Strong point: Attack — higher than 97% of species. It does not evolve: it does not come from anything and does not change into anything. On defense it has 4 weaknesses and 5 resistances. Watch out for the Ground type — damage from it is quadrupled. It cannot breed — it has no Egg Group, so you will not get it from breeding.
Base stats
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 (134) is 64 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 59% 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.
| Paldea | #387 | Scarlet / Violet |
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Abilities
- Quark Drive Raises highest stat on Electric Terrain, or if holding Booster Energy.
How players use it
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 163 among 309 Pokémon in use — it is on 0.13% of teams.
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
It has some similarities to a Pokémon introduced in a dubious magazine as a Tyranitar from one billion years into the future.
Resistances and weaknesses
Type chart →How much damage Iron Thorns takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.
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.
Breeding
All Egg Groups →Iron Thorns does not breed. You cannot get an Egg from it — this is how the games treat almost all Legendary and Mythical species.
Moves (75)
Full move list →Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (71 via TM/TR, 1 via Egg) are on the full list.
| Lv. | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fire Fang | Fire | Physical | 65 | 95% | 15 |
| 1 | Ice Fang | Ice | Physical | 65 | 95% | 15 |
| 1 | Iron Defense | Steel | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 1 | Rock Throw | Rock | Physical | 50 | 90% | 15 |
| 1 | Thunder Fang | Electric | Physical | 65 | 95% | 15 |
| 7 | Screech | Normal | Status | — | 85% | 40 |
| 21 | Rock Tomb | Rock | Physical | 60 | 95% | 15 |
| 28 | Bite | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100% | 25 |
| 35 | Charge | Electric | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 42 | Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 75 | 90% | 10 |
| 49 | Sandstorm | Rock | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 56 | Wild Charge | Electric | Physical | 90 | 100% | 15 |
| 63 | Pin Missile | Bug | Physical | 25 | 95% | 20 |
| 70 | Earthquake | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100% | 10 |
| 77 | Stealth Rock | Rock | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 84 | Stone Edge | Rock | Physical | 100 | 80% | 5 |
| 91 | Giga Impact | Normal | Physical | 150 | 90% | 5 |