An attack that may lower Defense.
Iron Tail is a Steel-type physical move with a base power of 100 and an accuracy of 75%. It has a 30% chance to lower the target's Defense stat by one stage. In Polished Crystal, Iron Tail can be learned by various Steel-type Pokémon, providing them with a powerful offensive option that can also weaken the opponent's defenses in battle.
| Types | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abra | TM | - | psychic | |
| Aerodactyl | TM | - | rock | |
| Aipom | TM | - | normal | |
| Alakazam | TM | - | psychic | |
| Ambipom | TM | - | normal | |
| Ampharos | TM | - | electricdragon | |
| Annihilape | TM | - | fightingghost | |
| Arbok | LevelTM | Level: 48 | poison | |
| Arbok(kanto) | LevelTM | Level: 48 | poison | |
| Arbok(koga) | LevelTM | Level: 48 | poison | |
| Arbok(agatha) | LevelTM | Level: 48 | poison | |
| Arbok(ariana) | LevelTM | Level: 48 | poison | |
| Arcanine | TM | - | fire | |
| Arcanine(hisuian) | TM | - | firerock | |
| Azumarill | TM | - | waterfairy | |
| Azurill | TM | - | normalfairy | |
| Bayleef | TM | - | grass | |
| Blastoise | TM | - | watersteel | |
| Blissey | TM | - | normal | |
| Chansey | TM | - | normal | |
| Charizard | TM | - | firedragon | |
| Charmander | TM | - | fire | |
| Charmeleon | TM | - | fire | |
| Chikorita | TM | - | grass | |
| Clefable | TM | - | fairy | |
| Clefairy | TM | - | fairy | |
| Cleffa | TM | - | fairy | |
| Clodsire | TM | - | poisonground | |
| Croconaw | TM | - | water | |
| Cubone | TM | - | ground | |
| Cyndaquil | TM | - | fire | |
| Dewgong | TM | - | waterice | |
| Donphan | LevelTM | Level: 30 | ground | |
| Dragonair | TM | - | dragon | |
| Dragonite | TM | - | dragon | |
| Dratini | TM | - | dragon | |
| Dudunsparce | TM | - | normaldragon | |
| Dudunsparce(threesegment) | TM | - | normaldragon | |
| Dunsparce | TM | - | normalground | |
| Eevee | TM | - | normal | |
| Ekans | LevelTM | Level: 38 | poison | |
| Electabuzz | TM | - | electric | |
| Electivire | TM | - | electricfighting | |
| Entei | TM | - | fire | |
| Espeon | TM | - | psychic | |
| Farfetch'd | TM | - | normal | |
| Farigiraf | TM | - | psychicdark | |
| Feraligatr | TM | - | waterdark | |
| Flaaffy | TM | - | electric | |
| Flareon | TM | - | fire | |
| Furret | TM | - | normal | |
| Girafarig | TM | - | psychicdark | |
| Glaceon | TM | - | ice | |
| Gligar | TM | - | ground | |
| Gliscor | TM | - | ground | |
| Golduck | TM | - | waterpsychic | |
| Granbull | TM | - | fairy | |
| Growlithe | TM | - | fire | |
| Growlithe(hisuian) | TM | - | firerock | |
| Gyarados | TM | - | water | |
| Gyarados(red) | TM | - | water | |
| Houndoom | TM | - | darkfire | |
| Houndour | TM | - | darkfire | |
| Jolteon | TM | - | electric | |
| Kadabra | TM | - | psychic | |
| Kangaskhan | TM | - | normal | |
| Lapras | TM | - | waterice | |
| Larvitar | TM | - | rockground | |
| Leafeon | TM | - | grass | |
| Lickilicky | TM | - | normal | |
| Lickitung | TM | - | normal | |
| Lugia | TM | - | water | |
| Magby | TM | - | fire | |
| Magmar | TM | - | fire | |
| Magmortar | TM | - | firefighting | |
| Mankey | TM | - | fighting | |
| Mareep | TM | - | electric | |
| Marill | TM | - | waterfairy | |
| Marowak | TM | - | ground | |
| Marowak(alolan) | TM | - | fireghost | |
| Meganium | TM | - | grassfairy | |
