Kingambit counters

Gen 9 OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Kingambit
#0983 Kingambit
DarkSteel
USAGE 27.1% #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 99.7% Swords Dance 98.6% Iron Head 79.6% Kowtow Cleave 75.2% Low Kick 35.4% Tera Blast 9.2% Stealth Rock 0.7% Protect 0.2%
Items
Leftovers 52.8% Air Balloon 15.9% Black Glasses 14.2% Lum Berry 5.5% Heavy-Duty Boots 4.7% Shuca Berry 1.9% Clear Amulet 0.7% Life Orb 0.6%
Abilities
Supreme Overlord99.0%Defiant0.8%Pressure0.2%
Tera Types
Ghost 33.8% Dark 18.2% Fairy 14.3% Fire 12.3% Fighting 12.2% Flying 6.1% Ground 0.9% Grass 0.9%
Common Teammates
Great Tusk38.3%Ogerpon-Wellspring24.8%Kyurem23.5%Iron Valiant23.0%Landorus-Therian22.7%Zamazenta21.9%Dragonite19.2%Dragapult17.9%
Browse Gen 9 OU teams using Kingambit →
Teams using Dondozo 79% Teams using Zamazenta 65% Teams using Great Tusk 61% Teams using Raging Bolt 61% Teams using Moltres 58% Teams using Dragonite 56%

Checks & Counters

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

# Checker Encounters Reliability KO Rate
01
Dondozo
Dondozo
Water DEFENSIVE COUNTER
108.263
79
79.5% dies 6.60%
02
Zamazenta
Zamazenta
Fighting OFFENSIVE CHECK
261.759
65
65.0% dies 5.08%
03
Great Tusk
Great Tusk
GroundFighting DEFENSIVE COUNTER
311.645
61
61.4% dies 4.75%
04
Raging Bolt
Raging Bolt
ElectricDragon OFFENSIVE CHECK
91.868
61
60.6% dies 8.77%
05
Moltres
Moltres
FireFlying OFFENSIVE CHECK
29.469
58
57.8% dies 9.10%
06
Dragonite
Dragonite
DragonFlying OFFENSIVE CHECK
248.464
56
55.6% dies 5.41%
07
Iron Valiant
Iron Valiant
FairyFighting SOFT CHECK
120.812
55
54.6% dies 7.73%
08
Corviknight
Corviknight
FlyingSteel SOFT CHECK
141.845
52
52.0% dies 7.22%
09
Volcarona
Volcarona
BugFire SOFT CHECK
25.31
51
51.3% dies 9.94%
10
Kingambit
Kingambit
DarkSteel SOFT CHECK
230.461
48
47.9% dies 5.66%
11
Cinderace
Cinderace
Fire SOFT CHECK
54.906
48
47.6% dies 9.48%
12
Iron Moth
Iron Moth
FirePoison SOFT CHECK
20.413
41
41.3% dies 10.90%
13
Samurott-Hisui
Samurott-Hisui
WaterDark SOFT CHECK
75.964
41
40.9% dies 9.74%
14
Landorus-Therian
Landorus-Therian
GroundFlying SOFT CHECK
103.591
40
39.8% dies 8.29%
15
Kyurem
Kyurem
DragonIce SOFT CHECK
175.203
36
35.8% dies 6.20%
16
Darkrai
Darkrai
Dark SOFT CHECK
71.169
35
35.5% dies 8.01%
17
Ting-Lu
Ting-Lu
DarkGround SOFT CHECK
115.993
35
35.1% dies 7.63%
18
Glimmora
Glimmora
RockPoison SOFT CHECK
21.761
35
34.7% dies 10.20%
19
Deoxys-Speed
Deoxys-Speed
Psychic SOFT CHECK
23.863
33
32.5% dies 9.59%
20
Clefable
Clefable
Fairy SOFT CHECK
36.497
32
31.7% dies 7.70%
21
Gliscor
Gliscor
GroundFlying SOFT CHECK
149.857
31
30.6% dies 6.40%
22
Ogerpon-Wellspring
Ogerpon-Wellspring
GrassWater SOFT CHECK
105.454
30
29.8% dies 7.69%
23
Gholdengo
Gholdengo
SteelGhost SOFT CHECK
243.354
23
22.6% dies 4.63%
24
Ogerpon
Ogerpon
Grass SOFT CHECK
20.467
19
19.4% dies 8.73%
25
Pecharunt
Pecharunt
PoisonGhost SOFT CHECK
163.719
16
15.9% dies 4.89%
26
Dragapult
Dragapult
DragonGhost SOFT CHECK
130.805
13
13.3% dies 5.09%
27
Alomomola
Alomomola
Water SOFT CHECK
43.112
13
13.3% dies 7.28%
28
Hatterene
Hatterene
PsychicFairy SOFT CHECK
71.65
12
11.9% dies 6.61%
29
Toxapex
Toxapex
PoisonWater SOFT CHECK
67.414
8
8.1% dies 4.68%
30
Clodsire
Clodsire
PoisonGround SOFT CHECK
20.928
6
6.0% dies 5.18%

Ranked #3 with 27.09% usage. Sorted by reliability score.