Best Iron Crown Singles Rental Team for Ranked Battles

This is a strategy guide and complete explanation of an offensive Singles Team for Ranked Battle featuring Iron Crown in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on for the team's rental code and tips on how to use this team effectively in competitive play, recommended movesets and best builds, and strategies and synergies for each Pokemon.

Iron Crown Team Summary and Rental Code

Rental Code	BMGQYN

This team features Iron Crown as a counter for Pokemon with full HP items and abilities like Focus Sash and Sturdy. Once those Pokemon have been dealt with, its fast attacking allies can come in and knock out the rest of the opponent's team.

Iron Crown Team Movesets & Best Builds

Booster Energy Iron Crown
Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EV Spread	HP 4 / Sp. Atk 252 / Spe 252
Final Stat Values	HP 166 / Def 120 / Sp. Atk 174 / Sp.Def 128 / Spe 165
Ability	Quark Drive
Tera Type
Held Item	Booster Energy
Moveset	・ Tachyon Cutter ・ Psyshock ・ Volt Switch ・ Agility

Iron Crown has naturally great defensive stats, allowing it to invest more into its offense especially with a Booster Energy.

Tachyon Cutter is important to break opposing Focus Sashes and Multiscales while Psyshock lets Iron Crown deal with high Sp. Def Pokemon by targeting their Defense instead. Volt Switch is used to get Iron Crown out of bad matchups and Agility helps it outspeed fast Pokemon since Booster Energy is boosting its Sp. Atk.

Iron Crown Movesets and Best Builds

Choice Scarf Urshifu Rapid Strike
Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk)
EV Spread	HP 4 / Atk 252 / Spe 252
Final Stat Values	HP 176 / Atk 182 / Def 120 / Sp.Def 80 / Spe 163
Ability	Unseen Fist
Tera Type
Held Item	Choice Scarf
Moveset	・ Surging Strikes ・ Close Combat ・ Ice Spinner ・ U-turn

This Urshifu is built to be more offensive by getting quick knockouts with speedy Choice Scarf boosted attacks.

Its moves are the standard STAB Surging Strikes and Close Combat, along with Ice Spinner for its amazing coverage and U-Turn to get Urshifu out of bad matchups.

Also, the opponent might not expect to be KO'd by Surging Strikes when they use Protect since Urshifu commonly holds a Punching Glove.

Urshifu Rapid-Strike Style Movesets and Best Builds

Life Orb Rillaboom
Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Adamant (+Atk, -Sp. Atk)
EV Spread	HP 252 / Atk 252 / Sp.Def 4
Final Stat Values	HP 207 / Atk 194 / Def 110 / Sp.Def 91 / Spe 105
Ability	Grassy Surge
Tera Type
Held Item	Life Orb
Moveset	・ Grassy Glide ・ Wood Hammer ・ High Horsepower ・ Tera Blast

This build makes Rillaboom a bulky attacker to maximize the damage it can do with +1 priority Grassy Glides.

Additionaly, it has Wood Hammer to deal massive damage to Pokemon that don't resist it as well as High Horsepower and Rock Tera Blast for amazing the amazing Ground and Rock offensive coverage.

Rillaboom also doesn't have to worry too much about Life Orb recoil damage since the healing it gets from Grassy Terrain offsets the damage it takes.

Rillaboom Movesets and Best Builds

Hearthflame Ogerpon
Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk)
EV Spread	HP 4 / Atk 252 / Spe 252
Final Stat Values	HP 156 / Atk 172 / Def 104 / Sp.Def 116 / Spe 178
Ability	Mold Breaker
Tera Type
Held Item	Hearthflame Mask
Moveset	・ Ivy Cudgel ・ Horn Leech ・ Play Rough ・ Encore

Hearthflame Ogerpon is an amazing offensive threat thanks to its great typing and the massive damage boost it gets once Terastallized.

It also has a wide movepool with moves like its powerful signature move Ivy Cudgel, Horn Leech to heal itself and Encore to lock the opponent into a useless move.

