The Essentials on Iron Thorns
- Weaknesses
- ×4 Ground · ×2 Water, Grass, Fighting Table
- Resistances
- ×¼ Flying · ×½ Normal, Fire, Electric, Poison
- Evolution
- Iron Thorns 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: Attack (134) Detail
- In Current Games
- Scarlet and Violet: No. 387 in the Paldea Pokédex
- Pokémon GO: not yet released
- Other Names
- Épine-de-Fer in French · テツノイバラ, Tetsunoibara in Japanese · Eisendorn in German All Languages
Overview
Iron Thorns is a Electric and Rock-type Pokémon, No. 995 in the National Pokédex. Original generation: Generation 9. Category: Paradox Pokémon. Height: 1.6 m, weight: 303 kg.
Ability: Quark Drive. Iron Thorns is weak to Water, Grass and Fighting-type moves (×2 damage). Iron Thorns is very weak to Ground-type moves (×4 damage).
Generation
Generation 9
Scarlet / Violet
National No.
#995
National Pokédex
Category
Paradox Pokémon
Status
Paradox
Base Stats
The total determines a Pokémon's overall power.
HP
100
255
Attack
134
255
Defense
110
255
Special Attack
70
255
Special Defense
84
255
Speed
72
255
Total
570
Min HP (Lv. 100)
310
0 IV, 0 EV, neutral nature
Max HP (Lv. 100)
404
31 IV, 252 EV, beneficial nature
Gen Changes
Stable
Unchanged recently
Type Effectiveness
Multipliers received depending on the type of the opposing move (Electric / Rock). See the type chart
Very weak (×4) — 1 type
Ground
×4
Weak (×2) — 3 types
Water
×2
Grass
×2
Fighting
×2
Normal (×1) — 9 types
Ice
×1
Psychic
×1
Bug
×1
Rock
×1
Ghost
×1
Dragon
×1
Dark
×1
Steel
×1
Fairy
×1
Resistant (×0.5) — 4 types
Normal
×½
Fire
×½
Electric
×½
Poison
×½
Resistant (×0.25) — 1 type
Flying
×¼
Abilities
Ability 1
Boosts the Pokémon's most proficient stat on Electric Terrain or if the Pokémon is holding Booster Energy.
Iron Thorns Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve and does not come from any evolution.
Iron Thorns Forms and Shiny
Standard Form
Electric · Rock
Shiny Availability
Shiny form available
Base rate (Gen VI+): 1/4096.
With Shiny Charm: 1/1365.
Masuda Method: 1/683.
Iron Thorns Moves
Moves this Pokémon can learn, by method.
Lv.
Move
Type · Cat.
Accuracy
Pow.
PP
1
Thunder Fang
Electric
Phys.
95%
65
15
1
Fire Fang
Fire
Phys.
95%
65
15
1
Ice Fang
Ice
Phys.
95%
65
15
1
Rock Throw
Rock
Phys.
90%
50
15
1
Iron Defense
Steel
Stat
—
—
15
7
Screech
Normal
Stat
85%
—
40
21
Rock Tomb
Rock
Phys.
95%
60
15
28
Bite
Dark
Phys.
100%
60
25
35
Charge
Electric
Stat
—
—
20
42
Rock Slide
Rock
Phys.
90%
75
10
49
Sandstorm
Rock
Stat
—
—
10
56
Wild Charge
Electric
Phys.
100%
90
15
63
Pin Missile
Bug
Phys.
95%
25
20
70
Earthquake
Ground
Phys.
100%
100
10
77
Stealth Rock
Rock
Stat
—
—
20
84
Stone Edge
Rock
Phys.
80%
100
5
91
Giga Impact
Normal
Phys.
90%
150
5
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
Attack
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 Thorns
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 (Empiffrelle)
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 Thorns in Pokémon GO
Not yet released
- 3,759Max CP (Lv. 40)
- 2,148Perfect CP in Raids
- 20 kmper Candy as Buddy
Pokédex Entries
Description by game, with language selection.
Scarlet
“It has some similarities to a Pokémon introduced in a dubious magazine as a Tyranitar from one billion years into the future.”
Violet
“Some of its notable features match those of an object named within a certain expedition journal as Iron Thorns.”
Multilingual Names
🇫🇷 Français
Épine-de-Fer
🇬🇧 English
Iron Thorns
🇯🇵 漢字
テツノイバラ
🇯🇵 Kana
テツノイバラ
🇯🇵 Romaji
Tetsunoibara
🇩🇪 Deutsch
Eisendorn
🇪🇸 Español
Ferropúas
🇮🇹 Italiano
Spineferree
🇰🇷 한국어
무쇠가시
🇨🇳 ZH-Hans
铁荆棘
🇹🇼 ZH-Hant
鐵荊棘
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 Thorns
What type is Iron Thorns?
Iron Thorns is a Electric and Rock-type Pokémon.
What are Iron Thorns's weaknesses?
Iron Thorns is weak to Water, Grass and Fighting-type moves (×2 damage). Iron Thorns is very weak to Ground-type moves (×4 damage).
