Iron Moth

FirePoisonQuark Drive

In Exceeded: It is not in any of this guide's encounter tables. Its type (Fire / Poison) and base stats (total 570) are the same as in the official games.

Level-up moves 17

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Acid Spray Super effective on Steel. Sharply reduces Sp. Def.	Poison	Spec	40	100	20
1	Ember A weak fire attack that may inflict a burn.	Fire	Spec	40	100	25
1	Gust Strikes the foe with a gust. Lifts entry hazards in air.	Flying	Spec	60	100	25
1	Whirlwind Blows away the foe with wind and ends the battle.	Normal	Stat	—	—	20
7	Struggle Bug Resisting, the user attacks the foe. Lowers Sp. Atk.	Bug	Spec	30	100	20
14	Fire Spin Traps the foe in a ring of fire for 2 to 5 turns.	Fire	Spec	80	85	10
21	Take Down A reckless charge attack that also hurts the user.	Normal	Phys	90	85	20
28	Lunge Lunges at the foe to lower its Attack stat.	Bug	Phys	80	100	15
35	Screech Emits a screech to sharply reduce the foe's Defense.	Normal	Stat	—	85	40
42	Discharge Zaps the foes with electri- city. May paralyze them.	Electric	Spec	80	100	15
49	Sludge Wave Swamps the foe with a wave of sludge. May also poison.	Poison	Spec	95	100	10
56	Fiery Dance Dances cloaked in flames. May raise Sp. Atk.	Fire	Spec	80	100	10
63	Metal Sound Emits a horrible screech that sharply lowers Sp. Def.	Steel	Stat	—	85	40
70	Morning Sun Restores HP. The amount varies with the weather.	Normal	Stat	—	—	5
77	Hurricane Lifts entry hazards in air. May cause confusion.	Flying	Spec	110	70	10
84	Bug Buzz A damaging sound wave that may lower Sp. Def.	Bug	Spec	90	100	10
91	Overheat Allows a full-power attack, but sharply lowers Sp. Atk.	Fire	Spec	140	90	5

* a legal move, just moved to level-up · ** new to this game

TMs & HMs 13

#	Move · where to get it	Type	Pow
TM11	Sunny Day Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Fire	—
TM12	Taunt Route 110 — Trick House End	Dark	—
TM15	Hyper Beam Lilycove City — Department Store 4F	Normal	150
TM16	Light Screen Lilycove City — Department Store 4F	Psychic	—
TM17	Protect Lilycove City — Department Store 4F	Normal	—
TM22	SolarBeam Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Grass	120
TM29	Psychic Mauville City — Game Corner	Psychic	90
TM35	Flamethrower Mauville City — Game Corner	Fire	95
TM38	Fire Blast Lilycove City — Department Store 4F	Fire	120
TM42	Facade Petalburg City Gym	Normal	70
TM44	Rest Lilycove City — House 2	Psychic	—
TM50	Overheat Lavaridge Town Gym — Gym 1F	Fire	140
TM53	Bug Buzz Petalburg Woods	Bug	90

Where to find Iron Moth

Not found in the wild — evolve or trade for it.

Other changes in this game

Has 3 abilities at once: its one ordinary ability, plus 2 innates always on
Innates (always active): Metalmorph, Levitate
What the innates do: Metalmorph — Becomes Steel-type. · Levitate — Not hit by Ground attacks.
Ability: Quark Drive — Elec. field ups best stat.
How its abilities arrive: Levitate (always on), Metalmorph from the start; Quark Drive at Lv 30
Tutor moves: Endure, Sleep Talk, Substitute
Egg groups: Undiscovered
Catch rate 30