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Aron

Iron Armor Pokémon

SteelRock

This POKéMON has a body of steel. To make its body, ARON feeds on iron ore that it digs from mountains. Occasionally, it causes major trouble by eating bridges and rails.

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

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: 0.7%
Rock Polish
Moves
Heavy Slam / Iron Head
Earthquake / Superpower
Item
Eviolite
Ability
Rock Head
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 196
SpD 116
Spe 196

Strategy Overview

Thanks to Rock Head, Aron has access to a recoil-free 150-Base Power STAB move in Head Smash, which hits hard thanks to Aron's solid base 70 Attack. A great base 100 Defense allows Aron to survive strong physical hits, especially when coupled with an Eviolite. Its Steel / Rock typing gives it useful resistances, most notably to Fairy- and Flying-type attacks. However, its typing also gives it very common weaknesses to Water, Ground, and Fighting. Head Smash also has very low PP. It's difficult for Aron to set up on many things due to coverage moves such as Earthquake from Snubbull and Jump Kick from Doduo. Aron also has low Special Defense, meaning it can have a tough time switching in on special attacks. It faces competition from other setup sweepers that can be stronger and faster than a set-up Aron; Shell Smash users like Tirtouga and Shellder are particularly good examples. Aron also has very low Speed prior to a Rock Polish, meaning it can be KOed easily if it hasn't set up.

Most Used Moves

Iron Head
49.3%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
47.6%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc