Iron Moth — VGC 2026 Regulation F usage stats and trends
Data through April 2026 · Smogon weighted ladder statistics
Iron Moth ranks #56 in VGC 2026 Regulation F with 2.06% usage as of April 2026. Over 6 months on record its usage has risen 1.74 points.
Usage history
Month
Usage
Rank
November 2025
0.32%
109
December 2025
0.37%
100
January 2026
0.19%
123
February 2026
0.20%
126
March 2026
0.15%
155
April 2026
2.06%
56
Top Iron Moth moves (ladder share)
Move
Share
Energy Ball
25.0%
Heat Wave
24.9%
Meteor Beam
24.7%
Protect
24.7%
Toxic Spikes
0.3%
Acid Spray
0.3%
Fiery Dance
0.1%
Sludge Wave
0.1%
Flash Cannon
0.0%
Fire Blast
0.0%
Top Iron Moth items (ladder share)
Item
Share
Power Herb
98.8%
Booster Energy
1.1%
Choice Specs
0.1%
Black Sludge
0.0%
Leftovers
0.0%
Focus Sash
0.0%
Electric Seed
0.0%
Wise Glasses
0.0%
Abilities (ladder share)
Ability
Share
Quark Drive
100.0%
Common EV spreads (Showdown ladder)
Spread
Share
Timid:4/0/0/252/0/252
74.7%
Timid:28/0/92/132/4/252
16.3%
Timid:0/0/4/252/0/252
7.8%
Naive:68/0/0/188/0/252
0.9%
Timid:60/0/0/108/0/252
0.2%
Tera types
Tera type
Share
grass
98.5%
fire
1.4%
fairy
0.1%
flying
0.0%
ghost
0.0%
Common Iron Moth teammates (ladder share)
Teammate
Share
Cresselia
16.4%
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike
16.4%
Kingambit
16.4%
Chesnaught
16.4%
Ting-Lu
16.4%
Iron Crown
3.3%
Incineroar
3.3%
Dragonite
3.3%
Wo-Chien
3.3%
Primarina
3.3%
Is Iron Moth good in VGC 2026 Regulation F?
By usage, Iron Moth is the #56 pick in VGC 2026 Regulation F at 2.06% of weighted teams as of April 2026, and its usage has risen 1.74 points over the months on record. Usage is not a tier rating — but at this rate you should either have a plan for Iron Moth or a reason you are not running it.