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Iron Boulder

#1022 · Paradox Pokémon

Iron Boulder

RockPsychic★7Gen 9Epic egg

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Classic

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Rank #50 · 9 votes · median S

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SS
0 (0%)
S
7 (78%)
A
1 (11%)
B
1 (11%)
C
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D
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Rank #43 · 10 votes · median SS

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4 (40%)
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1 vote · median D

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1 vote · median D

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Tier history

29/09/2026 · 3.30 · Unranked · 3 votes30/09/2026 · 3.76 · A · 8 votes06/10/2026 · 3.82 · A · 9 votes08/10/2026 · 3.83 · A · 9 votes26/10/2026 · 3.82 · A · 9 votes

5 recorded changes · 9 votes

29/09/2026 · 3.92 · Unranked · 3 votes30/09/2026 · 4.29 · A · 6 votes01/10/2026 · 4.43 · A · 7 votes02/10/2026 · 4.44 · A · 7 votes04/10/2026 · 4.50 · S · 8 votes06/10/2026 · 4.58 · S · 9 votes20/10/2026 · 4.61 · S · 10 votes26/10/2026 · 4.62 · S · 10 votes

Moved A → S 23 days ago

30/09/2026 · 3.49 · Unranked · 1 vote01/10/2026 · 3.66 · Unranked · 1 vote03/10/2026 · 3.77 · Unranked · 1 vote04/10/2026 · 3.75 · Unranked · 1 vote05/10/2026 · 3.69 · Unranked · 1 vote08/10/2026 · 3.78 · Unranked · 1 vote09/10/2026 · 3.82 · Unranked · 1 vote13/10/2026 · 3.71 · Unranked · 1 vote25/10/2026 · 3.74 · Unranked · 1 vote26/10/2026 · 3.76 · Unranked · 1 vote

10 recorded changes · 1 vote

30/09/2026 · 2.21 · Unranked · 1 vote01/10/2026 · 2.24 · Unranked · 1 vote02/10/2026 · 2.25 · Unranked · 1 vote04/10/2026 · 2.29 · Unranked · 1 vote09/10/2026 · 2.30 · Unranked · 1 vote18/10/2026 · 2.32 · Unranked · 1 vote22/10/2026 · 2.33 · Unranked · 1 vote

7 recorded changes · 1 vote

Game data

Abilities

  • Quark Drive

    Boosts the Pokémon’s most proficient stat on Electric Terrain by 30%, or 50% if the stat boosted is its Speed stat.

Passive (unlock)Sharpness

Boosts the power of the Pokémon’s slicing moves by 50%.

Egg moves

  • PsybladePsychicPhysical80 pow · 100%

    The user rends the target with an ethereal blade. This move’s power is boosted by 50% if the user is on Electric Terrain.

  • Kowtow CleaveDarkPhysical85 pow · —

    The user slashes at the target after kowtowing to make the target let down its guard. This attack never misses.

  • Stone AxeRockPhysical65 pow · 90%

    The user swings its stone axes at the target, leaving behind stone splinters that float around the opposing team. Any Pokémon that switch into battle will take damage equal to ⅛ of their max HP. The damage of these rocks differ depending on the Pokémon’s type matchup with the Rock type.

  • Bitter BladeFirePhysical90 pow · 100%Rare egg move

    The user attacks by focusing all its bitter feelings toward this world into the tip of its blade. The user’s HP is restored by ½ of the damage dealt by this move.

Base stats

Iron Boulder · BST 590

HP90
Atk120
Def80
SpAtk68
SpDef108
Spd124

Unlock costs

Candy needed for a cost-7 starter:

Passive ability
15 🍬
Cost reductions
8 / 20 🍬
Same-species egg
12 🍬
The price only drops once you have hatched enough Iron Boulder eggs: 10 🍬 after 10 hatches, 9 🍬 after 20 hatches, 6 🍬 after 40 hatches.
Friendship needed per candy
300

Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Iron Boulder needs 300 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.

Community Player opinions

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Iron Boulder: Hit (surprisingly) fast and hit hard.

Iron Boulder hits hard because of 120 base STR and Sharpness, and activating its Quark Drive makes it OHKO most enemies. But Boulder also hits fast at 124 base SPD, and Quark Drive is even more generous to this stat, so Jolly nature can very much decide how you play Boulder.

Dom Kovell · 27 days agoClassic · Full UnlocksClassic

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  • OpinionEsca27 days ago

    Great stats for Classic mode, good offensive typing and while defensively it kinda sucks it's surprisingly solid into a lot of major mons. The main downside is that its levelup pool takes very long to get going; Rock Throw is your best move until level 28 and you don't get a STAB over 70BP until after level 50 (and unless you get a Swords Dance TM early, no setup to alleviate it). Unlocks go a long way in making it great all run long by fixing these earlygame problems though, and the passive makes its damage output ridiculous.

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