| Meowth | TM | - | normal | |
| Meowth(alolan) | TM | - | dark | |
| Meowth(galarian) | TM | - | steel | |
| Mew | TM | - | psychic | |
| Mewtwo | TM | - | psychic | |
| Mewtwo(armored) | TM | - | psychicsteel | |
| Miltank | TM | - | normal | |
| Nidoking | TM | - | poisonground | |
| Nidoqueen | TM | - | poisonground | |
| Nidoran♀ | TM | - | poison | |
| Nidoran♂ | TM | - | poison | |
| Nidorina | TM | - | poison | |
| Nidorino | TM | - | poison | |
| Ninetales | TM | - | fireghost | |
| Ninetales(alolan) | TM | - | icefairy | |
| Onix | LevelTM | Level: 40 | rockground | |
| Perrserker | TM | - | steel | |
| Persian | TM | - | normal | |
| Persian(alolan) | TM | - | dark | |
| Phanpy | TM | - | ground | |
| Pichu | TM | - | electric | |
| Pichu(spikyeared) | TM | - | electric | |
| Pikachu | LevelTM | Level: 29 | electric | |
| Pikachu(fly) | LevelTM | Level: 29 | electric | |
| Pikachu(surf) | LevelTM | Level: 29 | electric | |
| Pikachu(red) | LevelTM | Level: 29 | electric | |
| Pikachu(yellow) | LevelTM | Level: 29 | electric | |
| Pikachu(spark) | LevelTM | Level: 29 | electric | |
| Ponyta | TM | - | fire | |
| Ponyta(galarian) | TM | - | psychic | |
| Porygon | TM | - | normal | |
| Porygon2 | TM | - | normal | |
| Porygon-Z | TM | - | normal | |
| Primeape | TM | - | fighting | |
| Psyduck | TM | - | water | |
| Pupitar | TM | - | rockground | |
| Quagsire | TM | - | waterground | |
| Quilava | TM | - | fire | |
| Raichu | TM | - | electric | |
| Raichu(alolan) | TM | - | electricpsychic | |
| Raikou | TM | - | electric | |
| Rapidash | TM | - | firefairy | |
| Rapidash(galarian) | TM | - | psychicfairy | |
| Raticate | TM | - | normal | |
| Raticate(alolan) | TM | - | darknormal | |
| Rattata | TM | - | normal | |
| Rattata(alolan) | TM | - | darknormal | |
| Rhydon | TM | - | groundrock | |
| Rhyhorn | TM | - | groundrock | |
| Rhyperior | TM | - | steelrock | |
| Sandshrew | TM | - | ground | |
| Sandshrew(alolan) | TM | - | icesteel | |
| Sandslash | TM | - | ground | |
| Sandslash(alolan) | TM | - | icesteel | |
| Seel | TM | - | water | |
| Sentret | TM | - | normal | |
| Slowbro | TM | - | waterpsychic | |
| Slowbro(galarian) | TM | - | poisonpsychic | |
| Slowking | TM | - | waterpsychic | |
| Slowking(galarian) | TM | - | poisonpsychic | |
| Slowpoke | TM | - | waterpsychic | |
| Slowpoke(galarian) | TM | - | psychic | |
| Sneasel | TM | - | darkice | |
| Sneasel(hisuian) | TM | - | poisonfighting | |
| Sneasler | TM | - | poisonfighting | |
| Squirtle | TM | - | water | |
| Stantler | TM | - | normalpsychic | |
| Steelix | LevelTM | Level: 1 | steelground | |
| Suicune | TM | - | water | |
| Sylveon | TM | - | fairy | |
| Tauros | TM | - | normal | |
| Tauros(paldean) | TM | - | fighting | |
| Tauros(paldeanfire) | TM | - | fightingfire | |
| Tauros(paldeanwater) | TM | - | fightingwater | |
| Totodile | TM | - | water | |
| Typhlosion | TM | - | fireground | |
| Typhlosion(hisuian) | TM | - | fireghost | |
| Tyranitar | TM | - | rockdark | |
| Umbreon | TM | - | dark | |
| Vaporeon | TM | - | water | |
| Vulpix | TM | - | fire | |
| Vulpix(alolan) | TM | - | ice | |
| Wartortle | TM | - | water | |
| Weavile | TM | - | darkice | |
| Wooper | TM | - | waterground | |
| Wooper(paldean) | TM | - | poisonground | |
| Wyrdeer | TM | - | normalpsychic |