Iron Crown
Steel / Psychic
Stat: 90 HP / 72 Att / 100 Def / 122 SpA / 108 SpD / 98 Spe
Ability : Quark Drive
Notable moves :
Tachyon Cutter (signature special move with 50 BP and never miss, hit twice)
Steel Beam
Psychic
Psyshock
Future Sight
Psychic Noise
Stored Power
Expanding Force
Agility
Calm Mind
Iron Defense
Focus Blast
Volt Switch
Air Slash
Rest
Sleep Talk
Protect
Substitute
Tera Blast
Pros :
- Pretty good stats with good 122 SpA, 90/100/108 bulk, and honorable Speed with his Quark Drive ability
- Pretty good defensive typing with Steel/Psychic
- Powerful signature move which hit twice, useful for defeat Focus Sash and Sturdy
- Access to an immense variety of Psychic moves
- Access to switch move with Volt Switch
- Access to many set-up moves with Iron Defense, Calm Mind and Agility, which go very well with Stored Power
Cons :
- Many common weaknesses such as Dark, Ghost, Ground and Fire
- Pretty bad STAB combo, resisted by many Steel Pokémons and Slowking
- Limited Coverage with inaccurate Focus Blast. Entirely wall by Gholdengo
- Without Quark Drive, his speed is pretty mid, below 100, and he will be overwhelmed by many threats that can kill him, like Darkrai, Roaring Moon, Weavile, Cinderace or Dragapult. Even with Energy Booster, it will be overtaken by other users of this item like Roaring Moon, Iron Valiant and Iron Boulder, but also by Scarf which have more than 100 speed
- No Electric Terrain for activate Quark Drive, he will be forced to use single-use Energy Booster
Possible Tera :
- Steel : STAB
- Psychic : STAB
- Water : Defensive Tera useful for Stored Power set. It transforms Iron Crown's weakness to Fire type into resistance, which is very useful in a metagame full of Fire moves and pokemons like Cinderace, Gouging Fire, Volcarona and Iron Moth.
- Fairy : Excellent defensive Tera type which remove Dark weakness like Sucker Punch Kingambit
Sets :
Iron Crown @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 84 Def / 172 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Focus Blast
- Tachyon Cutter
- Psyshock
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 84 Def / 172 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Focus Blast
- Tachyon Cutter
- Psyshock
The possibly basic set of Iron Crown. Tachyon Cutter is his main STAB, and break Focus Sash users. Focus Blast is the coverage for touch Kingambit, Excadrill and Ting-Lu. Psyshock mettra à mal Clodsire et Iron Moth. You can replace Psyshock by Psychic to OHKO Great Tusk.
Iron Crown @ Grassy Seed
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Water/Fighting
EVs: 252 Hp / 144 SpA / 112 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Agility / Iron Defense
- Calm Mind
- Tachyon Cutter / Focus Blast
- Stored Power
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Water/Fighting
EVs: 252 Hp / 144 SpA / 112 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Agility / Iron Defense
- Calm Mind
- Tachyon Cutter / Focus Blast
- Stored Power
A Grassy Terrain and Screens set that I have experimented with quite a bit and which is very effective, although walled off by a lot of Pokémon like Heatran, Kingambit or Metagross. Agility vous permettra de dépasser l'ensemble du metagame en dehors des weather sweepers.
Iron Defense instead Agility may be useful to fight physical offensive threat. Leftovers instead Grassy Seed will be used for non-Grassy Terrain Team. Water Tera will allow you to win your duel against Volcarona without Giga Drain.
If you have difficulty passing Kingambit and Heatran in your team, Focus Blast is your friend.
Iron Crown @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 84 Def / 172 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Future Sight
- Volt Switch
- Tachyon Cutter
- Psyshock
Iron Crown @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
-Volt Switch
-Tachyon Cutter
-Future Sight
-Psychic
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 84 Def / 172 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Future Sight
- Volt Switch
- Tachyon Cutter
- Psyshock
Iron Crown @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
-Volt Switch
-Tachyon Cutter
-Future Sight
-Psychic
Possible pivot sets with Volt Switch and Future Sight.
Conclusion :
Iron Crown is a Pokémon that will be decent in OU and some potential as a Stored Power setup, but will likely fall into OU in the first month. Overtaken by many Pokémon, it will undoubtedly be Tera dependent at the risk of being rendered ineffective by common threats like Voacarona and Kingambit.
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