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Iron Hands counters

#0992Not released in Pokemon GO

fighting electricElite

Lobby CP

50,949

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

256

Defense

189

Difficulty

2.32

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+1.727:55
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike2.099:38
3Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike2.3110:37
4Mega AlakazamMegaConfusion / Psychic2.5411:42
5Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.6312:05
6Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm2.6312:07
7MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike2.7212:30
8Mega GalladeMegaConfusion / Psychic2.8413:04
9Mega GardevoirMegaConfusion / Psychic2.8413:04
10Mega LatiosMegaLegendaryZen Headbutt / Psychic2.8513:07
11Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.8513:07
13Shadow AlakazamShadowpartyConfusion / Psychic2.8913:19

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

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Raid tier — Elite 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	7:55	1.72	4.6	64.0%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	9:38	2.09	4.6	52.6%
3	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	10:37	2.31	6.0	47.7%
4	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	11:42	2.54	6.0	43.3%
5	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	12:05	2.63	4.1	41.9%
6	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	12:07	2.63	6.0	41.8%
7	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	12:30	2.72	5.7	40.5%
8	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,521	13:04	2.84	5.9	38.8%
9	Mega Gardevoirpsychicfairy	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,512	13:04	2.84	5.9	38.8%
10	Mega Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	5,007	13:07	2.85	5.3	38.6%
11	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	13:07	2.85	5.9	38.6%
12	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	4,783	13:07	2.85	5.3	38.6%
13	Shadow Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	3,057	13:19	2.89	6.0	38.1%
14	Shadow Regigigasnormal	psychicZen HeadbuttnormalCrush Grip	4,346	13:19	2.89	5.9	38.1%
15	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	13:25	2.91	4.3	37.8%

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	17%	94%	43.7%	11:36	5.7	2.52

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

Elite: 20,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 256 / Defense 189 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

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%	64.0%	1.72	7:55	7.1	100%	6,428	43.1	2425
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	80%	52.6%	2.09	9:38	8.8	100%	6,112	35.2	1980
3	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	69%	47.7%	2.31	10:37	14.5	0%	4,178	32.3	1252
4	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	62%	43.3%	2.54	11:42	17.2	0%	4,510	29.4	1065
5	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	63%	41.9%	2.63	12:05	9.9	0%	5,902	28.0	1784
6	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	59%	41.8%	2.63	12:07	17.8	0%	3,922	28.5	1033
7	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	59%	40.5%	2.72	12:30	14.4	0%	4,178	27.3	1258
8	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	56%	38.8%	2.84	13:04	16.1	0%	4,521	26.2	1134
9	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	56%	38.8%	2.84	13:04	16.1	0%	4,512	26.2	1134
10	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	56%	38.6%	2.85	13:07	13.7	0%	5,007	26.0	1315
11	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	55%	38.6%	2.85	13:07	16.1	0%	4,115	26.1	1132
12	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	56%	38.6%	2.85	13:07	13.7	0%	4,783	26.0	1313
13	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	52%	38.1%	2.89	13:19	24.4	0%	3,057	26.1	762
14	Shadow Regigigas normalshadow Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip	Zen Headbutt / Crush Grip+7 more movesets	55%	38.1%	2.89	13:19	16.3	0%	4,346	25.7	1122
15	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	56%	37.8%	2.91	13:25	11.7	0%	5,424	25.4	1529
16	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	54%	37.4%	2.95	13:34	14.0	0%	3,143	25.2	1294
17	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	53%	37.3%	2.96	13:36	17.5	0%	4,006	25.2	1043
18	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	53%	37.0%	2.98	13:42	17.0	0%	3,812	25.0	1075
19	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	54%	36.4%	3.02	13:54	11.3	0%	3,791	24.4	1576
20	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	52%	36.3%	3.04	13:59	14.7	0%	3,244	24.4	1235
21	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm	Extrasensory / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	51%	36.0%	3.06	14:05	17.2	0%	3,922	24.3	1063
22	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	50%	35.4%	3.11	14:18	17.4	0%	3,962	24.0	1051
23	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Confusion / Future Sight	Confusion / Future Sight+7 more movesets	50%	35.3%	3.12	14:23	18.0	0%	3,590	23.9	1016
24	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	49%	35.2%	3.13	14:25	21.2	0%	3,328	23.9	870
25	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	54%	35.0%	3.15	14:29	8.1	0%	4,911	23.3	2135
26	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	55%	34.8%	3.16	14:33	6.7	0%	4,099	23.2	2526
27	Shadow Gardevoir psychicfairyshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	48%	34.8%	3.17	14:34	21.5	0%	3,093	23.6	859
28	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	48%	34.8%	3.17	14:34	21.5	0%	3,093	23.6	859
29	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+15 more movesets	52%	34.7%	3.17	14:35	10.7	0%	3,733	23.2	1651
30	Shadow Exeggutor grasspsychicshadow Extrasensory / Psychic	Extrasensory / Psychic+11 more movesets	48%	34.7%	3.18	14:37	21.5	0%	3,014	23.6	860

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