Iron Hands
Iron Hands is a Fighting/Electric-type Pokémon, the Paradox Pokémon, number 992 (#0992) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 1.8 m tall and weighs 380.7 kg.
Iron Hands is a Fighting and Electric Paradox Pokémon built like a cyborg sumo wrestler, with two enormous hands that crackle with power. The Scarlet Pokédex likens it to a cyborg from a paranormal magazine, said to be a modified athlete.
How to pronounce Iron Hands
Iron Hands is pronounced EYE-ern HANDZ. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Iron Hands said out loud:
In Japanese it is テツノカイナ (Tetsunokaina).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Iron Hands is 1.8 m tall and weighs 380.7 kg, heavier than any other Fighting type. It is a light grey machine with a deep blue head crest crossed by ten black lines, a dark faceplate with yellow eyes, and yellow panels on its shoulders, belt, legs and palms. Its two giant three-fingered hands each have a yellow circle on the back. The Violet Pokédex says it shares many similarities with an object called Iron Hands in an expedition journal.
Behaviour
An in-game magazine says the iron-handed entity in the Violet Book had fists that moved on their own and could hurl large, fast vehicles. Iron Hands has been seen pressing its palm panels together to release energy and hovering a short way above the ground to run or turn. When it sleeps, Bulbapedia says, it connects its hands to its body and the yellow glow turns black.
Habitat
The Pokédex gives no habitat. In Violet it is found in Area Zero, and Scarlet players can only get one by trade.
Powers
Its Ability Quark Drive raises its highest battle stat, Attack, on Electric Terrain or when it holds Booster Energy. It starts with Arm Thrust and later learns Fake Out, Thunder Punch, Wild Charge, Close Combat, Belly Drum and Focus Punch, with Drain Punch by TM. Bulbapedia notes its 154 HP is the highest of any Fighting, Electric or Paradox Pokémon and its 140 Attack the highest of any Paradox Pokémon, while its Special Attack and Speed of 50 are the lowest of any Paradox. It is a very bulky, slow bruiser.
Name origin
The English name means hands made of iron. The Japanese name is Tetsunokaina (テツノカイナ), which Bulbapedia reads as 'iron arms'.
Design inspiration
Bulbapedia names Hariyama, the sumo-style Fighting type, as its base. Its yellow panels resemble LED displays. No designer is credited, and these are fan readings.
In the games
Iron Hands is one of the Paradox Pokémon of Area Zero in Scarlet and Violet, its debut games, and has appeared in Tera Raid spotlight events. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.
Fun facts
- Bulbapedia notes that among Paradox Pokémon only Iron Hands reaches level 100 on less experience than the Pokémon it resembles: 1,250,000 against Hariyama's 1,640,000.
- Bulbapedia floats the idea that pressing its palms together before attacking mirrors a defibrillator, which would tie in with Hariyama's signature move Smelling Salts, a move the Japanese games call 'Resuscitation'.
- Bulbapedia lists a level 75 Iron Hands that was given out online through CoroCoro from 15 January to 14 March 2024.
Base stats
- HP: 154
- Attack: 140
- Defense: 108
- Sp. Atk: 50
- Sp. Def: 68
- Speed: 50
Iron Hands’s base stat total is 570. Its highest stat is HP.
Type matchups
What is Iron Hands weak to?
Iron Hands takes extra damage from Ground (2×), Psychic (2×), Fairy (2×) moves.
It resists Electric (½×), Bug (½×), Rock (½×), Dark (½×), Steel (½×).
Evolution
Iron Hands does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.
Abilities
- Quark Drive: Raises highest stat on Electric Terrain, or if holding Booster Energy.
Moves
Moves Iron Hands learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sand Attack | Ground | Status | — |
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 |
| 1 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — |
| 1 | Arm Thrust | Fighting | Physical | 15 |
| 7 | Fake Out | Normal | Physical | 40 |
| 14 | Whirlwind | Normal | Status | — |
| 21 | Thunder Punch | Electric | Physical | 75 |
| 28 | Slam | Normal | Physical | 80 |
| 35 | Force Palm | Fighting | Physical | 60 |
| 42 | Seismic Toss | Fighting | Physical | — |
| 49 | Charge | Electric | Status | — |
| 56 | Wild Charge | Electric | Physical | 90 |
| 63 | Close Combat | Fighting | Physical | 120 |
| 70 | Detect | Fighting | Status | — |
| 77 | Heavy Slam | Steel | Physical | — |
| 84 | Belly Drum | Normal | Status | — |
| 91 | Focus Punch | Fighting | Physical | 150 |
TM moves (45)
Iron Hands can learn 45 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Scary Face, Protect, Low Kick, Facade, Bulldoze, Rock Tomb, Low Sweep, Fling, Endure, Volt Switch, Brick Break, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Drain Punch, Metronome, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Swords Dance, Body Press, Iron Head, Substitute, Iron Defense, Heavy Slam, Thunderbolt, Play Rough, Reversal, Electric Terrain, Wild Charge, Earthquake, Giga Impact, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Close Combat, Tera Blast, Charge, Focus Punch, Double-Edge, Supercell Slam, Hard Press.
Egg moves (1):Electric Terrain.
Breeding & training
- Gender: genderless.
- Egg groups: Undiscovered.
- Egg cycles: 50 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 6,400).
- Catch rate: 50 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 0.
- Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 3 Attack effort values.
- Base experience yield: 285.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon shares many similarities with Iron Hands, an object mentioned in a certain expedition journal. (Violet)
It is very similar to a cyborg covered exclusively by a paranormal magazine. The cyborg was said to be the modified form of a certain athlete. (Scarlet)
Names around the world
| Japanese | テツノカイナ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Tetsunokaina |
| French | Paume-de-Fer |
| German | Eisenhand |
| Spanish | Ferropalmas |
| Italian | Manoferrea |
| Korean | 무쇠손 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 铁臂膀 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 鐵臂膀 |
Trivia
- Highest HP among Electric types: 154.
- Heaviest Fighting type: 380.7 kg.
- Highest HP among Fighting types: 154.
- Highest Attack among Fighting types: 140, shared with 1 other.
- Highest HP among Electric types in Gen 9: 154.
- Highest Attack among Electric types in Gen 9: 140.
- Heaviest Fighting type in Gen 9: 380.7 kg.
- Slowest Fighting type in Gen 9: 50 Speed.
- Highest HP among Fighting types in Gen 9: 154.
- Highest Attack among Fighting types in Gen 9: 140.
- Taller than 82% of all Pokémon (1.8 m).
- Heavier than 98% of all Pokémon (380.7 kg).
- Base stat total 570, ranked #93 of 1,025.
- Its best stat is HP, ranked #11 of 1,025.
- One of 3 Pokémon that are both Fighting and Electric.
- One of 107 gray Pokémon.
- Number 87 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
- Can learn 56 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 50: about 6.5% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries.
Sources and fact-checking
- Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Iron Hands (Pokémon), Serebii: Iron Hands (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (EYE-ern HANDZ): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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