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Lairon, a Steel and Rock type Pokémon, official artwork

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Lairon: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Lairon is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Defense (140) and Attack (90), with a base stat total of 430.

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What is Lairon weak to?

How much damage Lairon takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toFightingGround
2×Weak toWater
0.5×ResistsBugDragonFairyIcePsychicRock
0.25×ResistsFlyingNormal
0×Immune toPoison

Lairon takes super-effective damage from Fighting, Ground, Water (Fighting and Ground hit it for 4x damage). It resists Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Ice, Psychic, Rock, Flying, Normal and is immune to Poison.

Best moveset for Lairon

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

  • Head SmashRock150
  • Steel BeamSteel140
  • Double-EdgeNormal120
  • SuperpowerFighting120

Best nature for Lairon

Adamant. Lairon is a physical attacker (90 Attack vs 50 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • SturdyIf this Pokemon is at full HP, it survives one hit with at least 1 HP. Immune to OHKO.
  • Rock HeadThis Pokemon does not take recoil damage besides Struggle/Life Orb/crash damage.
  • Heavy MetalThis Pokemon's weight is doubled.

Evolution line

Aron
Lairon
Aggron
Full learnset (74 moves; tap to expand)

Lairon is not obtainable in Scarlet/Violet, so this is its National Dex movepool.

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Head SmashRock15080%Physical
Steel BeamSteel14095%Special
Steel RollerSteel130100%Physical
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
SuperpowerFighting120100%Physical
Dragon RushDragon10075%Physical
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Iron TailSteel10075%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
UproarNormal90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
StrengthNormal80100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HeadbuttNormal70100%Physical
Secret PowerNormal70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
Smelling SaltsNormal70100%Physical
StompNormal65100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Ancient PowerRock60100%Special
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Hidden Power WaterWater60100%Special
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
RoundNormal60100%Special
Shock WaveElectric60-Special
Water PulseWater60100%Special
CutNormal5095%Physical
Metal ClawSteel5095%Physical
SnoreNormal50100%Special
Fury CutterBug4095%Physical
Rock SmashFighting40100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
RolloutRock3090%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
FrustrationNormal?100%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
Metal BurstSteel?100%Physical
Natural GiftNormal?100%Physical
ReturnNormal?100%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
AttractNormal-100%Status
AutotomizeSteel--Status
CaptivateNormal-100%Status
ConfideNormal--Status
CurseGhost--Status
Defense CurlNormal--Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
HardenNormal--Status
Hone ClawsDark--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
Magnet RiseElectric--Status
Metal SoundSteel-85%Status
MimicNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
Rock PolishRock--Status
SandstormRock--Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status