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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Iron Leaves 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 Leaves, as well as its strengths and weakness.
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List of Contents
Blueberry #242 | Type | |
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Iron Leaves | ||
Abilities | ||
Quark Drive |
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Weak to: | (4x) | |
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Ability Name | Description | |
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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 |
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HP | 90 | 168 |
Atk | 130 | 37 |
Def | 88 | 235 |
SpAtk | 70 | 381 |
SpDef | 108 | 85 |
Speed | 104 | 110 |
Total | 590 | 75 |
Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
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HP | 197 | 197 | 165 | 165 | 150 |
Atk | 200 | 182 | 150 | 135 | 121 |
Def | 154 | 140 | 108 | 97 | 83 |
SpAtk | 134 | 122 | 90 | 81 | 67 |
SpDef | 176 | 160 | 128 | 115 | 101 |
Spd | 171 | 156 | 124 | 111 | 98 |
Best Natures | ||
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Jolly (Spe+, -Sp. Atk) |
Adamant (+Atk, -Sp. Atk) |
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Physically Offensive Iron Leaves | ★★★★ |
Nature | Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk) |
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EV Spread | 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe |
Final Stat Values | 166 HP / 182 Atk / 108 Def / 128 Sp. Def / 171 Spe |
Ability | Quark Drive |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Focus Sash |
Moveset | ・
Swords Dance
・ Leaf Blade ・ Psyblade ・ Close Combat |
Solid offensive stats. Decent movepool. Respectable Speed. |
Ability | Held Item | |
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Quark Drive | Focus Sash |
As with all Future Paradox Pokemon, Iron Leaves has Quark Drive. But even without ways to trigger it, it is still an effective Pokemon on its own. Focus Sash will allow Iron Leaves to survive more than one attack, making it a great Held Item for a Pokemon with mediocre defenses.
Swords Dance | Leaf Blade |
Psyblade | Close Combat |
Swords Dance allows Iron Leaves to set up for a sweep, boosting its Attack stat by two stages. This move is key to taking important KOs with Psyblade.
Leaf Blade is an excellent Grass-type Move with a high Critical Hit rate.
Psyblade is a great physical Psychic Move, which is still useful even without Electric Terrain.
Close Combat gives Iron Hands a burst damage option against Steel-types.
Grass Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Grass is the best Tera Type for this build because this allows Iron Leaves to boost the damage output of its Grass-type Moves.
Best Grass Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle
It is important to max out Attack and Speed for Iron Leaves, as it needs to always hit hard and fast.
The remaining EVs are put into HP to raise it by 1 point.
Trailblaze | Another Grass-type option which additionally boosts Iron Leaves' Speed. |
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Sacred Sword | Sacred Sword gives Iron Leaves a consistent way to damage bulky Pokemon like Arcanine or Corviknight. |
Damage Dealt by Iron Leaves |
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Item: Assault Vest | Psyblade 120 ~ 144 (49.3 ~ 59.2%) 98% Chance to 2-Hit KO |
Item: Assault Vest | +1 Psyblade 156 ~ 186 (64.1 ~ 76.5%) Guaranteed 2-Hit KO |
Item: Assault Vest | +2 Psyblade 236 ~ 282 (97.1 ~ 116%) 81.3% Chance to OHKO |
Item: Sitrus Berry | +2 Psyblade 270 ~ 320 (123.2 ~ 146.1%) Guaranteed OHKO |
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Build Name | Recommendation |
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Physically Offensive Iron Leaves | ★★★★ |
Nature | Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk) |
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EV Spread | 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe |
Final Stat Values | 166 HP / 182 Atk / 108 Def / 128 Sp. Def / 171 Spe |
Ability | Quark Drive |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Booster Energy |
Moveset | ・
Close Combat
・ Leaf Blade ・ Psyblade ・ Protect |
Solid offensive stats. Decent movepool. Respectable Speed. |
Ability | Held Item | |
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Quark Drive | Booster Energy |
As with all Future Paradox Pokemon, Iron Leaves has Quark Drive. But even without ways to trigger it, it is still an effective Pokemon on its own. Booster Energy with the EV Spread shown above will give Iron Leaves an Attack boost.
Close Combat | Leaf Blade |
Psyblade | Protect |
Close Combat gives Iron Hands a burst damage option against Steel-types.
