElectricNUBL

Iron Thorns is a bulky attacker, led by its Attack (134) and Defense (110), with a base stat total of 570. Competitively it is banned from NeverUsed for overperforming there.

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What is Iron Thorns weak to?

How much damage Iron Thorns takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toGround
2×Weak toFightingGrassWater
0.5×ResistsElectricFireNormalPoison
0.25×ResistsFlying

Iron Thorns takes super-effective damage from Ground, Fighting, Grass, Water (Ground hit it for 4x damage). It resists Electric, Fire, Normal, Poison, Flying.

Best moveset for Iron Thorns

Iron Thorns has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Focus BlastFighting120
  • Meteor BeamRock120
  • BlizzardIce110

Best nature for Iron Thorns

Adamant. Iron Thorns is a physical attacker (134 Attack vs 70 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • Quark DriveElectric Terrain active or Booster Energy used: highest stat is 1.3x, or 1.5x if Speed.
Full learnset (76 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
Meteor BeamRock12090%Special
BlizzardIce11070%Special
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
ThunderElectric11070%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Supercell SlamElectric10095%Physical
High HorsepowerGround9595%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
ThunderboltElectric90100%Special
Wild ChargeElectric90100%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Dragon ClawDragon80100%Physical
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Power GemRock80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Ice PunchIce75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Volt SwitchElectric70100%Special
Fire FangFire6595%Physical
Ice FangIce6595%Physical
Thunder FangElectric6595%Physical
BiteDark60100%Physical
Breaking SwipeDragon60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Dragon TailDragon6090%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
ElectrowebElectric5595%Special
SnarlDark5595%Special
Charge BeamElectric5090%Special
Metal ClawSteel5095%Physical
Rock ThrowRock5090%Physical
Smack DownRock50100%Physical
Sand TombGround3585%Physical
Pin MissileBug2595%Physical
Rock BlastRock2590%Physical
Electro BallElectric?100%Special
FlingDark?100%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
ChargeElectric--Status
CurseGhost--Status
Dragon DanceDragon--Status
Eerie ImpulseElectric-100%Status
Electric TerrainElectric--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpikesGround--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status