steelstatus
Iron Defense
Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
15
Target
User
Effect
Raises the user’s Defense by two stages.
"The user hardens its body's surface like iron, sharply boosting its Defense stat."
Where to find it
Game-by-game pickup locations, plus wild Pokémon that may be holding the TM.
Machine by version
- TR46taught inSword ShieldGeneration VIII
- Sw ShWild Area Watt Traders 4★ · 5★ Max Raid Battles ( Dusty Bowl , Giant's Seat , Hammerlocke Hills , Stony Wilderness ) Only in The Isle of Armor : 4★ · 5★ Max Raid Battles ( Brawlers' Cave , Courageous Cavern , Stepping-Stone Sea ) Cram-o-matic ( Steel : 22-30 points) Only in The Crown Tundra : Snowslide Slope Watt Trader 4★ · 5★ Max Raid Battles ( Giant's Bed , Snowslide Slope , Path to the Peak , Frigid Sea )(2,000 W)
- TR47→
- TM104taught inScarlet VioletThe Indigo DiskGeneration IX
- S VEast Province (Area One) · East Province (Area Three) · North Province (Area One) · South Province (Area Five) · TM Machine Only in The Teal Mask : Paradise Barrens Only in The Indigo Disk : Blueberry Academy Store · Canyon Biome(TM Machine: 1,500 LP Bronzor Fragment ×3 Pineco Husk ×3 Blueberry Academy Store: 10 BP)
- ZAPrize for defeating Grisham
- TM80taught inLegends ZaGeneration IV
- D P PtMt. Coronet
- HG SSPrize for defeating Brock
Generation V- B WMistralton Cave
- B2 W2Mistralton Cave
Generation VI- X YCouriway Town
- OR ASRoute 134
Generation VII- S MMelemele Sea
- US UMRoute 17
Generation VIII- Sw ShWild Area ( Rotom Rally )
- BD SPMt. Coronet · Grand Underground Glacial Cavern · Grand Underground merchant(×8 or 10 ×8 or 10 ×8 or 10 ×5 or 8 BD /3 or 5 SP ×3 or 5 BD /5 or 8 SP)
Generation IX- S VGlaseado Mountain · South Province (Area Three) · West Province (Area Two) · TM Machine Only in The Teal Mask : Mossui Town(400 LP Igglybuff Fluff ×3 Happiny Dust ×3)
- ZAVert Sector 7
Introduced in Generation III· Learned by 299 Pokémon
