Gen 9 OU usage profile · rank #75
august 2026 · 730.5K battles
august 2026 · 730.5K battles
Usage · August 2026
1.0%
Iron Hands is ranked #75 in Gen 9 OU, carried by 28,396 teams
TierD · outside the top 60
Ladder rank#75 of 230
Raw count28,396
Viability ceiling91
Month on month-0.40pp
13 month peak2.8%
FormatGen 9 OU
Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 570
HP
154
Atk
140
Def
108
SpA
50
SpD
68
Spe
50
Usage over time1.0%▼ 0.40pppeak 2.8% · Jan '26
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history
Most used set
27.5% of Iron Hands teamsHP
248
Atk
252
Def
8
SpA
0
SpD
0
Spe
0
NatureAdamant
AbilityQuark Drive · 100.0%
ItemBooster Energy · 66.9%
Tera typeFire · 31.0%
Moves
91.7%
78.8%
77.3%
33.9%
Alternative spreads
over 5% usageAdamant252 Atk / 172 SpD / 84 Spe14.5%
Adamant252 Atk / 112 SpD / 144 Spe7.8%
Moves
8 tracked91.7%
78.8%
77.3%
33.9%
33.2%
29.6%
22.2%
20.0%
Items
66.9%
12.3%
7.2%
6.3%
4.6%
Tera types
31.0%
28.6%
22.1%
4.9%
4.0%
3.1%
2.8%
Abilities
100.0%
EV spreads
top 6Adamant248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Def27.5%
Adamant252 Atk / 172 SpD / 84 Spe14.5%
Adamant252 Atk / 112 SpD / 144 Spe7.8%
Adamant4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpD7.2%
Adamant252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe6.8%
Adamant44 HP / 252 Atk / 180 Def / 28 SpD / 4 Spe4.4%
Top teammates
share of teams
Best Iron Hands build for Gen 9 OU
The set above is the one Gen 9 OU players run most often, taken from 730,502 battles in August 2026. Iron Hands sits at rank #75 with 1.0% usage, which puts it in D tier, down 0.40 points on the month before.
These are usage numbers, not a recommendation from a council. A move at 90% is close to mandatory; anything under 30% is a tech pick that answers a specific matchup. Read the spreads the same way: the top spread is the safe default, and the alternatives usually trade bulk for speed or the other way round.
The checks and counters table is generated from real games rather than a type chart, so it accounts for items, Tera choices, and how often the matchup ends in a switch instead of a knockout.