Iron Tail is a mostly accurate and very damaging Steel-type move introduced in Generation II.

In the anime

The tail of the Pokémon glows white and hit very hard the opponent, sometimes the hit produce light. According to Chaz only a Pokémon with a fully develop tail can learn this technique.

Pokémon

Pikachu. Its entire tail does the move.

• Used by Ash's Pikachu from All Things Bright and Beautifly! to actuality, it has been a very useful attack and the only effective against the Pokémon of Rock Gyms. Teached by Chaz's Sentret. Pikachu had to train its tail to do successfully this move.

Sentret. Its entire tail does the move.

• Used by Chaz's Sentret in All Things Bright and Beautifly! to demonstrate the move to Ash's Pikachu.

Flaaffy. The blue pearl in the tip of its tail does the move.

• Used by Sullivan's Flaaffy in Whiscash and Ash in the battle against a wild Whiscash.

Steelix. The last three rock of its tail does the move.

• Used by a wild Steelix in All Torkoal, No Play in a battle against Ash's Torkoal.

Marshtomp. Its two caudal fins hits the foe.

• Used by Tommy's Swampert in Abandon Ship! in a flashback when it was a Marshtomp.

Swampert. Its caudal fin does the move.

• Used by Tommy's Swampert in Abandon Ship! against Ash's Corphish, the use of this attack made Tommy realize that that wild Swampert was his old Marshtomp.

In other languages

French: Queue de Fer, German: Eisenschweif, Italian: Codacciaio, Spanish: Cola Ferrea, Dutch: ijzeren staart, Portuguese: Cauda de Ferro.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

By TM

In Generation III, Iron Tail is TM23.

By breeding

Generation IV

By leveling up

By TM

In Generation IV, Iron Tail is TM23.

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