What you can do as a member?
You can do by logging in.
- Retention of various tool data
- Site theme change
- Game bookmarking feature
- Provide feedback on the website
★ 5☆ Rayquaza | 5☆ Blissey | Black Shiny Outbreak
▶︎ Game8 Tera Raid Damage Calculator | Game8 Discord
★ Regulation H is now ongoing! ▶︎ Indigo Disk Tier List
☆ The DLC Epilogue is now available! ▶︎ How to Start
┗Post Epilogue | New Coaches | Pecharunt | VGC
This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Iron Treads in competitive play for the games Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, Tera Type, and Held Items to use with Iron Treads, as well as its strengths and weakness.
Iron Treads - Related Guides | |
---|---|
Evolution and Learnset | Moveset for Ranked Battle |
Titan Guide |
Attention! |
This page is for the best competitive build for Iron Treads. For best types and rewards for the Iron Treads Tera Raid Event, click here! |
---|
List of Contents
Paldea #382 | Type | |
---|---|---|
Iron Treads | ||
Abilities | ||
Quark Drive |
||
Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
(0.25x) | ||
Immune to: | (0x) |
Ability Name | Description | |
---|---|---|
Quark Drive | If Electric Terrain is active or if it's holding Booster Energy, the Pokemon's highest stat is boosted by 30% if the stat is Attack, Defense, Special Attack, or Special Defense or 50% if the stat is Speed. |
Stat | Value | Rank |
---|---|---|
HP | 90 | 168 |
Atk | 112 | 142 |
Def | 120 | 44 |
SpAtk | 72 | 376 |
SpDef | 70 | 376 |
Speed | 106 | 96 |
Total | 570 | 112 |
Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
HP | 197 | 197 | 165 | 165 | 150 |
Atk | 180 | 164 | 132 | 118 | 105 |
Def | 189 | 172 | 140 | 126 | 112 |
SpAtk | 136 | 124 | 92 | 82 | 69 |
SpDef | 134 | 122 | 90 | 81 | 67 |
Spd | 173 | 158 | 126 | 113 | 99 |
Best Natures | ||
---|---|---|
Jolly (+Spe, -Sp.Atk) |
Adamant (+Atk, -Spe) |
Build Name | Recommendation |
---|---|
Assault Vest Attacker | ★★★★★ |
Defensive Body Press | ★★★★ |
Nature | Adamant (+Atk, -Sp.Atk) |
---|---|
EV Spread | HP 188 / Atk 252 / Sp 68 |
Final Stat Values | HP 189 / Atk 180 / Def 140 / Sp.Def 90 / Spe 135 |
Ability | Quark Drive |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Assault Vest |
Moveset | ・
Earthquake
・ Iron Head ・ Knock Off ・ Rapid Spin |
Iron Treads has great physical bulk, which allows it to function as a lead support for most teams. While its Special Defense is relatively low, equipping it with Assault Vest gives it a much needed boost to round off its defenses.
Earthquake and Iron Head are its main STAB moves and provides great coverage against common Pokemon, particularly Fire, Fairy, and Rock-types. Knock Off gives it some team utility, and is especially useful against defensive Pokemon that rely in Leftovers for healing.
Rapid Spin is its last move and allows the Paradox Pokemon to remove Stealth Rock and Spikes from the field. Since it carries Knock Off, spinblockers like Gengar risk getting hit by a super effective attack if they decide to stay on the field with Iron Treads.
Finally, we're using Ground Tera type for this build to remove Iron Treads' weakness to Fighting-type moves while also powering up its Earthquake.
Steel Roller | A good alternative to Iron Head that removes terrain, but is only useable when there's a terrain present in the field. |
---|---|
Bulldoze | A weaker alternative to Earthquake but lowers the target Pokemon's Speed stat by one stage. |
Nature | Impish (+Def, -Sp.Atk) |
---|---|
EV Spread | HP 188 / Def 252 / Spe 68 |
Final Stat Values | HP 189 / Atk 132 / Def 189 / Sp.Def 90 / Spe 135 |
Ability | Quark Drive |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Leftovers |
Moveset | ・
Earthquake
・ Body Press ・ Iron Defense ・ Stealth Rock |
Iron Treads is a great defensive pivot thanks to its high Defense stat and access to Stealth Rock. This build uses Ground Tera type too remove its Fighting-type weakness, while giving it Leftovers to provide passive healing.
Although this build's man STAB is still Earthquake, Body Press and Iron Defense are its main moves. Body Press uses Iron Treads' Defense stat when calculating damage, so increasing it with Iron Defense allows it to hit hard while also increasing its physical bulk.
Rapid Spin | A good alternative to Stealth Rock if there's already a hazard setter in the team. |
---|
Build Name | Recommendation |
---|---|
Assault Vest AttackerNEW | ★★★ |
Nature | Adamant (+Atk, -Sp.Atk) |
---|---|
EV Spread | HP 188 / Atk 220 / Sp.Def 28 |
Final Stat Values | HP 189 / Atk 176 / Def 140 / Sp.Def 94 / Spe 126 |
Ability | Quark Drive |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Assault Vest |
Moveset | ・
Earthquake
・ Heavy Slam ・ Ice Spinner ・ Stomping Tantrum |
Good physical bulk. Bad special bulk can be covered with Assault Vest. Access to very useful moves in Knock Off and Rapid Spin |
As with all Future Paradox Pokemon, Iron Treads has Quark Drive. But even without ways to trigger it, it is still an effective Pokemon on its own.
