Kingambit counters

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

Kingambit
#0983 Kingambit
DarkSteel
USAGE 7.6% #21
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 98.9% Kowtow Cleave 98.0% Swords Dance 97.4% Iron Head 94.0% Low Kick 4.8% Shadow Claw 2.3% Brick Break 1.0% Taunt 0.8%
Items
Lucarionite 54.3% Chesnaughtite 8.6% Metagrossite 7.9% Aerodactylite 4.7% Scolipite 4.6% Latiosite 3.3% Barbaracite 2.9% Absolite Z 2.9%
Abilities
Defiant96.9%Supreme Overlord3.1%Pressure0.0%
Common Teammates
Regieleki61.1%Magearna37.9%Great Tusk36.0%Arceus-Water31.7%Calyrex-Ice26.8%Iron Moth20.0%Primarina17.8%Slowking-Galar14.8%

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 #21 with 7.63% usage. Sorted by reliability score.