Kingambit

Kingambit DarkSteel

Gen 9 Ubers · Rank #9 · 10.07% usage

What beats Kingambit in Gen 9 Ubers? Based on Smogon's 2026-04 usage stats, these Pokémon are the most effective checks and counters. The KO Rate (D) column shows how often Kingambit is KO'd or forced out by each checker. Higher percentages mean stronger counters.

#CheckerEncountersKO Rate (P)KO Rate (D)
1 Cetitan Cetitan 21 42.9% 10.80%
2 Frosmoth Frosmoth 22 40.9% 10.48%
3 Sudowoodo Sudowoodo 23 43.5% 10.34%
4 Moltres-Galar Moltres-Galar 21 33.3% 10.29%
5 Malamar Malamar 21 66.7% 10.29%
6 Klefki Klefki 23 34.8% 9.93%
7 Arboliva Arboliva 21 28.6% 9.86%
8 Inteleon Inteleon 21 28.6% 9.86%
9 Drifblim Drifblim 21 28.6% 9.86%
10 Brute Bonnet Brute Bonnet 25 40.0% 9.80%
11 Heracross Heracross 28 50.0% 9.45%
12 Hitmonlee Hitmonlee 28 53.6% 9.42%
13 Rotom-Heat Rotom-Heat 28 42.9% 9.35%
14 Sceptile Sceptile 21 23.8% 9.29%
15 Tornadus-Therian Tornadus-Therian 21 23.8% 9.29%
16 Lycanroc-Dusk Lycanroc-Dusk 29 44.8% 9.23%
17 Froslass Froslass 23 26.1% 9.16%
18 Flygon Flygon 23 26.1% 9.16%
19 Diancie Diancie 28 35.7% 9.06%
20 Vaporeon Vaporeon 28 35.7% 9.06%
21 Muk-Alola Muk-Alola 26 30.8% 9.05%
22 Arcanine Arcanine 29 62.1% 9.01%
23 Typhlosion-Hisui Typhlosion-Hisui 28 32.1% 8.83%
24 Vivillon Vivillon 32 53.1% 8.82%
25 Crawdaunt Crawdaunt 27 29.6% 8.79%
26 Orthworm Orthworm 32 43.8% 8.77%
27 Lilligant-Hisui Lilligant-Hisui 31 38.7% 8.75%
28 Arceus-Steel Arceus-Steel 33 54.5% 8.67%
29 Keldeo Keldeo 23 78.3% 8.60%
30 Pikachu Pikachu 23 21.7% 8.60%

KO Rate (D): % of Kingambit's appearances where this checker KO'd or forced it out. KO Rate (P): % of this checker's appearances where it KO'd or forced out Kingambit. Encounters: number of times they met in battle.