Assault Vest gives Iron Treads a much needed boost to its Special Defense.
Earthquake and Heavy Slam are its main STAB moves and provides great coverage against common Pokemon, particularly Fire, Fairy, and Rock-types. Ice Spinner gives it some team utility against Dragon-types and against Indeedee-F's Psychic Surge whose Psychic Terrain it can handily remove.
Stomping Tantrum allows Iron Treads to deal single-target Ground-type damage when it has to, and when Earthquake isn't the best option.
Ground Tera type is used for this build to remove Iron Treads' weakness to Fighting-type moves while also powering up its Earthquake and Stompint Tantrum.
188 HP and 28 Special Defense with Assault Vest gives Iron Treads enough Special bulk to withstand most Special Attacks. 220 is put into its Attack stat to ensure that Iron Treads hits hard.
An Adamant Nature is chosen for this build, as it ensures that Iron Treads' attacks deal good damage.
Wild Charge | A powerful option to use against Water-types like Iron Bundle. |
---|
Damage Received by Iron Treads |
|
---|---|
Item:
Focus Sash
|
Hydro Pump 156 ~ 186 (82.5 ~ 98.4%) Guaranteed 2-Hit KO |
Item:
Covert Cloak
|
Earth Power 84 ~ 98 (44.4 ~ 51.8%) 8.6% Chance to 2-Hit KO |
Iron Treads is a great defensive pivot as it's resistant to common attacking types in competitive play. It's 4x resistance to Rock-types, in particular, allows it to check the likes of Tyranitar and Glimmora.
Iron Treads is best used in balanced teams that are in need of a bulky Ground-type or defensive pivot to setup Stealth Rock or remove hazards with Rapid Spin.
Paradox Pokemon Builds for Competitive Battles and Tera Raids
Defensive Pivot | Special Attacker | Physical Attacker |
---|---|---|
Iron Treads | Armarouge | Chien-Pao |
Iron Treads serves as this team's defensive pivot, setting up Stealth Rock and using Rapid Spin to remove entry hazards. Both Armarouge and Chien-Pao appreciate a hazard-free field as they are both weak to Stealth Rock and Spikes.
Tailwind Setter / Special Attacker | Physical Attacker |
---|---|
Iron Jugulis | Palafin |
Physical Attacker | Support / Special Attacker |
Iron Treads | Pelipper |
Iron Jugulis can set Tailwind for its teammates with middling Speed such as Palafin and Iron Treads. Palafin can switch out for Pelipper, who can set Rain with its Drizzle Ability, and increase the accuracy of Iron Jugulis' Hurricanes.
Iron Treads is a Physical Attacker who benefits from Tailwind, and can be an offensive threat once its Fire weakness is mitigated by the Rain.
While Iron Treads is bulky and relatively fast, it's also weak to very common attacking types. Lack of a reliable recovery move means Iron Treads is forced to rely on Leftovers, and it can't stay on the field if the opposing Pokemon has access to moves that it's weak to.
Pokemon | Description |
---|---|
Iron Bundle | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Faster and can easily KO Iron Treads with Life Orb-boosted Hydro Pump. ・Can lower Iron Treads' Attack with Chilling Water. |
Wash Rotom | Ranking: ★★★★
・Immune to Iron Treads' Ground attacks thanks to Levitate. ・Can cripple Iron Treads with Will-o-Wisp. |
Quagsire | Ranking: ★★★★
・Unaware ignores Iron Treads' Iron Defense boosts. ・Can lower Iron Treads' Attack with Chilling Water. |
Movesets & Best Builds for Ranked Battle
New Indigo Disk Pokemon Builds |
---|
New Indigo Disk Pokemon Builds |
---|
Returning Indigo Disk Pokemon Builds |
---|
Blueberry Pokedex: List of All Indigo Disk Pokemon
All Teal Mask DLC Builds |
---|
Kitakami Pokedex: List of All Teal Mask DLC Pokemon
All Pokemon HOME Builds |
---|
All Pokemon HOME Transferable Pokemon
All Treasures of Ruin Builds |
---|
Best Treasures of Ruin Builds for Ranked Battle and Raids
All Paradox Pokemon Builds |
---|
Paradox Pokemon Builds for Competitive Battles and Tera Raids
All Other Gen 9 Meta Pokemon Builds |
---|
Gen 9 Pokemon: All New Pokemon
All Gen 1~8 Meta Pokemon Builds |
---|
All Off-Meta Pokemon Builds |
---|
Competitive Team Building for Singles Ranked Battle
Banned/Restricted Builds |
---|
In this article it says Adamant nature gives -Spe but it has to be -SpA
Best Competitive Build for using Iron Treads (Violet Paradox Donphan)
Genshin Impact Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Zenless Zone Zero Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Pokemon TCG Pocket (PTCGP) Strategies & Guides Wiki
Honkai: Star Rail Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Infinity Nikki Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
STALKER 2 Heart of Chornobyl Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV) Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Metaphor: ReFantazio Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Palworld Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Fire Emblem Heroes (FEH) Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Once Human Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP) Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Persona 3 Reload Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Monster Hunter World Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
©2022 Pokémon. TM, ®Nintendo.
The copyrights of videos of games used in our content and other intellectual property rights belong to the provider of the game.
The contents we provide on this site were created personally by members of the Game8 editorial department.
We refuse the right to reuse or repost content taken without our permission such as data or images to other sites.
A bit confused as to why EV's wouldn't want to be maxed out. They aren't maxed out in the assault vest build. Is this intentional or an accidental omission? New'ish to ranked battles