Iron Hands (Pokémon)

Iron Hands redirects here. For the Ability with a similar name, see Iron Fist (Ability).

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Iron Hands (Japanese: テツノカイナ Tetsunokaina) is a dual-type Fighting/Electric Paradox Pokémon introduced in Generation IX.

Iron Hands Paradox Pokémon テツノカイナ Tetsunokaina #0992 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Fighting Electric Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Ability Quark Drive Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 50 (12.9%)
Breeding Egg Group No Eggs Discovered Hatch time 50 cycles Egg not obtainable
Height 5'11" 1.8 m Iron Hands 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form5}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form6}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form7}}}	Weight 839.3 lbs. 380.7 kg Iron Hands 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form5}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form6}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form7}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 285	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 Iron Hands 0 HP 3 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Gray	Base friendship 0
External Links On Smogon Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, Iron Hands is said to be either a future relative of Hariyama or a version of it from a parallel timeline.

Biology

Iron Hands pressing its palms together before releasing energy

Iron Hands is a large, bulky cyborg Pokémon that looks like a futuristic sumo wrestler. The head crest is a deep blue with ten black lines connecting across it. The head is light grey with cylinder-like ears. The two eyes are yellow within a black faceplate. The upper half of their body is colored light gray resembling a light armor gear with two bright yellow holes with white spots on each side of where the shoulder would be. Also connected to it is a grey belt with three yellow square armor-like pieces on each side with white spots as well. The lower half is grey with several black line markings. The half-sphere legs are colored dark blue which are connected to small yellow rectangles with white spots. The black feet are shaped like shoes with one small, yellow rectangle with white spots connected to each foot. It has two giant, three-fingered hands which it uses. The back side of their hands is light grey with a yellow circle in the center with three white spots each. The front is four large, bright yellow rectangles connected and black lines. The rectangles also have several white spots as well.

Iron Hands hovering

According to an article from a May issue of Occulture magazine, Iron Hands got its name from an iron-handed entity described in the Violet Book. It is said to have fists that move independently of its body and to be capable of throwing large, fast-moving vehicles. An unproven theory claims that Iron Hands was once an athlete who became mortally wounded but was kept alive by being made into a cyborg. It strongly resembles Hariyama, though why this is remains unanswered. It has been seen releasing energy from the panels in its palms after pressing them against each other. It was shown to be capable of hovering a short distance above the ground to perform fast movements, such as running or turning around. When it falls asleep, it turns itself off, connecting its hands to its body and causing the yellow energy on its palms and armor pieces to turn black.

According to AI Turo, Iron Hands is a future Pokémon related to Hariyama. However, according to a version of Professor Turo that appeared at the Crystal Pool, Iron Hands is a counterpart of Hariyama from another timeline. Its true origin is unknown. Iron Hands was brought to the depths of Area Zero by a time machine built by Professor Turo ten years ago. 200 years ago, Heath also encountered Iron Hands, as seen in the Violet Book, though it is unclear how it arrived there at the time.

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Generation IX Paldea #384 Kitakami #— Blueberry #— Lumiose #— Hyperspace #— This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Legends: Z-A. Scarlet It is very similar to a cyborg covered exclusively by a paranormal magazine. The cyborg was said to be the modified form of a certain athlete. Violet This Pokémon shares many similarities with Iron Hands, an object mentioned in a certain expedition journal.

Iron Hands in the Paldea Pokédex

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Generation IX Scarlet Union Circle Violet Area Zero Legends: Z-A Unobtainable

In events

Games	Event	Language/Region	Location	Level	Distribution period
SV	CoroCoro Iron Hands	All	Online	75	January 15 to March 14, 2024
SV	Marco Silva's Iron Hands	All	Online	50	April 5 to 15, 2024

Poké Portal News

Games	Event	Tera Type	Location	Level	Distribution period
V	Brute Bonnet and Iron Hands Spotlight	Random Grass	hide	75	March 22 to 24, 2024
V	Roaring Moon and Iron Valiant the Unrivaled	Random	hide	75	October 3 to 12, 2025

Held items

Games		Held items
Scarlet	Violet	Booster Energy (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 154		214 - 261	418 - 512
Attack: 140		130 - 211	256 - 416
Defense: 108		101 - 176	198 - 346
Sp. Atk: 50		49 - 112	94 - 218
Sp. Def: 68		65 - 132	126 - 258
Speed: 50		49 - 112	94 - 218
Total: 570	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 2× Rock ½× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric ½× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 2× Rock ½× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric ½× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 2× Rock ½× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric ½× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 2× Rock ½× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric ½× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Learnset

Iron Hands is available in Scarlet and Violet.

