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Kingambit
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Kingambit

Dark Steel
Kingambit punishes Intimidate and speed control with Defiant-boosted Sucker Punch, snowballing late-game pressure that overwhelmed teams struggle to answer without sacrificing crucial resources.
Tier
S
Usage ▼ -32.7%
25.3%
Sets

Base Stats 550 BST

HP
100
Atk
135
Def
120
SpA
60
SpD
85
Spe
50

Type Effectiveness

Weak to (×4)
Fighting
Weak to (×2)
Fire Ground
Resists (½×)
Normal Grass Ice Flying Rock Ghost Dragon Dark Steel
Immune (0×)
Poison Psychic

Top Moves

Abilities

Defiant Suggested 99.4%
This Pokemon's Attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
Supreme Overlord 0.6%
This Pokemon's moves have 10% more power for each fainted ally, up to 5 allies.
Pressure 0.0%
If this Pokemon is the target of a foe's move, that move loses one additional PP.

Top Items

Common Builds · Top 1K

Adamant Spread
15.8%
Item   Chople Berry
Ability   Defiant
Tera   Nothing
Kowtow Cleave Sucker Punch Iron Head Protect
Adamant Spread
9.6%
Item   Chople Berry
Ability   Defiant
Tera   Nothing
Sucker Punch Iron Head Protect Low Kick
Brave Spread
6.8%
Item   Chople Berry
Ability   Defiant
Tera   Nothing
Iron Head Protect Low Kick Swords Dance

Common Partners

Moveset (All Moves)

Flying Aerial Ace Physical 60 / —
Flying Air Slash Special 75 / 95
Dark Assurance Physical 60 / 100
Fighting Brick Break Physical 75 / 100
Dark Dark Pulse Special 80 / 100
Ground Dig Physical 80 / 100
Normal Endure Status — / —
Normal Facade Physical 70 / 100
Normal False Swipe Physical 40 / 100
Steel Flash Cannon Special 80 / 100
Dark Fling Physical — / 100
Fighting Focus Blast Special 120 / 70
Dark Foul Play Physical 95 / 100
Bug Fury Cutter Physical 40 / 95
Normal Giga Impact Physical 150 / 90
Grass Grass Knot Special — / 100
Normal Guillotine Physical — / 30
Normal Hyper Beam Special 150 / 90
Steel Iron Defense Status — / —
Steel Iron Head Physical 80 / 100
Dark Kowtow Cleave Physical 85 / —
Dark Lash Out Physical 75 / 100
Normal Leer Status — / 100
Fighting Low Kick Physical — / 100
Fighting Low Sweep Physical 65 / 100
Steel Metal Burst Physical — / 100
Steel Metal Claw Physical 50 / 95
Steel Metal Sound Status — / 85
Dark Night Slash Physical 70 / 100
Poison Poison Jab Physical 80 / 100
Normal Protect Status — / —
Water Rain Dance Status — / —
Psychic Rest Status — / —
Normal Retaliate Physical 70 / 100
Fighting Reversal Physical — / 100
Rock Rock Tomb Physical 60 / 95
Rock Sandstorm Status — / —
Normal Scary Face Status — / 100
Normal Scratch Physical 40 / 100
Ghost Shadow Claw Physical 70 / 100
Normal Slash Physical 70 / 100
Normal Sleep Talk Status — / —
Dark Snarl Special 55 / 95
Ghost Spite Status — / 100
Rock Stealth Rock Status — / —
Steel Steel Beam Special 140 / 95
Rock Stone Edge Physical 100 / 80
Normal Substitute Status — / —
Normal Swords Dance Status — / —
Normal Take Down Physical 90 / 85
Dark Taunt Status — / 100
Normal Tera Blast Special 80 / 100
Dark Thief Physical 60 / 100
Dark Throat Chop Physical 80 / 100
Electric Thunder Wave Status — / 90
Dark Torment Status — / 100
Bug X Scissor Physical 80 / 100
Psychic Zen Headbutt Physical 80 / 90

Evolution Tree

Pawniard Pawniard
Evolves into
Bisharp Bisharp
Evolves into
Kingambit Kingambit

Quick answers

Is Kingambit in Pokémon Champions?

Yes. Kingambit is legal in Pokémon Champions M-C. It has a 25.3% usage rate, ranked #5 in the current meta.

What is the best Kingambit build?

Most-used ability: Defiant. Most-used item: Chople Berry. Most-used moves: Kowtow Cleave, Sucker Punch, Iron Head, Protect.

What is Kingambit weak to?

Kingambit is weak to Fighting, Fire, Ground. It takes 4× damage from Fighting.

Names in other languages

ENKingambit
ESKingambit
ITKingambit
DEGladimperio
ZH仆刀将军
FRScalpereur
JAドドゲザン
KO대도각참
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