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Iron Head (move)

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Iron Head
アイアンヘッド Iron Head
Iron Head.png
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Battles
Type  Steel
Category  Physical
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  80
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to 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.

Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V
142 Aerodactyl Aerodactyl Rock Flying 49 57
212 Scizor Scizor Bug Steel 53 53
303 Mawile Mawile Steel Steel 56 56
304 Aron Aron Steel Rock 29 29
305 Lairon Lairon Steel Rock 29 29
306 Aggron Aggron Steel Rock 29 29
379 Registeel Registeel Steel Steel 73 73
410 Shieldon Shieldon Rock Steel 43 42
411 Bastiodon Bastiodon Rock Steel 52 51
413 Wormadam Wormadam
Trash Cloak
Bug Steel 47 47
485 Heatran Heatran Fire Steel 65 65
589 Escavalier Escavalier Bug Steel no 37
597 Ferroseed Ferroseed Grass Steel no 43
598 Ferrothorn Ferrothorn Grass Steel no 46
624 Pawniard Pawniard Dark Steel no 54
625 Bisharp Bisharp Dark Steel no 57
632 Durant Durant Bug Steel no 36
638 Cobalion Cobalion Steel Fighting no 37
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.


By breeding

# Pokémon Type Father
I II III IV V
104 Cubone Cubone Ground Ground AronLaironAggronShieldonBastiodon AronLaironAggronShieldonBastiodon
246 Larvitar Larvitar Rock Ground AronLaironAggronShieldonBastiodon AronLaironAggronShieldonBastiodon
304 Aron Aron Steel Rock AronLaironAggronShieldonBastiodon AronLaironAggronShieldonBastiodon
322 Numel Numel Fire Ground no Mawile
408 Cranidos Cranidos Rock Rock no AronLaironAggronShieldonBastiodon
443 Gible Gible Dragon Ground AronLaironAggronShieldonBastiodon AronLaironAggronShieldonBastiodon
626 Bouffalant Bouffalant Normal Normal no Mawile
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

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

Special move

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in
374 374 Beldum Steel Psychic Pokéwalker - Winner's Path
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

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in
486 486 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.

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in
374 374 Beldum Steel Psychic Dream World - Rugged Mountain
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 the anime

Brandon Registeel Iron Head.png Georgia Pawniard Iron Head.png Byron Bastiodon Iron Head.png Bertha Hippowdon Iron Head.png
Registeel Pawniard Bastiodon Hippowdon
The foe slams the target with its steel-hard head.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
306 Aggron 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
411 Bastiodon 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
379 Registeel Registeel's body becomes surrounded by a white aura, making it seem black and white, and it slams its head into the opponent.
Brandon's Registeel A Pyramiding Rage! None
450 Hippowdon 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
624 Pawniard 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

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures


In other generations

Iron Head IV.png
Generation I RBY Generation I
(Japanese)
Generation I
(International)
Generation II Generation II
(Japanese)
Generation II
(International)
Crystal Generation III Generation III
(Japanese)
Generation III
(International)
FRLG Generation IV Generation IV
(Japanese)
Generation IV
(International)
HGSS Generation V BW Generation V
(Japanese)
Generation V
(International)
Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution Battle Revolution
(Alternative animation)
Battrio PMD: Red and Blue PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky Rumble Rumble Blast

Trivia

  • Aerodactyl is the only non Steel-type Pokémon able to learn Iron Head by leveling up.
    • It is also the only Generation I Pokémon to learn the move by level up.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 鐵頭 Tiětóu
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch IJzerkop
France Flag.png French Tête de Fer
Germany Flag.png German Eisenschädel
Greece Flag.png Greek Σιδηρούν Κεφάλι
India Flag.png Hindi लोहे की सिर Lohe Ki Sir
Indonesia Flag.png Indonesian Kepala Besi
Italy Flag.png Italian Metaltestata
South Korea Flag.png Korean 아이언헤드 Iron Head
Portugal Flag.png Portuguese Cabeça de Ferro
Spain Flag.png Spanish Cabezahierro


Variations of the move Waterfall
Physical Iron HeadPoison JabWaterfall
Special ScaldDark PulseDischargeLava Plume


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