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Not obtainable in Pokemon GO as of 2026-10-03: PvPoke flags it released:false and onemorecatch.site lists the species as unavailable. It is left out of default counter lists, boss pickers, tools and the Pokebox; the numbers on this page are what the Game Master gives it.

List checked 2026-10-03. Source: PvPoke gamemaster released:false flags (github.com/pvpoke/pvpoke, snapshot 2026-10-03 03:11:52) cross-checked with onemorecatch.site's unavailable list (updated 2026-10-02) and theclick.gg's Mega list (2026-09-16); PvP-only exclusions (Ditto, Shedinja, Spewpa, Cosmog, Cosmoem) and the stale Mega Camerupt flag corrected by hand.

Iron Hands counters

#0992Not released in Pokemon GO

fighting electricTier 5

Lobby CP

44,123

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

205

Defense

151

Difficulty

1.37

Pokebattler scale

Beating Iron Hands should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,257-2,349.

Weak toground1.6xpsychic1.6xfairy1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy Partly cloudy Cloudy ★Windy ★Snow Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Iron Hands counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Mewtwo, Shadow Groudon & Shadow Alakazam.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Landorus (Therian)
Mewtwo
S. Groudon
S. Alakazam

7 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+1.014:38
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike1.245:41
3Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike1.416:28
4Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic1.527:00
5Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm1.537:04
6Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.547:05
7MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike1.667:40
8Mega GalladeMegaConfusion / Psychic1.677:41
9Mega GardevoirMegaConfusion / Psychic1.677:41
10Mega LatiosMegaLegendaryZen Headbutt / Psychic1.707:49
12Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.717:52
13Shadow AlakazamShadowpartyConfusion / Psychic1.727:54

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Legendary Raid

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Top 15 Iron Hands counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	4:38	1.01	3.3	109.4%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	5:41	1.24	3.7	89.1%
3	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	6:28	1.41	5.3	78.3%
4	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	7:00	1.52	5.9	72.5%
5	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	7:04	1.53	5.9	71.8%
6	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	7:05	1.54	3.3	71.6%
7	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	7:40	1.66	4.7	66.2%
8	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,521	7:41	1.67	4.7	66.0%
9	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,512	7:41	1.67	4.7	66.0%
10	Mega Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	5,007	7:49	1.70	4.1	64.8%
11	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	4,783	7:49	1.70	4.2	64.8%
12	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	7:52	1.71	4.7	64.4%
13	Shadow Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	3,057	7:54	1.72	6.0	64.2%
14	Shadow Regigigasnormal	psychicZen HeadbuttnormalCrush Grip	4,346	7:58	1.73	4.8	63.6%
15	Mega Malamardarkpsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsybeam+	3,143	8:02	1.75	4.1	63.1%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Iron Hands.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Iron Hands's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Splash / Struggle	100%	187%	73.2%	6:55	5.0	1.50

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 2 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Iron Hands weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

ground1.6x psychic1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x poison1x ghost1x fire1x water1x grass1x ice1x dragon1x rock0.63x bug0.63x steel0.63x electric0.63x dark0.63x

Weak (3)
Neutral (10)
Resists (5)

It resists rock0.625xbug0.625xsteel0.625xelectric0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Iron Hands throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterSplash	0	+17	1.5s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalStruggle	35	-0	2.0s	1.00s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,257	2,821
11/11/11	2,275	2,844
12/12/12	2,294	2,867
13/13/13	2,312	2,890
14/14/14	2,331	2,914
15/15/15hundo	2,349	2,937

Caught CP range 2,257 - 2,349, or 2,821 - 2,937 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Iron Hands is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 205 / Defense 151 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

Share these exact settings

Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	109.4%	1.01	4:38	3.1	100%	6,428	54.4	3602
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	79%	89.1%	1.24	5:41	4.0	100%	6,112	44.1	2943
3	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	66%	78.3%	1.41	6:28	6.7	100%	4,178	39.6	1900
4	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	60%	72.5%	1.52	6:60	8.4	100%	4,510	36.6	1556
5	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	59%	71.8%	1.53	7:04	8.6	100%	3,922	36.3	1539
6	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	63%	71.6%	1.54	7:05	4.7	100%	5,902	35.5	2584
7	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	56%	66.2%	1.66	7:40	7.0	100%	4,178	33.3	1820
8	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	56%	66.0%	1.67	7:41	7.1	100%	4,521	33.2	1815
9	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	56%	66.0%	1.67	7:41	7.1	100%	4,512	33.2	1815
10	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	55%	64.8%	1.70	7:49	6.1	100%	5,007	32.6	2060
11	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	55%	64.8%	1.70	7:49	6.3	100%	4,783	32.6	1997
12	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	54%	64.4%	1.71	7:52	7.2	100%	4,115	32.5	1790
13	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	51%	64.2%	1.72	7:54	12.2	100%	3,057	32.9	1110
14	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	53%	63.6%	1.73	7:58	7.4	100%	4,346	32.1	1754
15	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	54%	63.1%	1.75	8:02	6.4	100%	3,143	31.7	1996
16	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+13 more movesets	54%	63.1%	1.75	8:02	5.7	100%	5,424	31.7	2189
17	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	51%	62.2%	1.77	8:09	8.6	100%	3,812	31.3	1528
18	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	51%	62.2%	1.77	8:09	8.8	100%	4,006	31.3	1495
19	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	51%	62.0%	1.78	8:11	8.2	100%	3,922	31.2	1596
20	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	51%	60.6%	1.82	8:22	6.9	100%	3,244	30.5	1854
21	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	52%	60.0%	1.84	8:27	5.6	100%	3,791	30.1	2203
22	Tapu Lele psychicfairy Confusion / Nature's Madness	Confusion / Nature's Madness+11 more movesets	49%	59.3%	1.86	8:33	8.9	100%	3,494	29.8	1478
23	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	53%	59.1%	1.86	8:34	3.9	100%	4,911	29.3	2990
24	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	50%	58.8%	1.87	8:37	6.8	100%	5,713	29.6	1867
25	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	49%	58.8%	1.87	8:38	8.0	100%	3,962	29.6	1618
26	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+15 more movesets	51%	58.6%	1.88	8:39	5.1	100%	3,733	29.2	2419
27	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	47%	58.1%	1.89	8:43	10.1	100%	3,588	29.3	1311
28	Shadow Exeggutor grasspsychicshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+11 more movesets	47%	58.0%	1.90	8:44	10.7	100%	3,014	29.3	1250
29	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	46%	57.7%	1.91	8:47	10.7	100%	3,093	29.1	1248
30	Shadow Gardevoir psychicfairyshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	46%	57.7%	1.91	8:47	10.7	100%	3,093	29.1	1248

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.8 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.