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Aron

Iron Armor Pokémon

SteelRock

It usually lives deep in mountains. However, hunger may drive it to eat railroad tracks and cars.

Base Stats

HP 50
Attack 70
Defense 100
Sp. Atk 40
Sp. Def 40
Speed 30
Total 330

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

lairon Lairon Lv. 32
aggron Aggron Lv. 42

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Iron Armor Pokémon
Height 0.4 m
Weight 60.0 kg
Base Exp 66
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 180
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Mountain
Egg Groups Monster

Sprites

aron Front Front
aron Back Back
aron Front Shiny Front Shiny
aron Back Shiny Back Shiny
aron Official Art Official Art
aron Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 0.1%
Rock Polish
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Rock Head
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
Atk 196
SpD 116
Spe 196
Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Ability
Rock Head
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 196
SpD 116
Spe 196

Strategy Overview

At a glance, Aron seems to be a generic Rock-type Pokemon, with a great Defense stat and a good Attack stat. However, a closer look at Aron reveals that it has access to the combo of STAB Head Smash and the Rock Head ability, allowing it to do enormous amounts of damage without taking recoil. It also sports an impressive nine resistances and one immunity, making it very easy to switch in and start wrecking havoc. Nonetheless, the tiny iron Pokemon is not without its flaws. The current metagame is crawling with Fighting-type Pokemon, all of which can quickly dispose of Aron. In addition to this, Aron's abysmal Speed stat means it will be easily revenge killed by faster Pokemon.

Most Used Moves

Iron Head
100.0%
Protect
17.5%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
82.1%
Leftovers
17.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc