Iron Valiant

Iron Valiant @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Moonblast
- Aura Sphere
- Encore
- Knock Off

Overview

Iron Valiant is the most versatile mixed attacker in Gen 9. Booster Energy + base 116 Speed = Quark Drive triggers Spe (since Spe is highest base stat), making it +50% Speed = 525 Spe at level 100. Naive nature keeps both attacking stats positive. The 4-attack set with Encore is the most consistent — but Calm Mind, Swords Dance, Substitute + 3 Attacks all see usage.

Move analysis

Moonblast for Fairy STAB and OHKO on Dragapult/Hydreigon. Aura Sphere for Fighting coverage on Ting-Lu/Heatran/Kingambit/Tyranitar. Encore traps Substitute / Calm Mind / setup users. Knock Off for Slowking-Galar, Blissey, and item removal.

Team partners

Great Tusk (Rapid Spin), Kingambit (Defiant punishes Intimidate, late-game cleaner), Gholdengo (Steel/Ghost defensive backbone), Iron Bundle (revenge kill insurance).

What beats Iron Valiant

Iron Bundle (outspeeds Valiant + Freeze-Dry), Roaring Moon Booster Speed (faster than Valiant after Tera), Toxapex (Regenerator + Haze), Tera Steel Hatterene Magic Bounce.

How to use the build

Open our damage calculator and plug in the EV spread above to see what Iron Valiant OHKOs and 2HKOs against the current OU/VGC meta. Drop Iron Valiant into the team builder to check defensive coverage gaps when paired with your other 5 slots.

Other Fairy/Fighting options

If you want to run a different Fairy-type, browse our competitive builds hub. For more on Tera mechanics, see the damage calculator's Tera explainer and our guide on type matchups.