When this Pokémon enters battle, if one of its opponents has a move that is super effective against it, self destruct, explosion, or a one-hit knockout move, all participating trainers are notified.

The move itself is not revealed; only that there is such a move.  Moves that inflict typeless damage, such as future sight, and moves of variable type, such as hidden power, count as their listed types.  counter, metal burst, mirror coat, and one-hit KO moves to which this Pokémon is immune do not trigger this ability.

The Pokémon can sense an opposing Pokémon's dangerous moves.

Anticipation

Whenever a move makes contact with this Pokémon, the move's user takes 1/8 of its maximum HP in damage.

This ability functions identically to rough skin.

Inflicts damage on the attacker upon contact with
iron barbs.

Iron Barbs

level-up

ferrothorn

ferroseed

An item to be held by a Pokémon. The holder’s HP
is slowly but steadily restored throughout
every battle.

An item to be held by a Pokémon. If the holder is
hit, the attacker will also be damaged upon contact.

iron-barbs

anticipation

Ferrothorn

attack

defense

special-attack

special-defense

speed

grass

steel

Its spikes are harder than steel. This Pokémon
crawls across rock walls by stabbing the spikes
on its feelers into the stone.

shield

This Pokémon scrapes its spikes across rocks,
and then uses the tips of its feelers to absorb
the nutrients it finds within the stone.

sword

They attach themselves to cave ceilings, firing steel
spikes at targets passing beneath them.

alpha-sapphire

By swinging around its three spiky feelers and
shooting spikes, it can obliterate an opponent.

omega-ruby

By swinging around its three
spiky feelers and shooting spikes,
it can obliterate an opponent.

white-2

black-2

They attach themselves to cave
ceilings, firing steel spikes at targets
passing beneath them.

white

It fights by swinging around its three
spiky feelers. A hit from these steel
spikes can reduce a boulder to rubble.

	Base Stats			Stat
HP	74	—		149
Attack	94	—		114
Defense	131	2		151
Sp.Atk	54	—		74
Sp.Def	116	—		136
Speed	20	—		40
Total	489	2	0/510	664

Ferrothorn

Stat

Recommended Battle Sets

Defensive

Evolution Chain

Type Matchups