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Iron Thorns

Paradox Pokémon

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Iron Thorns

Iron Thorns (shiny)

Height: 1.6 m
Weight: 303.0 kg

Training & breeding details

GenderGenderless

Catch rate30(8.8%)Tricky

Base friendship0None

Hatch time50 cycles · ~13,005 steps

Growth rateslow

Base EXP285

Some of its notable features match those of an object named within a certain expedition journal as Iron Thorns.

In Pokémon GO · 3759 max CP 3 TCG Pocket cards

Base stats

HP

100

Attack

134

Defense

110

Sp. Atk

70

Sp. Def

84

Speed

72

Total

570

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Raises highest stat on Electric Terrain, or if holding Booster Energy.

Egg groups: Undiscovered

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Fire½×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Dragon Dance (Electric)

Monotype

Moves

Item

Loaded Dice

NatureJolly+Spe/−SpA

EV spread

Atk252

SpD4

Spe▲252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Evolution

This Pokémon does not evolve.

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Iron Thorns can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Meteor BeamSTAB

Supercell SlamSTAB

Wild ChargeSTAB

ThunderboltSTAB

Moves

Find a move17 of 17

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Fire Fang Has a chance to burn the target and a chance to make the target flinch.	Fire	Physical	65	95	15
1	Ice Fang Has a chance to freeze the target and a chance to make the target flinch.	Ice	Physical	65	95	15
1	Iron Defense Raises the user’s Defense by two stages.	Steel	Status	—	—	15
1	Rock Throw Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Rock	Physical	50	90	15
1	Thunder Fang Has a chance to paralyze the target and a chance to make the target flinch.	Electric	Physical	65	95	15
7	Screech Lowers the target’s Defense by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	85	40
21	Rock Tomb Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Rock	Physical	60	95	15
28	Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
35	Charge Raises the user’s Special Defense by one stage. User’s Electric moves have doubled power next turn.	Electric	Status	—	—	20
42	Rock Slide Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
49	Sandstorm Changes the weather to a sandstorm for five turns.	Rock	Status	—	—	10
56	Wild Charge User receives 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil.	Electric	Physical	90	100	15
63	Pin Missile Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	Bug	Physical	25	95	20
70	Earthquake Inflicts regular damage and can hit Dig users.	Ground	Physical	100	100	10
77	Stealth Rock Causes damage when opposing Pokémon switch in.	Rock	Status	—	—	20
84	Stone Edge Has an increased chance for a critical hit.	Rock	Physical	100	80	5
91	Giga Impact User foregoes its next turn to recharge.	Normal	Physical	150	90	5

Sprites & renders

6 sprites & renders for Iron Thorns.

Official artwork

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Front

Back

Across the games

Black · White

scarlet violet

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Cite this page

“Iron Thorns”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/iron-thorns.

Species data from PokéAPI.