#0992 · Gen 9 · 570 BST

Iron Hands

FightingElectric Quark DriveQuark Drive

VGC tank. Drain Punch + Wild Charge with Assault Vest.

Base stats

HP 154

Attack 140

Defense 108

Sp. Atk 50

Sp. Def 68

Speed 50

Level 50, min EVs/IVs, − nature

229/144/115/63/79/63

Level 50, 252 EVs, 31 IVs, + nature

261/211/176/112/132/112

Abilities

Quark Drive

Boosts the Pokémon's most proficient stat on Electric Terrain or if the Pokémon is holding Booster Energy.

Quark Drive

Boosts the Pokémon's most proficient stat on Electric Terrain or if the Pokémon is holding Booster Energy.

Iron Hands's learnset

53 moves in Gen 9 (Scarlet/Violet). Click any move for full data and damage calc.

Move	Type	Cat	BP	Acc
Arm Thrust	fighting	physical	15	100
Belly Drum	normal	other	—	101
Body Press	fighting	physical	80	100
Body Slam	normal	physical	85	100
Brick Break	fighting	physical	75	100
Bulldoze	ground	physical	60	100
Charge	electric	other	—	101
Close Combat	fighting	physical	120	100
Detect	fighting	other	—	101
Drain Punch	fighting	physical	75	100
Earthquake	ground	physical	100	100
Electric Terrain	electric	other	—	101
Endure	normal	other	—	101
Facade	normal	physical	70	100
Fake Out	normal	physical	40	100
Fire Punch	fire	physical	75	100
Fling	dark	physical	1	100
Focus Blast	fighting	special	120	70
Focus Energy	normal	other	—	101
Focus Punch	fighting	physical	150	100
Force Palm	fighting	physical	60	100
Giga Impact	normal	physical	150	90
Heavy Slam	steel	physical	1	100
Hyper Beam	normal	special	150	90
Ice Punch	ice	physical	75	100
Iron Defense	steel	other	—	101
Iron Head	steel	physical	80	100
Low Kick	fighting	physical	1	100
Low Sweep	fighting	physical	65	100
Metronome	normal	other	—	101
Play Rough	fairy	physical	90	90
Protect	normal	other	—	101
Rest	psychic	other	—	101
Reversal	fighting	physical	1	100
Rock Slide	rock	physical	75	90
Rock Tomb	rock	physical	60	95
Sand Attack	ground	other	—	100
Scary Face	normal	other	—	100
Seismic Toss	fighting	physical	1	100
Slam	normal	physical	80	75
Sleep Talk	normal	other	—	101
Stomping Tantrum	ground	physical	75	100
Substitute	normal	other	—	101
Swords Dance	normal	other	—	101
Tackle	normal	physical	40	100
Take Down	normal	physical	90	85
Tera Blast	normal	physical/special	80	100
Thunder	electric	special	110	70
Thunder Punch	electric	physical	75	100
Thunderbolt	electric	special	90	100

Showing top 50 of 53 moves.

Type effectiveness

Takes 2× damage from

GroundPsychicFairy

Takes ½× damage from

ElectricBugRockDarkSteel

Use the type chart for the full 18×18 matchup grid.

About Iron Hands

Iron Hands is a Fighting/Electric-type Pokémon from Generation 9 with a Base Stat Total of 570. VGC tank. Drain Punch + Wild Charge with Assault Vest.

Best stat: HP (154 base)

Iron Hands's standout stat informs its competitive role. With 140 base Attack and 50 base Speed, the standard offensive set will invest 252 EVs into Attack and 252 into Speed — though its low Speed often warrants Trick Room support instead.

Abilities

Quark Drive
Quark Drive

How to use Iron Hands competitively

Open the damage calculator with Iron Hands selected to test offensive matchups. For an EV spread that hits key benchmarks, use the EV calculator — Iron Hands appears in the species dropdown. Drop Iron Hands into the team builder to check coverage with five teammates.

Competitive build

We have a hand-written competitive build for Iron Hands — see the Iron Hands build page for the optimal item, ability, Tera type, EV spread, moveset, partners, and counters.

Pokédex data summary

National Dex #	#0992
Generation	Gen 9
Type	Fighting / Electric
Abilities	Quark Drive, Quark Drive
Base Stat Total	570
HP / Atk / Def / SpA / SpD / Spe	154 / 140 / 108 / 50 / 68 / 50