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The best Iron Moth Tera Raid Build in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV) has a Poison Tera Type with the ability Quark Drive and the move, Fiery Dance. Read on to learn what the best Iron Moth Tera Raid Build is and how to use it.
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Iron Moth ![]()
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Tera Type | Nature | ||||
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Modest (↑Sp. Atk, ↓Atk) |
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| EV Spread | ||||||
| HP: 252 |
Sp. Atk: 252 |
Sp. Def: 4 |
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| Ability | Moveset | |||||
| Quark Drive | ・
Metal Sound
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Acid Spray
・ Fiery Dance ・ Morning Sun ・ Sludge Wave |
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| Held Item | ||||||
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The best ability for Iron Moth is Quark Drive. This ability allows 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 if an Electric Terrain is active.
We also recommend getting an Iron Moth with a Poison Tera Type as it only has two weaknesses and resists 5 types. As a Special Attacker, a Modest nature would be best.
Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards increasing the Pokemon's Special Attack and HP. Max out these EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into Special Defense. Equip the Pokemon with a Booster Energy to immediately activate the ability's effect without the need of an Electric Terrain active on the field.
At the start of the battle, use Metal Sound or Acid Spray to lower the raid Pokemon's Special Defense by two stages and use either Fiery Dance or Sludge Wave to reduce its health. Keep in mind that Acid Spray will not work against Steel types, which is why Metal Sound could be a better option. If you need to recover your HP, use Morning Sun.
Paradox Pokemon Builds for Competitive Battles and Tera Raids
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You can catch a Poison Tera Type Iron Moth at the first research area in The Great Crater of Paldea (Area Zero)
Make sure to bring a Pokemon that has False Swipe and can inflict a status effect to make it easier to catch.
Iron Moth is a Violet exclusive Pokemon so Scarlet players need to trade it with a Violet player to obtain the Pokemon.
How to Trade Locally and Online

If it has a different nature, you can use a Modest Mint to change its nature.
The easiest way to get this is by buying it from the Chansey Supply shop at Mesagoza for ₽20,000.
How to Change a Pokemon's Nature

If you have the money for it, you can just buy HP Up (HP), Calcium (Special Attack), and Zinc (Special Defense). All of these items can be bought at a Chansey Supply shop and it will cost you ₽530,000 in total.
Alternatively, you can use Power Items that you can buy at a Delibird Presents shop for ₽10,000 each. Have your Pokemon hold the respective Power Item while defeating the Pokemon listed below.
| Held Item | Number of Pokemon to Defeat | Defeat Any of These Pokemon |
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(For HP EVs) |
28 in Total (To get 252 HP EVs) |
・Azurill ・Lechonk ・Paldean Wooper Location: South of Los Platos |
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(For Special Attack EVs) |
28 in Total (To get 252 Special Attack EVs) |
・Psyduck ・Toxel ・Hatenna Location: South Province (Area 4) |
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(For Special Defense EVs) |
1 in Total (To get 4 Special Defense EVs) |
・Hoppip ・Swablu Location: South Province (Area 1) |

After EV training it, head to Montenevera and talk to the man with an Abomasnow near the Pokemon Center. He will hyper train your Pokemon using Bottle Caps.
A Bottle Cap can be bought at the Delibird Presents shops for ₽20,000 after getting 6 Gym Badges. 1 Bottle Cap is needed for each stat that will be maxed out.
Hyper Training: How to Increase IVs

Next, level it up to 100 to maximize its stats. The easiest way to do this is by farming Exp candies from Tera Raid Battles.
How to Level Up Fast: EXP Farming Guide

Lastly, give it a Booster Energy to allow Iron Moth to activate its ability without the need of having Electric Terrain Active in the field.
You can find this item in Professor Sada/Turo's lab at Area Zero. There is also a 5% chance that the Paradox Pokemon in Area Zero has this item.
Sludge Wave, Fiery Dance, Acid Spray, Metal Sound, and Morning Sun are moves that Iron Moth can learn through leveling it up. You can have it remember the move by going to the "Moves and Stats" menu and pressing A.
| Move | Type | Level Learned |
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| Acid Spray |
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Base |
| Sludge Wave |
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49 |
| Fiery Dance |
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56 |
| Metal Sound |
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63 |
| Morning Sun |
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70 |
The table below includes all the moves Magearna learns from TMs needed for our recommended builds. Choose the moves depending on the build you are trying to make.
| TM / Move Name | How to Get Materials |
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| TM136 Electric Terrain |
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Wait why not acid spray? The only problem I see to not use it is against steel types. I don't see anything wrong with the move so why metal sound?