Iron Valiant (Pokémon)

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Iron Valiant (Japanese: テツノブジン Tetsunobujin) is a dual-type Fairy/Fighting Paradox Pokémon introduced in Generation IX.

Iron Valiant Paradox Pokémon テツノブジン Tetsunobujin #1006 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Fairy Fighting 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 10 (3.9%)
Breeding Egg Group No Eggs Discovered Hatch time 50 cycles Egg not obtainable
Height 4'07" 1.4 m Iron Valiant 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 77.2 lbs. 35.0 kg Iron Valiant 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 295	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 Iron Valiant 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   White	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 Valiant is said to be either a future relative of Gardevoir and Gallade or a version of them from a parallel timeline.

Biology

Iron Valiant with its blades attached

Iron Valiant is a mechanical, bipedal Pokémon whose appearance retains numerous visual traits from both Gardevoir and Gallade. Its arms consist of gauntlets with large magenta blades protruding from the sides, which it can detach and combine to serve as a deadly double-edged weapon. The blades can be coated in a magical energy for additional offensive power. Its head spikes outward twice from both sides and is covered by a green curved piece resembling hair with two cone-shaped structures at the back of its head, and a teal head crest, somewhat akin to a gladiator's helmet. The centerpiece on its chest is a hollow magenta core, which can extend in order to fire ranged attacks akin to a cannon. Five petal-shaped white and green guards tinged with magenta at the ends adorn its torso, resembling a dress.

Iron Valiant engages its chest cannon as it uses Shadow Ball

According to an article from an April issue of Occulture magazine, Iron Valiant's name is borrowed from that of an object described in the Violet Book. An unproven theory claims that it is a robot built as the product of a mad scientist's efforts to create the most powerful psychic Pokémon. According to eyewitnesses, Iron Valiant is similar in appearance to both Gardevoir and Gallade. It is also said to be a cruel Pokémon, willing to take its shining blade and cut down anyone confronting it without hesitation. When it falls asleep, it turns itself off, causing the pink energy on its "ponytails", cannon, blades, feet and dress to turn black.

According to AI Turo, Iron Valiant is a future Pokémon related to both Gardevoir and Gallade. However, according to a version of Professor Turo that appeared at the Crystal Pool, Iron Valiant is a counterpart of Gardevoir and Gallade from another timeline. Its true origin is unknown. Iron Valiant 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 Valiant, 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 #398 Kitakami #— Blueberry #— Lumiose #— Hyperspace #— This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Legends: Z-A. Scarlet It has some similarities to a mad scientist’s invention covered in a paranormal magazine. Violet It's possible that this is the object listed as Iron Valiant in a certain expedition journal.
Spin-off games Pokopia #— This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Pokopia.

Iron Valiant 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 side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Cross-Generation Masters EX Poké Fair sync pair scout: Sygna Suit Bede & Iron Valiant

In events

Games	Event	Language/Region	Location	Level	Distribution period
SV	CoroCoro Iron Valiant	All	Online	75	December 15, 2023 to February 14, 2024

Poké Portal News

Games	Event	Tera Type	Location	Level	Distribution period
V	Roaring Moon and Iron Valiant the Unrivaled	Fairy	hide	100	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: 74		134 - 181	258 - 352
Attack: 130		121 - 200	238 - 394
Defense: 90		85 - 156	166 - 306
Sp. Atk: 120		112 - 189	220 - 372
Sp. Def: 60		58 - 123	112 - 240
Speed: 116		108 - 184	213 - 364
Total: 590	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 ½× Flying 2× Poison 2× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug ¼× Ghost 1× Steel 2× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 0× Dark ¼× Fairy 2× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 2× Poison 2× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug ¼× Ghost 1× Steel 2× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 0× Dark ¼× Fairy 2× None

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 2× Poison 2× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug ¼× Ghost 1× Steel 2× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 0× Dark ¼× Fairy 2× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 2× Poison 2× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug ¼× Ghost 1× Steel 2× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 0× Dark ¼× Fairy 2× None

Notes: If this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of  Dragon-type  moves is 1×.

Learnset

Iron Valiant is available in Scarlet and Violet.

By leveling up

Generation IX Other generations: None

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 011 Disable Normal Status 0000— 100100% 20 011 Double Team Normal Status 0000— 00——% 15 011 Shadow Sneak Ghost Physical 04040 100100% 30 011 Fury Cutter Bug Physical 04040 09595% 20 Rem.Rem. Electric Terrain Electric Status 0000— 00——% 10 077 Hypnosis Psychic Status 0000— 06060% 20 1414 Feint Normal Physical 03030 100100% 10 2121 Future Sight Psychic Special 120120 100100% 10 2828 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 08080 100100% 10 3535 Psycho Cut Psychic Physical 07070 100100% 20 4242 Night Slash Dark Physical 07070 100100% 15 4949 Leaf Blade Grass Physical 09090 100100% 15 5656 Moonblast Fairy Special 09595 100100% 15 6363 Close Combat Fighting Physical 120120 100100% 5 7070 Knock Off Dark Physical 06565 100100% 20 7777 Destiny Bond Ghost Status 0000— 00——% 5 8484 Wide Guard Rock Status 0000— 00——% 10 8484 Quick Guard Fighting Status 0000— 00——% 15 9191 Spirit Break Fairy Physical 07575 100100% 15

