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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Iron Crown 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 Crown, as well as its strengths and weaknesses.
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Blueberry #238 | Type | |
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Iron Crown | ||
Abilities | ||
Quark Drive |
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
(0.25x) | ||
Immune to: | (0x) |
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 | 72 | 466 |
Def | 100 | 119 |
SpAtk | 122 | 74 |
SpDef | 108 | 85 |
Speed | 98 | 149 |
Total | 590 | 75 |
Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
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HP | 197 | 197 | 165 | 165 | 150 |
Atk | 136 | 124 | 92 | 82 | 69 |
Def | 167 | 152 | 120 | 108 | 94 |
SpAtk | 191 | 174 | 142 | 127 | 114 |
SpDef | 176 | 160 | 128 | 115 | 101 |
Spd | 165 | 150 | 118 | 106 | 92 |
Best Natures | ||
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Modest (+Sp. Atk, -Atk) |
Timid (+Spe, -Atk) |
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Booster Energy | ★★★★★ |
Nature | Timid (+Spe, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | HP 4 / Sp. Atk 252 / Spe 252 |
Final Stat Values | HP 166 / Def 120 / Sp. Atk 174 / Sp. Def 128 / 165 Spe |
Ability | Quark Drive |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Booster Energy |
Moveset | ・
Tachyon Cutter
・ Psyshock ・ Volt Switch ・ Agility |
Amazing amount of resistances with few weaknesses. Naturally good defensive stats with decent Speed. Tachyon Cutter will bypass full HP items and abilities. |
Ability | Held Item | |
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Quark Drive | Booster Energy |
Quark Drive is Iron Crown's only ability. With this build, it will boost its Sp. Atk by 30% once Quark Drive is activated by its Booster Energy.
Tachyon Cutter | Psyshock |
Volt Switch | Agility |
Tachyon Cutter is its signature Steel-type STAB move that is guaranteed to hit twice, making it a 100 BP move. This is essential to help Iron Crown deal with opposing that have items and abilities like Focus Sash and Multiscale.
Psyshock is its best Psychic-type STAB move that targets the opponent's Defense instead of Sp. Def. This is important in case Iron Crown is getting walled by a Pokemon with a high Sp. Def.
Volt Switch is used to get Iron Crown out of a bad matchup while still doing a decent amount of damage in the process.
Agility helps Iron Crown outspeed opposing fast Pokemon since it is in a middling Speed tier.
Water Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Water is the best Tera Type for this build because it turns its Fire weakness into a resist. Also, Iron Crown normally resists Water's Grass and Electric weaknesses.
Alternatively, it could use a Stellar Tera as a more offensive option since it boosts the damage of whatever move it chooses to use.
Best Water (Tera) Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle
A full 252 EVs are placed in Iron Crown's Sp. Atk and Speed to make it hit as hard and fast as possible. The extra 4 EVs are put into its HP to help round out its bulk.
A Timid Nature is preferred to help Iron Crown outspeed as many Pokemon as possible, most notably max Speed Urshifus.
Calm Mind | Helps boost its damage and bulk, but it is still susceptible to getting outsped by faster Pokemon. |
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Focus Blast | Give Iron Crown a way to deal with Steel-types that resist both of its STAB moves. |
Damage Dealt by Iron Crown |
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Item: Cornerstone Mask | Tachyon Cutter 220-264 (141 - 169.2%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Item: Punching Glove | Psyshock 170 ~ 204 (96.5 ~ 115.9%) 87.5% Chance to OHKO Volt Switch 150 ~ 178 (85.2 ~ 101.1%) 12.5% Chance to OHKO |
Damage Received by Iron Crown |
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Item: Assault Vest | Earth Power 164 ~ 194 (98.7 ~ 116.8%) 87.5% Chance to OHKO |
Item: Choice Scarf | Overheat 314 ~ 372 (189.1 ~ 224%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Item: Focus Sash | Wicked Blow 198 ~ 234 (119.2 ~ 140.9%) Guaranteed OHKO |
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Build Name | Recommendation |
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Expanding Force | ★★★★ |
Nature | Modest (+Sp. Atk, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | 4 HP / 252 Sp. Atk / 252 Spe |
Final Stat Values | 166 HP / 120 Def / 191 Sp. Atk / 128 Sp. Def / 150 Spe |
Ability | Quark Drive |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Choice Specs |
Moveset | ・
Expanding Force
・ Tachyon Cutter ・ Volt Switch ・ Tera Blast |
Can make use of Expanding Force. Powerful Signature Attack is strong against Whimsicott with Focus Sash. |
Ability | Held Item | |
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Quark Drive | Choice Specs |
As with all Future Paradox Pokemon, Iron Crown has Quark Drive. But even without ways to trigger it, it is still an effective Pokemon on its own. Choice Specs will allow Iron Crown to deal even more damage with Expanding Force, as well as its othe Special Attacks.
