The Pokémon Day 2023 Pokémon Presents announced a slew of new things, one announcement being the addition of two new paradox forms to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Walking Wake, a paradox form of Suicune, and Iron Leaves, a paradox Virizion, were added to Scarlet and Violet respectively as version exclusives. If you’re looking to grab one of these Pokémon for yourself, you’re probably wondering what its weaknesses and counters are. Here’s our guide on Iron Leaves’ weaknesses and best counters in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
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As mentioned, Iron Leaves is the futuristic paradox form of Virizion in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Its appearance isn’t the only thing that has changed though: its typing is different too. Its original typing was Grass/Fighting, however Iron Leaves’ typing is set as Grass/Psychic. This means it has different weaknesses too. Instead of taking 4x damage to Flying-type moves, it now only takes 2x damage from them, for example. It is, however, now 4x weak to Bug-type moves. That is its only 4x weakness however. Its other 2x weaknesses are as follows: Flying, Poison, Ghost, Fire, Ice, Dark. This means it has one extra weakness overall compared to the original Virizion.
When it comes to Iron Leaves’ stat spread in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, it gets an additional 10 base stat total, increasing it from 580 to 590. It also has an entirely different stat pool. Instead of being a Special Defense-based Pokémon, Iron Leaves is now an incredibly good physical attacker with a whopping 130 Attack. This doesn’t mean it’s a slouch defensively either. While its Special Defense has been lowered, it’s only been reduced by 21, taking it down to a still very respectable 108. Its physical defense is also relatively good at 88, making this a hard Pokémon to find against.
Despite all of its strengths defensively, you should be able to beat it if you bring the right Pokémon. The strongest counter for Iron Leaves would be a physical attacking Bug-type Pokémon. Scizor is probably your best option, with its only weakness being Fire-type moves, and it can resist Iron Leaves’ two STAB (Same-Type Attack Bonus) typings. Scizor also gains access to plenty of powerful physically offensive moves, like X-Scissor. It also has a relatively high Defense stat, sitting at 100. Using Scizor, you should be able to bring this Pokémon down without much hassle. If you’re purely hunting down the raid, this strategy still works. The only difference is now Bug-type moves will only hit for 2x damage, but if you’ve gone through the effort of levelling Scizor up, and getting EV training, this fight should still be a breeze.
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The Walking Wake and Iron Leaves Tera Raid Event has now ended. This event ran from December 25, 2023 until January 07, 2024, 23:59 UTC and was only available in the Paldea region.
This was the first time that players will be able to catch these Pokemon again since the first time the Tera Raid Event was released back in February and May.
The Iron Leaves Raid can only be encountered natively in Pokemon Violet Version. Scarlet Players will need to join a Raid online from a Violet host if they wish to participate in this raid!
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Players that have caught Walking Wake and Iron Leaves before in a previous Tera Raid Event will not be able to catch them a second time.
Walking Wake, Iron Leaves, Raging Bolt, Iron Crown, Gouging Fire and Iron Boulder are all legal in Regulation F of Ranked Battle (beginning January 4, 2024)! These Pokemon are sure to dominate the meta with their excellent typings, great stats and new exclusive moves!
Iron Leaves Movesets and Best Builds
Kingambit is able to face Iron Leaves as its typing allows it to match up against the raid boss. Being a Dark and Steel-type Pokemon, Kingambit is immune to Iron Leaves' Psyblade, resists Leaf Blade, and takes neutral damage from Megahorn.
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Gholdengo is also able to stand against Iron Leaves during Tera Raids as its Steel and Ghost typing helps it resist all of Iron Leaves' attacks which are Psychic, Grass, and Bug-type moves. It is also able to use a STAB-boosted Shadow Ball, which is super-effective against the raid boss.
Gholdengo Best Tera Raid Build
Scizor is able to resist all of Iron Leaves' attacks. It is able to withstand Bug and Psychic-type moves, and even have 4x resistance to the raid boss' Leaf Blade, which is a Grass-type attack.
Scizor Best Tera Raid Build
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As with most raids, you could get useful rewards for completing this special Tera Raid event ranging from treasures you can sell to items you can use to train competitively viable Pokemon.
The biggest reward to participating in this special Tera Raid event was the chance to catch the Paradox Pokemon Iron Leaves!
Iron Leaves is a dual Grass/Psychic Pokemon based on Virizion.
This Paradox Pokemon are currently not obtainable through other means and were only available to catch during this special Tera Raid Event!
Although Walking Wake is exclusive to Pokemon Scarlet players and Iron Leaves to Pokemon Violet players, you could catch both by joining a player hosting a Tera Raid with the Paradox Pokemon you want to catch!
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Despite being a one-time catch per save file like the previous Raid Pokemon, Nintendo confirmed on their official website that both Walking Wake and Iron Leaves will appear again in future events.
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To participate in raid events with other players, you must have a paid Nintendo Switch Online membership, which is bought separately from the game.
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Trainers must also make sure they have the latest version of Poke Portal News in their game. This should automatically download if your Switch is connected to the Internet.
Press the X Button and select "Poke Portal." Make sure your Switch is connected to the internet.
2Select "Mystery Gift."
3Select "Check Poke Portal News."
Iron Leaves, during the Tera Raid, had a Psychic Tera Type and not its regular Psychic and Grass typing.
Due to this, Iron Leaves' weaknesses during the raid were Bug, Ghost, and Dark-type moves. Dark-type attackers needed to proceed with caution however, as Iron Leaves had Megahorn during the raid which was super-effective against them.
For the Iron Leaves Raid event, Iron Leaves was Shiny Locked. There is currently no legitimate way to get a Shiny Iron Leaves, but may change in the future, most probably as part of the DLC.
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Paradox Pokemon currently have no way to breed, and will not produce eggs, even when paired with a Ditto.
As with most special Tera Raid Pokemon, you can only catch one Walking Wake and Iron Leaves per game.
You could still participate in Tera Raids with these Pokemon and get rewards, but you could only catch one Walking Wake and one Iron Leaves on your game.
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