Kingambit counters

Gen 9 VGC 2026 Regulation F Best of 3 · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Kingambit
#0983 Kingambit
DarkSteel
USAGE 4.6% #29
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 99.9% Kowtow Cleave 99.8% Iron Head 58.1% Protect 56.3% Swords Dance 41.9% Tera Blast 39.2% Low Kick 4.6% Assurance 0.2%
Items
Assault Vest 43.5% Black Glasses 25.7% Dread Plate 19.6% Safety Goggles 10.9% Covert Cloak 0.1% Life Orb 0.1% Lum Berry 0.0% Rocky Helmet 0.0%
Abilities
Defiant100.0%Supreme Overlord0.0%Pressure0.0%
Tera Types
Dragon 46.4% Flying 42.8% Dark 6.4% Fire 1.3% Water 1.2% Fairy 0.9% Grass 0.6% Poison 0.2%
Common Teammates
Rillaboom77.1%Chien-Pao65.0%Dragonite58.5%Gouging Fire54.8%Urshifu-Rapid-Strike30.8%Landorus28.4%Annihilape24.4%Ninetales-Alola22.1%

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 #29 with 4.64% usage. Sorted by reliability score.