By leveling up

Generation IX Other generations: None

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 011 Sand Attack Ground Status 0000— 100100% 15 011 Tackle Normal Physical 04040 100100% 35 011 Focus Energy Normal Status 0000— 00——% 30 011 Arm Thrust Fighting Physical 01515 100100% 20 Rem.Rem. Electric Terrain Electric Status 0000— 00——% 10 077 Fake Out Normal Physical 04040 100100% 10 1414 Whirlwind Normal Status 0000— 00——% 20 2121 Thunder Punch Electric Physical 07575 100100% 15 2828 Slam Normal Physical 08080 07575% 20 3535 Force Palm Fighting Physical 06060 100100% 10 4242 Seismic Toss Fighting Physical 0000— 100100% 20 4949 Charge Electric Status 0000— 00——% 20 5656 Wild Charge Electric Physical 09090 100100% 15 6363 Close Combat Fighting Physical 120120 100100% 5 7070 Detect Fighting Status 0000— 00——% 5 7777 Heavy Slam Steel Physical 0000— 100100% 10 8484 Belly Drum Normal Status 0000— 00——% 10 9191 Focus Punch Fighting Physical 150150 100100% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Iron Hands Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Iron Hands

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: None

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM006 TM006 Scary Face Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM012 TM012 Low Kick Fighting Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM028 TM028 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM036 TM036 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM039 TM039 Low Sweep Fighting Physical 06565 100}}100% 20 TM043 TM043 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM048 TM048 Volt Switch Electric Special 07070 100}}100% 20 TM058 TM058 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM067 TM067 Fire Punch Fire Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM068 TM068 Thunder Punch Electric Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM069 TM069 Ice Punch Ice Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM073 TM073 Drain Punch Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM080 TM080 Metronome Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM084 TM084 Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM086 TM086 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM088 TM088 Swords Dance Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM089 TM089 Body Press Fighting Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM099 TM099 Iron Head Steel Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM104 TM104 Iron Defense Steel Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM121 TM121 Heavy Slam Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM126 TM126 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM127 TM127 Play Rough Fairy Physical 09090 090}}90% 10 TM134 TM134 Reversal Fighting Physical 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM136 TM136 Electric Terrain Electric Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM147 TM147 Wild Charge Electric Physical 09090 100}}100% 15 TM149 TM149 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM158 TM158 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120120 070}}70% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM166 TM166 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM167 TM167 Close Combat Fighting Physical 120120 100}}100% 5 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM173 TM173 Charge Electric Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM192 TM192 Focus Punch Fighting Physical 150150 100}}100% 20 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM210 TM210 Supercell Slam Electric Physical 100100 095}}95% 15 TM225 TM225 Hard Press Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Iron Hands Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Iron Hands

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: None

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  This Pokémon learns no moves by breeding.

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Iron Hands Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Iron Hands Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Iron Hands

Side game data

Pokémon GO File:GO0992.png Base HP: 319 Base Attack: 245 Base Defense: 177 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 20 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Charged Attacks:

Evolution data

Unevolved Iron Hands  Fighting  Electric

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Iron Hands images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

In animation

In the TCG

Main article: Iron Hands (TCG)

Trivia

• Iron Hands has the highest base HP stat of all Fighting-type Pokémon, all Electric-type Pokémon, and all Paradox Pokémon.
• Iron Hands has the highest base Attack stat of all Paradox Pokémon.
• Iron Hands has the lowest base Special Attack and Speed stats of all Paradox Pokémon.
• Iron Hands is the only Paradox Pokémon that requires less experience to reach level 100 than its apparent relative.

Origin

Iron Hands is based on Hariyama. The yellow panels on its body and palms resemble LED displays, and its act of pressing them together before attacking could be based on defibrillators, machines use to deliver an electric current to someone suffering cardiac arrest. This might be related to Hariyama's signature move, Smelling Salts, known as "Resuscitation" in Japan, as defibrillators are used to resuscitate an unconscious person.

Name origin

Iron Hands is literally iron hands.

Tetsunokaina can be taken literally as 鉄の腕 tetsu no kaina (iron arms).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese テツノカイナ Tetsunokaina From 鉄の腕 tetsu no kaina French Paume-de-Fer From paume de fer Spanish Ferropalmas From ferro- and palmas German Eisenhand From Eisen and Hand Italian Manoferrea From mano and ferrea Korean 무쇠손 Musoeson From 무쇠 musoe and 손 son Mandarin Chinese 鐵臂膀 / 铁臂膀 Tiěbìbǎng From 鐵 / 铁 tiě and 臂膀 bìbǎng Cantonese Chinese 鐵臂膀 Titbeibóng From 鐵 tit and 臂膀 beibóng

More languages Hindi आइरनभुजा Ironbhuja From iron and भुजा bhujā Brazilian Portuguese Mãos Férreas From mãos and férreas Russian Железные Руки Zheleznyye Ruki From железные zheleznyye and руки ruki Thai แขนเหล็ก Khaenlek From แขน khaen and เหล็ก lek

Related articles

• Paradox Pokémon
• Violet Book
• Artificial Pokémon

External links

Ancient Paradox Pokémon

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