Gen 9 OU usage profile · rank #187
august 2026 · 730.5K battles
august 2026 · 730.5K battles
Usage · August 2026
0.0%
Iron Thorns is ranked #187 in Gen 9 OU, carried by 1,935 teams
TierD · outside the top 60
Ladder rank#187 of 230
Raw count1,935
Viability ceiling86
Month on month+0.00pp
13 month peak0.1%
FormatGen 9 OU
Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 570
HP
100
Atk
134
Def
110
SpA
70
SpD
84
Spe
72
Usage over time0.0%▲ 0.00pppeak 0.1% · Feb '26
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history
Most used set
86.1% of Iron Thorns teamsHP
0
Atk
252
Def
4
SpA
0
SpD
0
Spe
252
NatureJolly
AbilityQuark Drive · 100.0%
ItemBooster Energy · 97.7%
Tera typeSteel · 59.8%
Moves
97.5%
96.6%
96.5%
88.9%
Alternative spreads
over 5% usageJolly4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe10.1%
Moves
5 tracked97.5%
96.6%
96.5%
88.9%
6.8%
Best Iron Thorns 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 Thorns sits at rank #187 with 0.0% usage, which puts it in D tier, up 0.00 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.