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

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: None

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM004 TM004 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM012 TM012 Low Kick Fighting Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM016 TM016 Psybeam Psychic Special 06565 100}}100% 20 TM017 TM017 Confuse Ray Ghost Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM023 TM023 Charge Beam Electric Special 05050 090}}90% 10 TM027 TM027 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM029 TM029 Hex Ghost Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM032 TM032 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM033 TM033 Magical Leaf Grass Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM034 TM034 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM041 TM041 Stored Power Psychic Special 02020 100}}100% 10 TM043 TM043 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM054 TM054 Psyshock Psychic Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM057 TM057 False Swipe Normal Physical 04040 100}}100% 40 TM058 TM058 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM059 TM059 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TM061 TM061 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 07070 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 TM074 TM074 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM075 TM075 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM079 TM079 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM080 TM080 Metronome Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM081 TM081 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM082 TM082 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM083 TM083 Poison Jab Poison Physical 08080 100}}100% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM087 TM087 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM088 TM088 Swords Dance Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM092 TM092 Imprison Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM098 TM098 Skill Swap Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM105 TM105 X-Scissor Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM109 TM109 Trick Psychic Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM110 TM110 Liquidation Water Physical 08585 100}}100% 10 TM112 TM112 Aura Sphere Fighting Special 08080 00—}}—% 20 TM114 TM114 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM117 TM117 Hyper Voice Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM119 TM119 Energy Ball Grass Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM120 TM120 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM122 TM122 Encore Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM126 TM126 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM129 TM129 Calm Mind Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM134 TM134 Reversal Fighting Physical 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM136 TM136 Electric Terrain Electric Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM138 TM138 Psychic Terrain Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM139 TM139 Misty Terrain Fairy Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM158 TM158 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120120 070}}70% 5 TM161 TM161 Trick Room Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM167 TM167 Close Combat Fighting Physical 120120 100}}100% 5 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM181 TM181 Knock Off Dark Physical 06565 100}}100% 20 TM184 TM184 Vacuum Wave Fighting Special 04040 100}}100% 30 TM203 TM203 Psych Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM213 TM213 Coaching Fighting Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM217 TM217 Future Sight Psychic Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM218 TM218 Expanding Force Psychic Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM221 TM221 Throat Chop Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15

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

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

Side game data

Pokémon GO File:GO1006.png Base HP: 179 Base Attack: 279 Base Defense: 171 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 20 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Charged Attacks:

Evolution data

Unevolved Iron Valiant  Fairy  Fighting

Sprites

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

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

In animation

In the TCG

Main article: Iron Valiant (TCG)

Trivia

• No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Iron Valiant.
  • Its types are the secondary types of the Pokémon it is based on.
  • It is also the only future Paradox Pokémon with a unique type combination.
• Iron Valiant is the only Fighting type that is unable to learn Facade.
• Iron Valiant is the only Paradox Pokémon to be based on more than one Pokémon.
  • It is also the only one to be based on a Generation IV Pokémon.
• Iron Valiant and Roaring Moon can be considered counterparts of one another.
  • They share a base stat total of 590 instead of the 570 found in most other non-Legendary Paradox Pokémon.
  • Both are separated from the other non-Legendary Paradox Pokémon in Paldea Pokédex and National Pokédex numbering.
  • Both are not covered in any editions of Occulture magazine in the Naranja Academy^S/Uva Academy^V entrance hall, with the editions covering them being found in the lab on Poco Path instead.
  • They are both the final and highest-leveled Pokémon used by Professor Sada^S/Professor Turo^V in their first battle, as well as the only Pokémon on their team with the held item Booster Energy.
  • Both possess a weakness to their primary type and a resistance to their secondary type. Iron Valiant, Fairy/Fighting, is weak to Fairy and resistant to Fighting; Roaring Moon, Dragon/Dark, is weak to Dragon and resistant to Dark.
  • Both became 7 star raids at the same time.
• Although Iron Valiant can learn Skill Swap via TM, normally it will fail as Quark Drive cannot be swapped.
  • However, Iron Valiant can use this move if Quark Drive is first replaced by another ability due to moves like Simple Beam or Worry Seed.

Origin

Iron Valiant is based on a fusion of Gardevoir and Gallade, including traits from the Mega-Evolved forms of both Pokémon. It also seems to be based on a paladin. Like Gallade, Iron Valiant's blades resemble tonfas while sheathed in its arms, but form a sort of dual-headed glaive or other similar bladed polearm when joined together.

Name origin

Iron Valiant is literally iron valiant.

Tetsunobujin can be taken literally as 鉄の武人 tetsu no bujin (iron warrior).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese テツノブジン Tetsunobujin From 鉄の武人 tetsu no bujin French Garde-de-Fer From garde de fer Spanish Ferropaladín From ferro- and paladín German Eisenkrieger From Eisen and Krieger Italian Eroeferreo From eroe and ferreo Korean 무쇠무인 Musoemuin From 무쇠 musoe and 무인 (武人) muin Mandarin Chinese 鐵武者 / 铁武者 Tiěwǔzhě From 鐵 / 铁 tiě and 武者 wǔzhě Cantonese Chinese 鐵武者 Titmóuhjé From 鐵 tit and 武者 móuhjé Brazilian Portuguese Valentia Férrea From valentia and férrea

More languages Hindi आइरनयोद्धा Ironyoddha From iron and योद्धा yoddhā Russian Железный Воин Zheleznyy Voin From железный zheleznyy and воин voin Thai นักรบเหล็ก Nakroplek From นักรบ nakrop and เหล็ก lek

Related articles

• Paradox Pokémon
• Violet Book
• Artificial Pokémon
• Weaponry in the Pokémon world

External links

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