Pokédex · IX (Paldea)

Iron Leaves#1010

Strong point: Attack — higher than 94% of species. Overall it is one of the stronger species — above 94% of the Pokédex. It does not evolve: it does not come from anything and does not change into anything. On defense it has 7 weaknesses and 6 resistances. Watch out for the Bug type — damage from it is quadrupled. It cannot breed — it has no Egg Group, so you will not get it from breeding. Very hard to catch — bring plenty of Poké Balls and something that puts it to sleep or paralyzes it.

Iron Leaves
Shiny version
Grass Psychic
Height: 1.5 m (4′11″) Weight: 125.0 kg (275.6 lbs)

Base stats

HP
90
78%
Atk
130
94%
Def
88
72%
SpA
70
55%
SpD
108
91%
Spe
104
88%
TOTAL
590
94%

Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: Attack.

A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Attack, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.

Which nature to choose

It hits physically: its Attack (130) is 60 points higher than its Sp. Atk. So the drop hits a stat the set usually does not use at all.

  • Jolly +Spe · −SpA Its Speed is higher than 88% of species — ten percent more lifts it past some of the benchmarks that decide who moves first.
  • Adamant +Atk · −SpA If you already outspeed what you want to outspeed, those ten percent are better spent on hitting power.
  • Hidden Power and Weather Ball still deal damage based on Sp. Atk. If either of them is going into the set, lowering Sp. Atk is no longer free.

A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.

Regional numbers 1

The header shows the national number. Inside the game the Pokédex counts from the beginning — below is the number you will see in your version.

Blueberry Academy #242 Scarlet / Violet , Scarlet/Violet: The Indigo Disk

Abilities

  • Quark Drive Raises highest stat on Electric Terrain, or if holding Booster Energy.

How players use it

Gen 9 OU · rank 259 Gen 9 UU · rank 98

Data from 574,541 ranked battles on Smogon (Gen 9 OU, 2026-09). These are not numbers from the game — they are player habits. Gen 9 OU is the most popular format with no top-down team restrictions — everything is allowed except what was deemed too strong.

Rank 259 among 309 Pokémon in use — it is on 0.02% of teams.

Moves Psyblade 99.3% Swords Dance 90.4% Close Combat 88.5% Leaf Blade 60.3% Wild Charge 43.1% Sacred Sword 8.7% Trailblaze 8.2%
Items Booster Energy 45.6% Life Orb 31.6% Protective Pads 7.7% Electric Seed 5.7% Choice Band 3.7% Eject Pack 2.1% Mind Plate 1.3%
Abilities Quark Drive 100%
Tera Type Fighting 76.2% Electric 13.6% Grass 2.5% Dark 2.4% Psychic 2.2% Water 2%
EV spreads Jolly · 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 SpD 40.5% Jolly · 252 Spe / 160 Atk / 96 HP 32.1% Jolly · 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP 8.6% Jolly · 252 Spe / 160 Atk / 92 HP / 4 SpD 7.7% Adamant · 252 Atk / 236 Spe / 4 HP 5.3%
Teammates Pincurchin 51.4% Iron Moth 50% Kingambit 43.9% Gholdengo 41.5% Great Tusk 40.9% Ribombee 40.3% Iron Valiant 35.8% Raging Bolt 26.5%

Each row is a separate distribution, not a single set: the most common item and the most common move do not have to appear on the same Pokémon.

Pokédex entry

Many of its physical characteristics match those of a Virizion from the future that was covered in a paranormal magazine.

Egg Group: Undiscovered Gender: Genderless Catch difficulty: very hard (5/255) Base friendship: 0/255 Base EXP: 295
Evolution line
#1010 Iron Leaves Iron Leaves

Resistances and weaknesses

Type chart →

How much damage Iron Leaves takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.

Weak to Bug ×4 Fire ×2 Ice ×2 Poison ×2 Flying ×2 Ghost ×2 Dark ×2
Resistant to Water ×½ Electric ×½ Grass ×½ Fighting ×½ Ground ×½ Psychic ×½

Variant gallery

The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.

Iron Leaves — small pixel sprite in its regular coloring
Pixel sprite
Iron Leaves — small pixel sprite in its shiny coloring
Shiny pixel sprite

Breeding

All Egg Groups →

Iron Leaves does not breed. You cannot get an Egg from it — this is how the games treat almost all Legendary and Mythical species.

Moves (57)

Full move list →

Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (45 via TM/TR, 2 via tutor) are on the full list.

Lv. Move Type Cat. Power Acc. PP
7 Magical Leaf Grass Special 60 — 20
14 Retaliate Normal Physical 70 100% 5
21 Quick Guard Fighting Status — — 15
28 Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100% 15
35 Swords Dance Normal Status — — 20
42 Sacred Sword Fighting Physical 90 100% 15
49 Leaf Blade Grass Physical 90 100% 15
56 Psyblade Psychic Physical 80 100% 15
63 Close Combat Fighting Physical 120 100% 5
70 Imprison Psychic Status — — 10
77 Megahorn Bug Physical 120 85% 10
84 Ally Switch Psychic Status — — 15
91 Solar Blade Grass Physical 125 100% 10
— Helping Hand Normal Status — — 20
— Leer Normal Status — 100% 30
— Quick Attack Normal Physical 40 100% 30
— Work Up Normal Status — — 30
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