Kingambit counters

Gen 9 Champions OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Kingambit
#0983 Kingambit
DarkSteel
USAGE 35.6% #3
ABILITYSupreme Overlord
BASE STATS
HP 100
ATK 135
DEF 120
SPA 60
SPD 85
SPE 50
BST550
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Fighting
2×
FireGround
½×
NormalGrassIceFlyingRockGhostDragonDarkSteel
0×
PoisonPsychic
Moves
Sucker Punch 99.8% Swords Dance 96.6% Kowtow Cleave 89.4% Iron Head 76.8% Low Kick 34.9% Stealth Rock 0.9% Brick Break 0.4% Substitute 0.3%
Items
Black Glasses 58.2% Lum Berry 19.4% Chople Berry 7.8% Shuca Berry 6.5% Leftovers 3.6% Sitrus Berry 2.1% Black Belt 0.7% Occa Berry 0.5%
Abilities
Supreme Overlord97.6%Defiant2.2%Pressure0.2%
Tera Types
Dark 0.0% Ghost 0.0%
Common Teammates
Garchomp60.3%Sneasler27.6%Dragapult24.4%Glimmora23.1%Corviknight19.4%Ceruledge19.1%Samurott-Hisui16.9%Aegislash16.7%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

# Checker Encounters Reliability KO Rate
01
Garchomp
Garchomp
DragonGround SOFT CHECK
32.363
53
52.8% dies 8.78%
02
Kingambit
Kingambit
DarkSteel SOFT CHECK
26.839
49
49.2% dies 9.65%
03
Corviknight
Corviknight
FlyingSteel SOFT CHECK
28.213
48
48.0% dies 9.41%

Ranked #3 with 35.56% usage. Sorted by reliability score.