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Iron Moth

Gen 9 Ubers usage profile · rank #135
september 2026 · 67.3K battles
Iron Moth
firepoisonPokédex entry ↗
Usage · September 2026
0.1%
Iron Moth is ranked #135 in Gen 9 Ubers, carried by 1,453 teams
TierD · outside the top 60
Ladder rank#135 of 230
Raw count1,453
Viability ceiling83
Month on month+0.10pp
13 month peak0.2%
FormatGen 9 Ubers
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sets and counters from 67.3K battles
Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 570
HP
80
Atk
70
Def
60
SpA
140
SpD
110
Spe
110
Usage over time0.1%▲ 0.10pppeak 0.2% · Jun '26
0.10.10.20.2Sep '25Oct '25Dec '25Feb '26Apr '26Jun '26Aug '26Sep '26
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history

Most used set

48.0% of Iron Moth teams
HP
0
Atk
0
Def
0
SpA
252
SpD
4
Spe
252
NatureTimid
AbilityQuark Drive · 100.0%
ItemChoice Specs · 46.6%
Tera typeFire · 56.9%
Moves
Sludge Wave99.0%
Fiery Dance53.0%
Psychic51.7%
Discharge47.3%

Alternative spreads

over 5% usage
Modest252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe26.4%
Timid48 HP / 76 Def / 132 SpA / 252 Spe9.4%

Moves

11 tracked
Sludge Wave99.0%
Fiery Dance53.0%
Psychic51.7%
Discharge47.3%
Overheat46.7%
Meteor Beam31.1%
U-turn20.0%
Dazzling Gleam11.2%
Toxic Spikes9.6%
Whirlwind9.5%
Energy Ball8.4%

Items

Choice Specs46.6%
Power Herb31.1%
Booster Energy20.6%

Tera types

Fire56.9%
Stellar15.9%
Ghost10.9%
Fairy10.6%
Grass4.4%

Abilities

Quark Drive100.0%

EV spreads

top 6
Timid252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe48.0%
Modest252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe26.4%
Timid48 HP / 76 Def / 132 SpA / 252 Spe9.4%
Timid4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe6.6%
Timid124 Def / 132 SpA / 252 Spe6.0%

Top teammates

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Best Iron Moth build for Gen 9 Ubers

The set above is the one Gen 9 Ubers players run most often, taken from 67,302 battles in September 2026. Iron Moth sits at rank #135 with 0.1% usage, which puts it in D tier, up 0.10 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.

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