What Beats Iron Thorns?
Iron Thorns is 4× weak to Ground and weak to Fighting, Water, and Grass
Iron Thorns Weaknesses
Lead with Ground attacks — Iron Thorns's Rock/Electric typing stacks the weakness to 4× damage.
Iron Thorns Resistances
Avoid these attack types — Iron Thorns takes reduced damage from them.
Best Iron Thorns Counters
The strongest attackers among the types that hit Iron Thorns for 4× and 2× damage. Pick the game you're playing to only see Pokémon you can actually get:
Your Party vs Iron Thorns
Your party is empty — add some Pokémon! Open any Pokémon's page and tap ♥ Add to Party (and star up to 4 of its moves), then come back to see exactly which of your Pokémon — and which attack — beats Iron Thorns.
Iron Thorns Weakness Q&A
- What is Iron Thorns weak to?
- Iron Thorns takes extra damage from Ground (4×), Fighting (2×), Water (2×), and Grass (2×) type attacks.
- What is Iron Thorns 4× weak to?
- Iron Thorns takes 4× damage from Ground attacks — its Rock/Electric typing doubles the weakness twice, so these are the fastest way to take it down.
- What attacks does Iron Thorns resist?
- Iron Thorns takes reduced damage from Flying (¼×), Normal (½×), Poison (½×), Fire (½×), and Electric (½×) type attacks.
- What is the best counter to Iron Thorns?
- Strong Ground attackers like Groudon, Rhyperior, and Ursaluna beat Iron Thorns — their attacks hit it for 4× damage.