Kingambit counters

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

Kingambit
#0983 Kingambit
DarkSteel
USAGE 29.1% #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 99.6% Swords Dance 96.3% Kowtow Cleave 91.0% Iron Head 75.0% Low Kick 33.4% Brick Break 2.3% Stealth Rock 0.8% Protect 0.4%
Items
Black Glasses 60.7% Lum Berry 15.2% Chople Berry 8.9% Shuca Berry 7.3% Leftovers 3.7% Sitrus Berry 1.2% Occa Berry 0.8% Black Belt 0.6%
Abilities
Supreme Overlord95.9%Defiant3.9%Pressure0.2%
Tera Types
Dark 0.0% Ghost 0.0%
Common Teammates
Garchomp55.9%Glimmora24.8%Corviknight23.2%Dragapult22.6%Sneasler21.0%Ceruledge16.0%Dragonite15.4%Samurott-Hisui14.4%

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 29.13% usage. Sorted by reliability score.