Iron Crown Evolution
Iron Crown Abilities
Raises highest stat on Electric Terrain, or if holding Booster Energy.
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Iron Crown Moves
Category
Type
| Move▲ | Type▲ | Cat.▲ | Pow▲ | Acc▲ | Method▲ | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leer | normal | status | – | 100 | Level 1 | The user gives opposing Pokémon an intimidating leer that lowers their Defense stats. |
| Confusion | psychic | special | 50 | 100 | Level 1 | The target is hit with a weak telekinetic force to inflict damage. This may also confuse the target. |
| Metal Claw | steel | physical | 50 | 95 | Level 1 | The target is raked with steel claws. This may also boost the user's Attack stat. |
| Electric Terrain | electric | status | – | – | Level 1 | The user turns the ground into Electric Terrain for five turns, powering up Electric-type moves. Pokémon on the ground can no longer fall asleep. |
| Smart Strike | steel | physical | 70 | – | Level 7 | The user stabs the target with a sharp horn. This attack never misses. |
| Slash | normal | physical | 70 | 100 | Level 14 | The target is attacked with a slash of claws, scythes, or the like. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit. |
| Iron Defense | steel | status | – | – | Level 21 | The user hardens its body's surface like iron, sharply boosting its Defense stat. |
| Psyshock | psychic | special | 80 | 100 | Level 28 | The user materializes an odd psychic wave to attack the target. This move deals physical damage. |
| Psycho Cut | psychic | physical | 70 | 100 | Level 35 | The user tears at the target with blades formed by psychic power. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit. |
| Flash Cannon | steel | special | 80 | 100 | Level 42 | The user gathers all its light energy and releases it at once. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat. |
| Sacred Sword | fighting | physical | 90 | 100 | Level 49 | The user attacks by slicing with a sword. The target's stat changes don't affect the damage inflicted by this move. |
| Tachyon Cutter | steel | special | 50 | 0 | Level 56 | The user attacks by launching particle blades at the target twice in a row. This attack never misses. |
| Future Sight | psychic | special | 120 | 100 | Level 63 | Two turns after this move is used, a hunk of psychic energy attacks the target. |
| Volt Switch | electric | special | 70 | 100 | Level 70 | After making its attack, the user rushes back to switch places with a party Pokémon in waiting. |
| Quick Guard | fighting | status | – | – | Level 77 | The user protects itself and its allies from priority moves. |
| Metal Burst | steel | physical | – | 100 | Level 84 | The user retaliates with much greater force against the opponent that last inflicted damage on it. |
| Hyper Beam | normal | special | 150 | 90 | Level 91 | The target is attacked with a powerful beam. The user can't move on the next turn. |
| Agility | psychic | status | – | – | TM | The user relaxes and lightens its body to move faster. This sharply boosts its Speed stat. |
| Air Slash | flying | special | 75 | 95 | TM | The user attacks with a blade of air that slices even the sky. This may also make the target flinch. |
| Body Slam | normal | physical | 85 | 100 | TM | The user attacks by dropping onto the target with its full body weight. This may also leave the target with paralysis. |
| Brick Break | fighting | physical | 75 | 100 | TM | The user attacks with a swift chop. This move can also break barriers, such as Light Screen and Reflect. |
| Bulldoze | ground | physical | 60 | 100 | TM | The user strikes everything around it by stomping down on the ground. This lowers the Speed stats of those hit. |
| Calm Mind | psychic | status | – | – | TM | The user quietly focuses its mind and calms its spirit to boost its Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats. |
| Double Edge | normal | physical | 120 | 100 | TM | A reckless life-risking tackle in which the user rushes the target. This also damages the user quite a lot. |
| Endure | normal | status | – | – | TM | The user endures any attack with at least 1 HP. This move's chance of failing rises if used in succession. |
| Expanding Force | psychic | special | 80 | 100 | TM | The user attacks the target with its psychic power. When the ground is Psychic Terrain, this move's power is boosted and it damages all opposing Pokémon. |
| Facade | normal | physical | 70 | 100 | TM | This move's power is doubled if the user is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed. |
| Focus Blast | fighting | special | 120 | 70 | TM | The user heightens its mental focus and unleashes its power. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat. |
| Giga Impact | normal | physical | 150 | 90 | TM | The user charges at the target using every bit of its power. The user can't move on the next turn. |
