Kingambit counters

Gen 9 VGC 2026 Reg F · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Kingambit
#0983 Kingambit
DarkSteel
USAGE 2.8% #43
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 98.6% Kowtow Cleave 97.9% Iron Head 77.5% Protect 69.0% Swords Dance 24.2% Tera Blast 18.6% Low Kick 10.8% Brick Break 1.3%
Items
Safety Goggles 37.0% Black Glasses 29.8% Assault Vest 27.1% Life Orb 2.1% Dread Plate 1.5% Leftovers 0.5% Covert Cloak 0.3% Focus Sash 0.3%
Abilities
Defiant98.8%Supreme Overlord1.2%Pressure0.0%
Tera Types
Flying 49.1% Dark 20.2% Dragon 16.0% Fairy 6.7% Ghost 2.9% Fire 2.0% Water 1.6% Bug 0.8%
Common Teammates
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike50.7%Rillaboom42.6%Gouging Fire36.6%Flutter Mane36.1%Chien-Pao31.1%Dragonite26.5%Raging Bolt23.1%Ogerpon-Hearthflame22.0%
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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 #43 with 2.84% usage. Sorted by reliability score.