Lairon

No. 0305 · Gen 3

Lairon weakness and type

Hit LAIRON with Fighting and Ground for 4× damage. Water also deal 2×.

Moves against Lairon

4×Hits hardest
2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
¼×Barely scratches it
0×No effect

In Pokémon GO: Fighting deals 2.56× instead of 4×. GO chart

Test a matchup against Lairon

Abilities

  • SturdyNo change to type matchups
  • Rock HeadNo change to type matchups
  • Heavy MetalNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP60
  • Attack90
  • Defense140
  • Sp. Atk50
  • Sp. Def50
  • Speed40
  • Total430

Best nature

ImpishRaises its best defense and drops Sp. Atk, which it won't use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Lairon gives 2 Defense EVs.

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How Lairon evolves

AronSteelRock
All evolutions

What Lairon can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
SteelSteel Beamsame typeSpecial140
NormalDouble-EdgePhysical120
FightingSuperpowerPhysical120
GroundEarthquakePhysical100
RockStone Edgesame typePhysical100
GhostShadow ClawPhysical70
FlyingAerial AcePhysical60
ElectricShock WaveSpecial60
WaterWater PulseSpecial60
BugFury CutterPhysical40

Type counters to Lairon

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.