Ogerpon also has great coverage moves like Knock Off and Stomping Tantrum, but for this build it is using Play Rough for its generally great coverage and good base power.

Hearthflame Mask Ogerpon (Fire) Movesets and Best Builds

Choice Specs Flutter Mane
Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EV Spread	HP 4 / Sp. Atk 252 / Spe 252
Final Stat Values	HP 131 / Def 75 / Sp. Atk 187 / Sp.Def 155 / Spe 205
Ability	Protosynthesis
Tera Type
Held Item	Choice Specs
Moveset	・ Moonblast ・ Shadow Ball ・ Power Gem ・ Psyshock

Choice Specs Flutter Mane is a fast and powerful attacker thanks to its base stats and amazing offensive movepool.

This set utilizes the common Moonblast and Shadow Ball pairing, along with Power Gem for its wide coverage range and Psyshock to bypass high Sp. Def opponents.

Do note that since it is using Choice Specs, Flutter Mane is prone to getting outsped by opposing Speed boosted attackers.

Flutter Mane Movesets and Best Builds

Focus Sash Chien-Pao
Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk)
EV Spread	HP 4 / Atk 252 / Spe 252
Final Stat Values	HP 156 / Atk 172 / Def 100 / Sp.Def 85 / Spe 205
Ability	Sword of Ruin
Tera Type
Held Item	Focus Sash
Moveset	・ Icicle Crash ・ Sucker Punch ・ Sacred Sword ・ Crunch

Chien-Pao is a staple pick in Singles thanks to its amazing Speed stat and Sword of Ruin lowering everyone's Defense.

With STAB moves like Icicle Crash alongside Dark Tera boosted Sucker Punch and Crunch, it is difficult for opponents to minimize the damage they'll take from Chien-Pao.

It also has access to Sacred Sword, which ignores the opponent's stat changes, making it even hard for Iron Defense Pokemon to wall it.

Chien-Pao Movesets and Best Builds

Best Iron Crown Team Strategies and Synergies

Lead Pokemon

Offensive Leads
Urshifu Rapid-Strike Style	Flutter Mane	Chien-Pao

These three Pokemon are great offensive leads for this team due to their ability to get quick uncontested knockouts with their powerful STAB attacks.

Opponents might be left vulnerable since they might not expect for Urshifu to outspeed them with Choice Scarf or that Flutter Mane has its damage boosted thanks to Choice Specs. They will however expect the more standard Chien-Pao set, but that doesn't take away from the offensive pressure that it exerts.

Used to Remove Threats

Revenge Killers
Ogerpon (Hearthflame Mask)	Rillaboom	Iron Crown

The idea moving forward in battle is that you would want to use your next Pokemon to remove any threats so that your last Pokemon can have a safe late game sweep.

Pokemon like Rillaboom and Iron Crown can utilize their bulk to survive hits and get knockouts in return, while Hearthflame Ogerpon can look for Embody Aspect boosted attacks while also healing itself with Horn Leech when needed.

Preserve for Strong Endgame

Endgame Sweepers
Iron Crown	Ogerpon (Hearthflame Mask)	Chien-Pao

Keep your strongest Pokemon alive for an endgame sweep. Iron Crown and Hearthflame Ogerpon are both amazing attackers that can easily finish off the enemy's team thanks to their natural bulk and wide offensive coverage respectively, while Chien-Pao can easily finish off the opponent with a Dark Tera boosted Sucker Punch.

Sample Team

Offensive Lead	Special Attacker	Physical Attacker
Urshifu Rapid-Strike Style	Iron Crown	Ogerpon (Hearthflame Mask)

Urshifu utilizes its powerful STAB attacks and Choice Scarf to look for quick knockouts on the opponent's lead Pokemon, while also clearing the way for its allies to safely switch in.

Iron Crown can then come in to deal with any opponent that has items or abilities like Focus Sash or Sturdy with Tachyon Cutter, so that Hearthflame Ogerpon can easily OHKO any of the opponent's remaining Pokemon.

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