Substitute or Iron Head for mega Mawile?

My Mawile knows-Play Rough-Substitute-Sucker Punch-Swords Dance

Should I replace Substitute with Iron Head or keep it the way it is? Keep in mind I use Substitute to I have turns to set up.

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Here are some reasons:

However you can both if you want, as Mawile already has extremely high attack, so Swords Dance can be forgone. Instead of Iron Head on that set though, the better move could beFire Fang.

Hope I helped!

Go for Iron Head.

Swords DanceNature: AdamantAbility: Intimidate -> Huge PowerItem: MawiliteEVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Sdef- Swords Dance- Play Rough- Sucker Punch- Iron Head/Ice Punch/Stone Edge/Thunder Punch

AttackerNature: AdamantAbility: Intimidate -> Huge PowerItem: MawiliteEVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Sdef- Play Rough- Sucker Punch- Iron Head- Ice Punch/Stone Edge/Thunder Punch

Sub SplitNature: AdamantAbility: Intimidate -> Huge PowerItem: MawiliteEVs: 252 ATK / 172 Def / 84 Spe- Substitute- Sucker Punch- Pursuit/Play Rough- Pain Split

It actually depends whether its an attacking or defensive one.Attacking, Iron head for obvious reasons.Defensive, go for Substitute because its huge defense can stall out anything if invested in.

252 Hp/200 Def/56 AtkIntimidate –> Huge PowerIron HeadSubstituteFocus Punch (only after you set up the substitute)Iron Defense (only for stalling) OR Play Rough so you cant be shut down by taunting Steel type or those Prankster Taunt Thundurus variants which are more common than you think.

252 Hp/252 Atk/4 DefHyper Cutter–> Huge PowerPlay RoughSwords Dance/Rock Slide to cover that Fire weakness.Iron HeadSucker PunchPretty standard Physical Mawile set actually. All out attacking set if you didn’t guess by the ability.

Hope I helped!-demat