Best Iron Hands Build for Tera Raids in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Iron Hands is the newest Paradox Pokémon and is also known as Paradox Hariyama. Pokémon Violet players who managed to catch it can use it for Tera Raids. If you got Iron Hands through trading, then you should know its best build to use it in battle. In this guide, we will see the best Iron Hands build for Tera Raids in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

Best Iron Hands Build for Tera Raids in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Iron Hands is a Fighting/ Electric type Pokémon and can be used as an offense teammate. Here we will see the best Iron Hands build for Tera Raids in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

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Let’s take a look at Iron Hands’ stats

• Type: Fighting/ Electric
• Tera Type: Fighting
• Nature: Adamant
• Ability: Quark Drive – Iron Hands’ Attack, Defense, Special Attack, and Special Defense get boosted by 30%, or Speed gets boosted by 50% if it is holding Booster Energy or if Electric Terrain is active.
• Held Item: Booster Energy
• EV Spread: HP – 252 / ATK – 252 / Speed – 4

Best Iron Hands Moveset

• Belly Drum
• Close Combat
• Ice Punch
• Drain Punch

Like Azumarill, Iron Hands can use Belly Drum to raise its attack stat by 6, but compromising on HP. For that reason, it is best to split EV between HP and attack. Plus, having Drain Punch will also help Iron Hands recover some HP relative to the damage output. Its ability Quark Drive will help Iron Hands get a 30% boost in attack with Booster Energy, and having Adamant nature will further increase its attack. Ice Punch is super effective against Grass, Ground, Dragon, and Flying types, while Close Combat can take care of the other Pokémon types. The Fighting tera type will further boost Iron Hands’ attacks.

That’s all there is to know about the best Iron Hands build for Tera Raids in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. If you like this guide you can check out our other guides as well.