| Gravity | psychic | status | – | – | TM | Enables Flying types or Pokémon with the Levitate Ability to be hit by Ground-type moves for five turns. Moves that involve flying can't be used. |
| Heavy Slam | steel | physical | – | 100 | TM | The user slams into the target with its heavy body. The more the user outweighs the target, the greater the move's power. |
| Iron Head | steel | physical | 80 | 100 | TM | The user slams the target with its steel-hard head. This may also make the target flinch. |
| Metal Sound | steel | status | – | 85 | TM | A horrible sound like scraping metal harshly lowers the target's Sp. Def stat. |
| Protect | normal | status | – | – | TM | This move enables the user to protect itself from all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. |
| Psychic | psychic | special | 90 | 100 | TM | The target is hit with a strong telekinetic force to inflict damage. This may also lower the target’s Sp. Def stat. |
| Psychic Noise | psychic | special | 75 | 100 | TM | The user attacks the target with unpleasant sound waves. For two turns, the target is prevented from recovering HP through moves, Abilities, or held items. |
| Rest | psychic | status | – | – | TM | The user goes to sleep for two turns. This fully restores the user's HP and cures any status conditions. |
| Scary Face | normal | status | – | 100 | TM | The user frightens the target with a scary face to harshly lower its Speed stat. |
| Sleep Talk | normal | status | – | – | TM | The user randomly uses one of the moves it knows. This move can only be used while the user is asleep. |
| Solar Blade | grass | physical | 125 | 100 | TM | The user gathers light on the first turn, then fills a blade with the light's energy and attacks on the next turn. |
| Steel Beam | steel | special | 140 | 95 | TM | The user fires a beam of steel that it collected from its entire body. This also damages the user. |
| Stored Power | psychic | special | 20 | 100 | TM | The user attacks the target with stored power. The more the user's stats are boosted, the greater the move's power. |
| Substitute | normal | status | – | – | TM | The user creates a substitute for itself using some of its own HP. The substitute serves as the user's decoy. |
| Supercell Slam | electric | physical | 100 | 95 | TM | The user electrifies its body and drops onto the target to inflict damage. If this move misses, the user takes damage instead. |
| Swords Dance | normal | status | – | – | TM | A frenetic dance to uplift the fighting spirit. This sharply boosts the user's Attack stat. |
| Take Down | normal | physical | 90 | 85 | TM | A reckless full-body charge attack for slamming into the target. This also damages the user a little. |
| Tera Blast | normal | special | 80 | 100 | TM | If the user has Terastallized, it unleashes energy of its Tera Type. This move inflicts damage using the Attack or Sp. Atk stat—whichever is higher for the user. |
| X Scissor | bug | physical | 80 | 100 | TM | The user slashes at the target by crossing its scythes, claws, or the like as if they were a pair of scissors. |
| Zen Headbutt | psychic | physical | 80 | 90 | TM | The user focuses its willpower to its head and attacks the target. This may also make the target flinch. |
Iron Crown Sprites
Normal
Scarlet
It resembles a mysterious object introduced in a paranormal magazine as a cutting-edge weapon shaped like a Cobalion.
Violet
There was supposedly an incident in which it launched shining blades to cut everything around it to pieces. Little else is known about it.
Iron Crown's Japanese name is テツノカシラ (テツノカシラ). Here are all the official names for Iron Crown across different languages:
Japaneseテツノカシラ
Korean무쇠감투
Chinese (Traditional)铁头壳
FrenchChef-de-Fer
GermanEisenhaupt
SpanishFerrotesta
ItalianCapoferreo
Chinese (Simplified)鐵頭殼
Iron Crown Breeding
Catch Rate10
Base Friendship0
Growth RateSlow
Base Experience295
How to Get Iron Crown
Iron Crown is not catchable in the wild – it is typically obtained through gifts, events, or in-game trades. Here is how to obtain Iron Crown in every game where it is available:
Regional Pokedex Numbers
About Iron Crown
Iron Crown is a Steel/Psychic-type Pokemon introduced in Generation 9. With a Base Stat Total (BST) of 590, Iron Crown is classified as a Paradox Pokémon and is part of the Iron Crown evolution line.
In competitive play, Iron Crown is placed in the Doubles OU tier where it holds a 4.1% usage rate. Its key abilities are Quark Drive, which allow it to function as a versatile team member. Iron Crown is weak to Fire, Ground, Ghost, Dark-type moves, so trainers should plan around these vulnerabilities.
Iron Crown can learn 49 moves across Level-up, TM, Tutor, and Egg methods. Its most popular competitive moves include Expanding Force, Protect, Tachyon Cutter, Calm Mind. Standing at 1.6m tall and weighing 156kg, Iron Crown has been a fan favorite since its debut in the Paldea region games.