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Iron Defense

Steel · Status · 17 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Steel
Iron Defense
TypeSteel
CategoryStatus
Base power—
Accuracynever misses
PP15
Priority0
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Kingambit 36.8% 0% Mega Metagross 7.0% 3.7% Corviknight 2.0% 12.7% Mudsdale 0.63% 0.5% Mega Chesnaught 0.31% 29.7% Mega Skarmory 0.27% 5.6% Mega Scolipede 0.23% 4.1% Mega Aggron 0.21% 83.8% Cofagrigus 0.21% 45.2% Mega Steelix 0.13% 3.5% Orthworm 0.11% 29.6% Mega Slowbro 0.11% 20.6% Garganacl 0.07% 11.6% Runerigus 0.07% 7.8% Sandaconda 0.03% 49.1% Bastiodon 0.02% 68.6% Appletun 0.01% 11.3%

What it does

Raises the user's Defense by 2 stages.

Who carrys it

17 of the 282 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Iron Defense. The one that matters most is Kingambit, which is on 36.8% of teams and carrys it on 0% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.

What it hits

As a Steel move it is super effective against Fairy, Ice and Rock, resisted by Electric, Fire, Steel and Water. 3 other Steel moves appear in this format: Iron Head, Flash Cannon, Bullet Punch.

Who could and does not

62 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Iron Defense at all, against the 17 that actually bring it. The gap is the interesting number: it is the set of Pokémon that have the option and decline it. The most-played of those are Sinistcha, Archaludon, Torkoal, Toxapex, Ceruledge and Excadrill — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Iron Defense accounts for an expected 0.01 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 126th most-brought of the 126 moves this format runs. 0% of that comes from Kingambit alone, so it is spread across the field rather than propped up by one Pokémon. Its carriers are mostly Steel (8), Ground (4) and Psychic (2).

Where these numbers come from

Usage is Smogon's published statistics for the Regulation M-B VGC ladder, and the description is the one shipped in the Pokémon Showdown data set. Both are regenerated on every build rather than written by hand, so this page follows the format instead of trailing it. Take any of it to the team builder or the damage calculator.