Iron Head (move)
Iron Head (Japanese: アイアンヘッド Iron Head) is a damage-dealing Steel-type move introduced in Generation IV. It is TR74 in Generation VIII.
| Iron Head アイアンヘッド Iron Head | ||||||||||||
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Target
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Availability
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Effect
Iron Head inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.
If Zacian or Zamazenta know Iron Head while entering battle in their Crowned Sword or Crowned Shield forms, Iron Head will become Behemoth Blade or Behemoth Bash, respectively, for the duration of the battle.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
By TR
By breeding
| # | Pokémon | Types | Parent Egg Groups |
Egg Move | ||||||
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| IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | ||||||
| 104 | ![]() |
Cubone |
Monster | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | ||
| 246 | ![]() |
Larvitar |
Monster | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | ||
| 304 | ![]() |
Aron |
Monster | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | ||
| 322 | Numel |
Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | ||||
| 408 | Cranidos |
Monster | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | ||||
| 443 | ![]() |
Gible |
Monster | Dragon | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | |
| 626 | ![]() |
Bouffalant |
Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| 766 | ![]() |
Passimian |
Field | ✔ | ||||||
| Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. | ||||||||||
By Move Tutor
Generation IV
| # | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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| 374 | ![]() |
Beldum |
Mineral | Pokéwalker - Winner's Path | ||
| Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. | ||||||
Generation V
| # | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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| 374 | ![]() |
Beldum |
Mineral | Dream World - Rugged Mountain | ||
| 408 | Cranidos |
Monster | Dream World - Icy Cave | |||
| Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. | ||||||
Generation IV
| # | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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| 486 | ![]() |
Regigigas |
Undiscovered | Movie RegigigasDP Toys "R" Us RegigigasDP | ||
| Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. | ||||||
Generation VI
| # | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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| 130 | ![]() |
Gyarados |
Water 2 | Dragon | Pokémon Center Hiroshima GyaradosXY | |
| 322 | Numel |
Field | Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo Egg Numel Pokémon Center Hiroshima Egg Numel | |||
| 487 | ![]() |
Giratina Origin Forme |
Undiscovered | Dahara City GiratinaXY Korean Dahara City GiratinaXY | ||
| 646 | ![]() |
Kyurem |
Undiscovered | Dahara City KyuremXY Korean Dahara City KyuremXY | ||
| Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. | ||||||
Generation VII
| # | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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| 376 | ![]() |
Metagross |
Mineral | Suwoong Cheong's MetagrossSM | ||
| Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. | ||||||
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Iron Head is a move with 16 base power, 80% accuracy, and 12 PP. The user attacks enemy in the front, possibly causing them to cringe.
Pokémon Conquest
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Stars: ★★★★
Power: 43
Accuracy: 100%
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| Effect: Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch. |
| Users: |
Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.
Pokémon Masters EX
| Category | Move Gauge | MP | Base Power | Max Power | Accuracy | Target | Effect Tag | Description |
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| Physical | 3 | — | 92 | 110 | 100% | An opponent | — | Has a chance (30%) of making the target flinch. |
Past Description
- Prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Has a moderate chance of making the target flinch.
Pokémon GO
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Updates
- Gyms & Raids
- July 30, 2016
- Power: 40 → 30
- February 16, 2017
- Power: 30 → 60
- Energy cost: 33 → 50
- Duration: 2 → 1.9 seconds
- Damage window: 1.55 - 1.8 → 1.3 - 1.7 seconds
- Trainer Battles
- January 31, 2019
- Power: 60 → 70
Description
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In the anime
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| Bisharp | Mega Mawile | Tauros | Alolan Dugtrio |
| The user slams the target with its steel-hard head. This may also make the target flinch. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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The steel plate on the top of Aggron's head glows white and it slams its head into the opponent. | ||
| Head engineer's Aggron | Bibarel Gnaws Best! | Debut | |
| Bastiodon's body becomes surrounded by a white aura, making it seem black and white, and it slams into the opponent. | |||
| Byron's Bastiodon | Ancient Family Matters! | None | |
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Registeel's body becomes surrounded by a white aura, making it seem black and white, and it slams its head into the opponent. On occasion, this will cause the opponent to flinch. | ||
| Brandon's Registeel | A Pyramiding Rage! | None | |
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Hippowdon's body becomes surrounded by a white aura, making it seem black and white, and it slams its body into the opponent. | ||
| Bertha's Hippowdon | An Elite Coverup! | None | |
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Pawniard lowers its head and the blade sticking out of the top of Pawniard's head turns into iron from the base to the tip. Pawniard then jumps into the air and flies at the opponent, slamming into it head first. | ||
| Georgia's Pawniard | Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia! | None | |
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Bisharp lowers its head and the blade sticking out of the top of Bisharp's head turns into iron from the front to the back. Bisharp then jumps into the air and flies at the opponent, slamming into it head first; or, Bisharp's head becomes surrounded by white energy, making it seem black and white. It then slams its head into the opponent. | ||
| Georgia's Bisharp | Search for the Clubultimate! | None | |
| Bryony's Bisharp | Meeting at Terminus Cave! | None | |
| Alain's Bisharp | Down to the Fiery Finish! | None | |
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Durant's forehead turns into silver metal and it slams its head into the opponent. | ||
| A wild Durant | Battling the Leaf Thieves! | None | |
| Mega Mawile's body becomes surrounded by a white aura, making it seem black and white, and it slams its body into the opponent. | |||
| Mabel's Mawile | The Bonds of Mega Evolution! | None | |
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Alolan Dugtrio's hair glows light-blue and white and extends, slamming itself into the opponent. | ||
| DJ Leo's Jessica, Ashley, and Michael | Getting the Band Back Together! | None | |
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A jagged shiny pattern appears on Alolan Marowak's forehead and it charges at the opponent with its head. | ||
| Kiawe's Marowak | A Crowning Moment of Truth! | None | |
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A jagged shiny pattern appears on Tauros's forehead and it charges at the opponent with its head. | ||
| Hayden's Tauros | Caring for a Mystery! | None | |
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A jagged shiny pattern appears on Aerodactyl's forehead and it charges at the opponent with its head. | ||
| Goh's Aerodactyl | Restore and Renew! | None | |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
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| Bastiodon | Type: Null | ||
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| The user rams into the opponent with its head. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
| Bastiodon charges forward and rams its head into the opponent. It then lifts its head up, throwing the enemy into the air above it. | |||
| Diamond's Don | High-tailing It from Haunter | Debut | |
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Type: Null lowers its head onto the opponent, hitting them with the blade on its head. | ||
| Gladion's Type: Null | The Announcement and the Prize | None | |
In other generations
Core series games
Side series games
Spin-off series games
In other languages
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| Generation VIII TMs | |
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| SwSh | |
| 00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 | |
| 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 | |
| 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 | |
| 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 | |
| BDSP | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | |
| 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
| 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 | |
| 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 100 | |
| Generation VIII TRs (SwSh) | |
| 00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 | |
| 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 | |
| 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 | |
| 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 | |
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