Iron Hands

Iron Hands Sets & Builds

#992 Fighting Electric BST: 570
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Base Stats

HP
154
Attack
140
Defense
108
Sp. Atk
50
Sp. Def
68
Speed
50

OU Sets

Swords Dance

OverUsed
Item
Booster Energy / Shuca Berry / Grassy Seed
Ability
Nature
Adamant
Tera Type
Flying Fire
Moves
Swords Dance
Drain Punch
or Close Combat
Thunder Punch
or Supercell Slam
Ice Punch
EVs
252 Atk / 172 SpD / 84 Spe

Doubles Sets

Assault Vest

Doubles OU
Item
Assault Vest
Ability
Nature
Adamant
Tera Type
Water Grass
Moves
Fake Out
Wild Charge
Drain Punch
or Close Combat
Ice Punch
or Heavy Slam, Volt Switch
EVs
136 Atk / 208 SpD / 164 Spe

Swords Dance

Doubles OU
Item
Clear Amulet
Ability
Nature
Adamant / Brave
Tera Type
Water Grass
Moves
Swords Dance
Drain Punch
Ice Punch
or Fire Punch
Protect
EVs
IVs
0 Spe

VGC Sets

Bulky Attacker

VGC 2024
Item
Assault Vest
Ability
Nature
Adamant
Tera Type
Water Bug Grass
Moves
Drain Punch
Low Kick
Heavy Slam
or Wild Charge
Fake Out
EVs
60 HP / 156 Atk / 20 Def / 252 SpD / 20 Spe

Offensive Pivot

VGC 2024
Item
Assault Vest
Ability
Nature
Adamant
Moves
Fake Out
Drain Punch
Wild Charge
Heavy Slam
EVs
4 HP / 156 Atk / 4 Def / 252 SpD / 92 Spe

Mono Sets

Swords Dance (Fighting)

Monotype
Item
Shuca Berry / Roseli Berry
Ability
Nature
Adamant
Moves
Swords Dance
Drain Punch
Thunder Punch
Ice Punch
or Heavy Slam
EVs
92 Def / 252 SpD / 164 Spe

Assault Vest (Fighting)

Monotype
Item
Assault Vest
Ability
Nature
Careful
Moves
Drain Punch
Thunder Punch
Heavy Slam
Ice Punch
or Earthquake, Volt Switch
EVs
252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD

Swords Dance (Electric)

Monotype
Item
Shuca Berry / Lum Berry
Ability
Nature
Adamant
Moves
Swords Dance
Drain Punch
Thunder Punch
Ice Punch
EVs
116 Def / 252 SpD / 140 Spe

What Players Actually Run

Ranked-ladder usage for Iron Hands, updated monthly. Data: Smogon usage statistics (ranked ladder).

VGC (June 2026)

#15 · 11.5% of teams
Moves
Fake Out (24.5%) · Wild Charge (22.8%) · Drain Punch (21.2%) · Low Kick (21.2%) · Heavy Slam (3.7%)
Items
Assault Vest (87.9%) · Electric Seed (5%) · Booster Energy (2.5%) · Choice Band (1.4%) · Magnet (1.4%)
Natures
Brave (53%) · Adamant (45.9%)

Smogon OU (July 2026)

#67 · 1.4% of teams
Moves
Ice Punch (24.8%) · Swords Dance (20%) · Drain Punch (19.9%) · Wild Charge (13.6%) · Supercell Slam (7.5%)
Items
Booster Energy (69.7%) · Grassy Seed (16.2%) · Assault Vest (3.6%) · Lum Berry (2.3%) · Leftovers (1.9%)
Natures
Adamant (95.4%) · Brave (2.2%) · Careful (1.8%)

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