Kingambit counters

Gen 9 National Dex Doubles · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Kingambit
#0983 Kingambit
DarkSteel
USAGE 9.6% #13
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 99.5% Iron Head 67.6% Swords Dance 65.3% Kowtow Cleave 62.2% Protect 46.7% Knock Off 31.7% Low Kick 12.6% Brick Break 6.0%
Items
Black Glasses 65.2% Assault Vest 18.4% Safety Goggles 5.2% Life Orb 3.3% Leftovers 3.1% Dread Plate 0.8% Darkinium Z 0.8% Covert Cloak 0.7%
Abilities
Defiant95.2%Supreme Overlord4.8%Pressure0.0%
Tera Types
Ghost 35.9% Dark 30.0% Fairy 11.9% Fire 8.0% Water 5.1% Dragon 2.8% Bug 2.7% Flying 1.8%
Common Teammates
Rillaboom49.1%Kommo-o28.3%Togekiss25.8%Quaquaval25.5%Lopunny-Mega21.5%Salamence-Mega20.6%Raging Bolt15.0%Flutter Mane13.9%

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 #13 with 9.58% usage. Sorted by reliability score.