Leaf Blade is an excellent Grass-type Move with a high Critical Hit rate.
Psyblade is a great physical Psychic Move, which is still useful even without Electric Terrain.
Protect is great for stalling out turns of Trick Room or Tailwind. It is also good for scouting for information, learning what your opponents want to do, and baiting out Teras.
Grass Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Grass is the best Tera Type for this build because this allows Iron Leaves to boost the damage output of its Grass-type Moves.
Best Grass Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle
It is important to max out Attack and Speed for Iron Leaves, as it needs to always hit hard and fast.
The remaining EVs are put into HP to raise it by 1 point.
Sacred Sword | Sacred Sword gives Iron Leaves a consistent way to damage bulky Pokemon like Arcanine or Corviknight. |
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Swords Dance | Swords Dance gives Iron Leaves a way to boost its Attack stat even further. |
Damage Dealt by Iron Leaves |
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Item: Assault Vest | Psyblade 120 ~ 144 (49.3 ~ 59.2%) 98% Chance to 2-Hit KO |
Item: Assault Vest | +1 Psyblade 156 ~ 186 (64.1 ~ 76.5%) Guaranteed 2-Hit KO |
Item: Assault Vest | +2 Psyblade 236 ~ 282 (97.1 ~ 116%) 81.3% Chance to OHKO |
Item: Sitrus Berry | +2 Psyblade 270 ~ 320 (123.2 ~ 146.1%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Item: Mystic Water | +1 Leaf Blade 236 ~ 282 (134 ~ 160.2%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Game8's Competitive Damage Calculator
Because it has mediocre defenses, it is important to know which Pokemon Iron Leaves outspeeds, and which it cannot take in a 1-on-1 duel.
Be sure to preserve Iron Leaves for matchups that it can win. Don't play greedily and keep Iron Leaves active just because it has boosts. It is important to preserve Pokemon in a match, especially for matchups that are in its favor.
Having defensive switch-ins is great for Iron Leaves because of its many weaknesses. Iron Leaves can also fill in a slot where you need a Grass-type Physical attacker.
Physical Attacker | Special Attacker | Special Attacker |
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Iron Leaves | Hydreigon | Heat Rotom |
Iron Leaves can lead off in a match and set up a Swords Dance. Hydreigon is a good switch-in if Iron Leaves is in danger of taking a Ghost or Dark-type Move and you don't want to commit to a Tera yet.
Heat Rotom can switch into the rare Bug-type Move, but can also switch into Ice-type Moves for Hydreigon.
Both Hydreigon and Heat Rotom have Nasty Plot, which they can use to set up when they can safely do so.
Support / Redirection | Physical Attacker |
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Maushold | Iron Leaves |
Physical Attacker | Special Attacker |
Dondozo | Tatsugiri |
Maushold can support Iron Leaves defensively with its Friend Guard Ability. It can also redirect Ghost-type Attacks with Follow Me. This can allow Iron Leaves to consistently attack without worrying about fainting.
With a strong front end consisting of Maushold and Iron Leaves, having Dondozo and Tatsugiri in the back as a win condition may prove valuable as both can be an unbeatable pairing in the latter parts of a match.
Iron Leaves has a good Speed stat, however it is outsped by common threats like Flutter Mane and Iron Bundle, who can hit it for super-effective damage with their STAB Moves.
Pokemon like Gholdengo and Scizor have little trouble facing Iron Leaves, as they can set up their offenses safely with little opposition from Iron Leaves.
Pokemon | Description |
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Kingambit | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Walls Iron Leaves' Grass and Psychic-type Moves. ・Can hit Iron Leaves with a powerful Dark-type Attack. ・Can Tera Flying to take negligible damage from Close Combat. ▶️Kingambit Best Movesets |
Scizor | Ranking: ★★★★
・Can confidently boost with Swords Dance in front of Iron Leaves. ・Can hit Iron Leaves with a powerful Bug-type Attack. ▶️Scizor Best Movesets |
Gholdengo | Ranking: ★★★★
・Can confidently boost with Nasty Plot in front of Iron Leaves. ・Can hit Iron Leaves with a powerful Ghost-type Attack. ▶️Gholdengo Best Movesets |
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