Expanding Force | Tachyon Cutter |
Volt Switch | Tera Blast |
Expanding Force is a powerful Psychic-type STAB option that hits both foes in Psychic Terrain.
Tachyon Cutter is a Steel-type Special Attack that hits twice, which is great for knocking out Pokemon with Focus Sash.
Volt Switch allows Iron Crown to pivot out of the active positon. A useful tool in a Choice set.
Tera Blast is Iron Crown's coverage option, but requires it to commit to Terastallization.
Fairy Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Immune to: | (0x) |
Fairy Tera can protect Iron Crown from super-effective Dark-type attacks and grants it an immunity to Dragon. It also allows Iron Crown to have very few weaknesses, as well as allowing it to have a Fairy-type Tera Blast.
Best Fairy Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle
A full 252 is put into Iron Crown's Special Attack stat along with a Modest Nature, ensuring that it has all the firepower it can get. 252 is put into its Speed stat to give it enough Speed to be attack as soon as possible. The remaining 4 EVs are put into HP to round out its bulk.
Psychic | A decent STAB option that does not need to rely on Psychic Terrain. |
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Damage Dealt by Iron Crown |
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Item: Hearthflame Mask | Psychic Terrain Expanding Force 160-190 (103.2 - 122.5%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Item: Assault Vest | Psychic Terrain Expanding Force 210-248 (91.7 - 108.2%) 50% Chance to OHKO |
Tachyon Cutter is in a unique spot of being a very powerful multi-hit move that isn't a contact move. This makes Iron Crown an extremely valuable Pokemon for disabling items and abilities like Focus Sash, Sturdy.
Do note that Tera Shell is unique in that it renders the whole attack as not very effective, meaning that the second hit of Tachyon Cutter will also be resisted.
For Singles, Iron Crown is valuable for countering notable Pokemon like Cornerstone Ogerpon and Chien-Pao by bypassing Sturdy and Focus Sash respectively. This makes it a great Pokemon for teams that are looking to get quick OHKOs.
Offensive Lead | Physical Attacker | Special Attacker |
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Iron Crown | Chien-Pao | Terapagos |
Iron Crown is used to counter leads that rely on Items and Abilities like Focus Sash to keep them alive. It also has Agility and Calm Mind to punish more passive leads.
Chien-Pao can then come in and get quick knockouts to allow Terapagos to Terastallize and secure a strong endgame.
Support / Special Attacker | Physical Attacker |
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Indeedee (Female) | Iron Crown |
Physical Attacker | Special Attacker |
Urshifu Rapid-Strike Style | Flutter Mane |
Indeedee-F sets up Psychic Terrain with its Psychic Surge Ability, allowing Iron Crown to use Expanding Force freely.
Urshifu Rapid-Strike Style can be teched in to improve your matchup against Incineroar, while Flutter Mane can go head to head against Roaring Moon.
Pokemon | Description |
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Chi-Yu | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Is immune to Psychic-type attacks. ・Threatens a quick KO with Overheat before Iron Crown can move. ▶️ Chi-Yu Best Movesets |
Incineroar | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Is immune to Psychic-type attacks. ・Resists Iron Crown's Tachyon Cutter. ▶️ Incineroar Best Movesets |
Kingambit | Ranking: ★★★★
・Is immune to Psychic-type attacks. ・Can freely set up Swords Dance boosts. ▶️ Kingambit Best Movesets |
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