Iron Fist (Ability)

Iron Fist	てつのこぶし
	Iron Fist
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown Generation IV Boosts the power of punching moves. Generation V Currently unknown Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Iron Fist (Japanese: てつのこぶし Iron Fist) is an ability introduced in Generation IV. Ten Pokémon can have this ability.

Effect

In battle

Iron Fist causes the Base Power of affected punching moves to increase by 20%.

Punching moves

Move Type Cat. Bullet Punch  Steel  Physical Comet Punch  Normal  Physical Dizzy Punch  Normal  Physical Drain Punch  Fighting  Physical DynamicPunch  Fighting  Physical Fire Punch  Fire  Physical Focus Punch  Fighting  Physical Hammer Arm  Fighting  Physical Ice Punch  Ice  Physical Mach Punch  Fighting  Physical Mega Punch  Normal  Physical Meteor Mash  Steel  Physical Shadow Punch  Ghost  Physical Sky Uppercut  Fighting  Physical ThunderPunch  Electric  Physical

Outside of battle

Iron Fist has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Iron Fist

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0107		Hitmonchan	Fighting		Fighting	Keen Eye	Iron Fist	Inner Focus
0166		Ledian	Bug	Flying	Swarm	Early Bird	Iron Fist
0390		Chimchar	Fire		Fire	Blaze	None	Iron Fist
0391		Monferno	Fire	Fighting	Blaze	None	Iron Fist
0392		Infernape	Fire	Fighting	Blaze	None	Iron Fist
0532	Dokkora	Dokkora	Fighting		Fighting	Guts	Sheer Force	Iron Fist
0533	Dotekkotsu	Dotekkotsu	Fighting		Fighting	Guts	Sheer Force	Iron Fist
0534	Roobushin	Roobushin	Fighting		Fighting	Guts	Sheer Force	Iron Fist
0622	Gobitto	Gobitto	Ground	Ghost	Iron Fist	Klutz	No Guard
0623	Goruugu	Goruugu	Ground	Ghost	Iron Fist	Klutz	No Guard
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

Trivia

• Despite Hitmonchan being the only Pokémon able to have this ability prior to Generation V, it cannot learn Dizzy Punch, Hammer Arm, Meteor Mash and Shadow Punch in Generations III or IV.
  • Hitmonchan could learn Dizzy Punch in Generation II, if it was known by it as a Tyrogue hatched from the Odd Egg in Pokémon Crystal.
• Sucker Punch is not boosted by Iron Fist, since it is originally ふいうち (Surprise Attack) in Japanese.
  • Similarly, Meteor Mash is boosted because it is known as コメットパンチ (Comet Punch) in Japanese, while Comet Punch is called れんぞくパンチ (Consecutive Punch).

In other languages

• French: Poing de Fer
• German: Eisenfaust
• Greek: Σιδερένια Γροθιά
• Italian: Ferropugno
• Portuguese: Punho de Ferro
• Spanish: Puño férreo

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.