The Essentials on Iron Hands
- Weaknesses
- ×2 Ground, Psychic, Fairy Table
- Resistances
- ×½ Electric, Bug, Rock, Dark, Steel
- Evolution
- Iron Hands does not evolve and has no pre-evolution.
- Shiny
Alternate, rare colors: in the main games since X and Y, an encounter has a 1 in 4,096 chance of being Shiny, excluding hunting bonuses. View- Stats
- Total 570 · top stat: HP (154) Detail
- In Current Games
- Scarlet and Violet: No. 384 in the Paldea Pokédex
- Pokémon GO: not yet released
- Other Names
- Paume-de-Fer in French · テツノカイナ, Tetsunokaina in Japanese · Eisenhand in German All Languages
Overview
Iron Hands is a Fighting and Electric-type Pokémon, No. 992 in the National Pokédex. Original generation: Generation 9. Category: Paradox Pokémon. Height: 1.8 m, weight: 380.7 kg.
Ability: Quark Drive. Iron Hands is weak to Ground, Psychic and Fairy-type moves (×2 damage).
Generation
Generation 9
Scarlet / Violet
National No.
#992
National Pokédex
Category
Paradox Pokémon
Status
Paradox
Base Stats
The total determines a Pokémon's overall power.
HP
154
255
Attack
140
255
Defense
108
255
Special Attack
50
255
Special Defense
68
255
Speed
50
255
Total
570
Min HP (Lv. 100)
418
0 IV, 0 EV, neutral nature
Max HP (Lv. 100)
512
31 IV, 252 EV, beneficial nature
Gen Changes
Stable
Unchanged recently
Type Effectiveness
Multipliers received depending on the type of the opposing move (Fighting / Electric). See the type chart
Weak (×2) — 3 types
Ground
×2
Psychic
×2
Fairy
×2
Normal (×1) — 10 types
Normal
×1
Fire
×1
Water
×1
Grass
×1
Ice
×1
Fighting
×1
Poison
×1
Flying
×1
Ghost
×1
Dragon
×1
Resistant (×0.5) — 5 types
Electric
×½
Bug
×½
Rock
×½
Dark
×½
Steel
×½
Abilities
Ability 1
Boosts the Pokémon's most proficient stat on Electric Terrain or if the Pokémon is holding Booster Energy.
Iron Hands Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve and does not come from any evolution.
Iron Hands Forms and Shiny
Standard Form
Fighting · Electric
Shiny Availability
Shiny form available
Base rate (Gen VI+): 1/4096.
With Shiny Charm: 1/1365.
Masuda Method: 1/683.
Iron Hands Moves
Moves this Pokémon can learn, by method.
Lv.
Move
Type · Cat.
Accuracy
Pow.
PP
1
Tackle
Normal
Phys.
100%
40
35
1
Arm Thrust
Fighting
Phys.
100%
15
20
1
Sand Attack
Ground
Stat
100%
—
15
1
Focus Energy
Normal
Stat
—
—
30
7
Fake Out
Normal
Phys.
100%
40
10
14
Whirlwind
Normal
Stat
—
—
20
21
Thunder Punch
Electric
Phys.
100%
75
15
28
Slam
Normal
Phys.
75%
80
20
35
Force Palm
Fighting
Phys.
100%
60
10
42
Seismic Toss
Fighting
Phys.
100%
—
20
49
Charge
Electric
Stat
—
—
20
56
Wild Charge
Electric
Phys.
100%
90
15
63
Close Combat
Fighting
Phys.
100%
120
5
70
Detect
Fighting
Stat
—
—
5
77
Heavy Slam
Steel
Phys.
100%
—
10
84
Belly Drum
Normal
Stat
—
—
10
91
Focus Punch
Fighting
Phys.
100%
150
20
Advanced Breeding
Egg Groups
Undiscovered
Egg Cycles
50 cycles
≈ 12,850 steps
Gender
Genderless
Ditto Compatibility
✓ Yes
Pokérus
Susceptible
EV ×2 if infected
Max Characteristic
HP
Highest base stat
Hyper Training & Mints
Available from level 50. Cost: 1 Gold Bottle Cap per IV set to 31 or 3 Silver Bottle Caps per IV. Mints let you change the effect of a Nature without changing the base Nature.
Where to Find Iron Hands
Available in 2 games, 2 recorded encounters. Click a game to see the details.
Natively obtainable:
Scarlet
Violet
Generation IX
Scarlet 1 encounter
Available
▼
Picnic
(1)
Paldea
Violet 1 encounter
Available
▼
Static encounter
(1)
Area Zero, Pivot Cavern (Chef-de-Meute)
Lv. 65 100%
Shiny locked
Transfer to Pokémon HOME
How to bring this Pokémon to HOME depending on the game of origin.
Scarlet
→
Pokémon HOME
HOME (direct)
Violet
→
Pokémon HOME
HOME (direct)
Note:
Some transfers are irreversible (Bank → HOME). Check the legality of moves in the target game — HOME may replace an illegal move with a basic move.
Competitive & Meta
Iron Hands in Pokémon GO
Not yet released
- 4,112Max CP (Lv. 40)
- 2,349Perfect CP in Raids
- 20 kmper Candy as Buddy
Pokédex Entries
Description by game, with language selection.
Scarlet
“It is very similar to a cyborg covered exclusively by a paranormal magazine. The cyborg was said to be the modified form of a certain athlete.”
Violet
“This Pokémon shares many similarities with Iron Hands, an object mentioned in a certain expedition journal.”
Multilingual Names
🇫🇷 Français
Paume-de-Fer
🇬🇧 English
Iron Hands
🇯🇵 漢字
テツノカイナ
🇯🇵 Kana
テツノカイナ
🇯🇵 Romaji
Tetsunokaina
🇩🇪 Deutsch
Eisenhand
🇪🇸 Español
Ferropalmas
🇮🇹 Italiano
Manoferrea
🇰🇷 한국어
무쇠손
🇨🇳 ZH-Hans
铁臂膀
🇹🇼 ZH-Hant
鐵臂膀
Category (Genus)
🇫🇷 FR
Paradoxe
🇬🇧 EN
Paradox Pokémon
🇯🇵 JP
パラドックスポケモン
🇩🇪 DE
Paradox
Media & Gallery
Audio Cries
Frequently asked questions about Iron Hands
What type is Iron Hands?
Iron Hands is a Fighting and Electric-type Pokémon.
What are Iron Hands's weaknesses?
Iron Hands is weak to Ground, Psychic and Fairy-type moves (×2 damage).
