Iron Head (move)

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Iron Head
アイアンヘッド Iron Head
The foe slams the target with its steel-hard head. It may also make the target flinch.
Battles
Type  Steel
Category  Physical
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  80
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
May affect anyone but the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Contests
Category  Tough
Appeal  0
Jam  0
Super Contests
Category  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Iron Head (Japanese: アイアンヘッド Iron Head) is a damage-dealing Steel-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Contents

Effect

Iron Head inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.

In the anime

Pokémon

Aggron. Aggron's head glows white. Aggron then charges at the foe with its head lowered

Bastiodon. Bastiodon's entire body glows white, similar to Head Smash as it charges towards the foe.

Registeel. Registeel's entire body glows white, then charges towards the foe.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 49
212 Scizor Bug Steel 53
303 Mawile Steel 56
304 Aron Steel Rock 29
305 Lairon Steel Rock 29
306 Aggron Steel Rock 29
379 Registeel Steel 73
410 Shieldon Rock Steel 43
411 Bastiodon Rock Steel 52
413 Wormadam
Trash Cloak
Bug Steel 47
485 Heatran Fire Steel 65
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father
104 Cubone Ground Aron, Lairon, Aggron
Shieldon, Bastiodon
246 Larvitar Rock Ground Aron, Lairon, Aggron
Shieldon, Bastiodon
304 Aron Steel Rock Aron, Lairon, Aggron
Shieldon, Bastiodon
443 Gible Dragon Ground Aron, Lairon, Aggron
Shieldon, Bastiodon
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

By move tutor

In Pokémon Platinum
#   Pokémon Type
059 Arcanine Fire
076 Golem Rock Ground
095 Onix Rock Ground
128 Tauros Normal
130 Gyarados Water Flying
131 Lapras Water Ice
142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying
143 Snorlax Normal
149 Dragonite Dragon Flying
151 Mew Psychic
208 Steelix Steel Ground
212 Scizor Bug Steel
226 Mantine Water Flying
230 Kingdra Water Dragon
241 Miltank Normal
243 Raikou Electric
244 Entei Fire
245 Suicune Water
246 Larvitar Rock Ground
247 Pupitar Rock Ground
248 Tyranitar Rock Dark
249 Lugia Psychic Flying
250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying
297 Hariyama Fighting
303 Mawile Steel
304 Aron Steel Rock
305 Lairon Steel Rock
306 Aggron Steel Rock
321 Wailord Water
323 Camerupt Fire Ground
337 Lunatone Rock Psychic
338 Solrock Rock Psychic
350 Milotic Water
362 Glalie Ice
365 Walrein Ice Water
374 Beldum Steel Psychic
375 Metang Steel Psychic
376 Metagross Steel Psychic
377 Regirock Rock
378 Regice Ice
379 Registeel Steel
382 Kyogre Water
383 Groudon Ground
384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying
385 Jirachi Steel Psychic
389 Torterra Grass Ground
408 Cranidos Rock
409 Rampardos Rock
410 Shieldon Rock Steel
411 Bastiodon Rock Steel
413 Wormadam
Trash Cloak
Bug Steel
437 Bronzong Steel Psychic
443 Gible Dragon Ground
444 Gabite Dragon Ground
445 Garchomp Dragon Ground
450 Hippowdon Ground
462 Magnezone Electric Steel
464 Rhyperior Ground Rock
476 Probopass Rock Steel
483 Dialga Steel Dragon
485 Heatran Fire Steel
486 Regigigas Normal
487 Giratina
Altered Forme
Ghost Dragon
487 Giratina
Origin Forme
Ghost Dragon
493 Arceus Ground
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in
486 Regigigas Normal 11th Movie Events
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.

In other languages

  • Spanish: Cabezahierro
  • German: Eisenschädel
  • Italian: Metaltestata
Variations on the move Waterfall
Physical Waterfall | Iron Head
Special Extrasensory | Dark Pulse


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