Kingambit counters

Gen 9 Mix and Mega · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Kingambit
#0983 Kingambit
DarkSteel
USAGE 8.1% #22
ABILITYDefiant
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 99.2% Kowtow Cleave 95.9% Iron Head 94.5% Swords Dance 92.1% Low Kick 10.7% Shadow Claw 3.2% Facade 1.0% Taunt 1.0%
Items
Aerodactylite 39.5% Lucarionite 33.5% Metagrossite 5.9% Scolipite 5.8% Glimmoranite 1.9% Absolite Z 1.8% Barbaracite 1.7% Chandelurite 1.4%
Abilities
Defiant96.9%Supreme Overlord3.1%Pressure0.0%
Common Teammates
Great Tusk57.3%Entei38.5%Regieleki37.3%Spectrier33.2%Garganacl27.2%Dragonite23.4%Raging Bolt22.4%Arceus-Water22.1%

Checks & Counters

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

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #22 with 8.13% usage. Sorted by reliability score.