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Pokémon · #983

Kingambit

DarkSteel Legal in M-C

Kingambit is #5 on the ladder, on 25.3% of teams.

Stats at level 50

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

Base stat total 550

Stat Point planner

66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 32 HP / 32 Atk / 2 SpD · Adamant Nature

Types and weaknesses

DarkSteel
Weak ×4
Fighting
Weak ×2
FireGround
Resists ×½
NormalGrassIceFlyingRockGhostDragonDarkSteel
Immune
PoisonPsychic

Abilities

Defiant
This Pokemon's Attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe. · used by 99%
Supreme Overlord
This Pokemon's moves have 10% more power for each fainted ally, up to 5 allies. · used by 1%
Pressure
If this Pokemon is the target of a foe's move, that move loses one additional PP. · used by 0%

Speed tier

Most common
70 (Adamant, 0 Spe SP, 45% of spreads)
Fastest
112 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
70 (0 SP)
Slowest
63 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 70, it outspeeds 3 of the other 49 Pokémon in the top 50, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Grimmsnarl 80
  2. Incineroar 80
  3. Primarina 80
  4. Kingambit (this) 70
  5. Mega Golisopod 60
  6. Hatterene 44
  7. Torkoal 36
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #5 · on 25.3% of teams · 717,550 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Kowtow Cleave 98.4%
  2. Sucker Punch 98.4%
  3. Iron Head 69.4%
  4. Protect 57.9%
  5. Low Kick 53.2%
  6. Swords Dance 21.0%
  7. Assurance 0.5%
  8. Brick Break 0.5%
  9. Thunder Wave 0.2%
  10. Iron Defense 0.1%

Items

  1. Chople Berry 44.7%
  2. Black Glasses 20.2%
  3. Life Orb 16.1%
  4. Focus Sash 15.4%
  5. Occa Berry 2.1%
  6. Expert Belt 0.4%

Abilities

  1. Defiant 99.4%
  2. Supreme Overlord 0.6%
  3. Pressure 0.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 70 15.8%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 102 9.6%
  3. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 63 6.8%
  4. Adamant 32/32/0/0/1/1 · Spe 71 4.7%
  5. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 70 3.5%
  6. Adamant 32/25/2/0/6/1 · Spe 71 3.5%
  7. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 72 3.0%
  8. Adamant 32/15/0/0/19/0 · Spe 70 2.9%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 45.6%
  2. Rillaboom 40.6%
  3. Mega Salamence 37.2%
  4. Basculegion 28.6%
  5. Farigiraf 17.7%
  6. Incineroar 17.6%
  7. Mega Charizard Y 16.1%
  8. Garchomp 15.1%
  9. Mega Floette 14.9%
  10. Sylveon 13.9%
  11. Indeedee-F 13.3%
  12. Arcanine-Hisui 12.8%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #6 · on 21.4% of teams · 717,550 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Kowtow Cleave 97.7%
  2. Sucker Punch 96.6%
  3. Iron Head 74.0%
  4. Protect 61.3%
  5. Low Kick 47.1%
  6. Swords Dance 20.4%
  7. Brick Break 1.0%
  8. Assurance 0.4%
  9. Throat Chop 0.2%
  10. Iron Defense 0.2%

Items

  1. Chople Berry 44.6%
  2. Black Glasses 19.5%
  3. Life Orb 16.4%
  4. Focus Sash 14.3%
  5. Occa Berry 2.5%
  6. Expert Belt 0.7%

Abilities

  1. Defiant 98.7%
  2. Supreme Overlord 1.3%
  3. Pressure 0.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 70 21.8%
  2. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 63 8.9%
  3. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 102 5.6%
  4. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 70 4.7%
  5. Adamant 32/25/2/0/6/1 · Spe 71 4.1%
  6. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 72 3.3%
  7. Adamant 32/32/0/0/1/1 · Spe 71 3.3%
  8. Adamant 32/15/0/0/19/0 · Spe 70 2.6%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 42.2%
  2. Rillaboom 39.7%
  3. Mega Salamence 31.8%
  4. Basculegion 24.8%
  5. Farigiraf 17.4%
  6. Incineroar 17.0%
  7. Indeedee-F 15.6%
  8. Arcanine-Hisui 13.6%
  9. Mega Charizard Y 12.4%
  10. Mega Floette 12.2%
  11. Garchomp 10.7%
  12. Sylveon 9.7%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #6 · on 19.5% of teams · 717,550 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Kowtow Cleave 97.1%
  2. Sucker Punch 95.3%
  3. Iron Head 76.1%
  4. Protect 63.3%
  5. Low Kick 44.0%
  6. Swords Dance 20.0%
  7. Brick Break 1.3%
  8. Assurance 0.4%
  9. Iron Defense 0.3%
  10. Throat Chop 0.2%

Items

  1. Chople Berry 43.6%
  2. Black Glasses 21.9%
  3. Life Orb 15.5%
  4. Focus Sash 12.8%
  5. Occa Berry 2.3%
  6. Expert Belt 0.8%

Abilities

  1. Defiant 97.4%
  2. Supreme Overlord 2.6%
  3. Pressure 0.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 70 26.3%
  2. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 63 8.8%
  3. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 70 5.1%
  4. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 102 4.7%
  5. Adamant 32/25/2/0/6/1 · Spe 71 3.9%
  6. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 72 3.2%
  7. Adamant 32/32/0/0/1/1 · Spe 71 3.0%
  8. Adamant 32/15/0/0/19/0 · Spe 70 2.3%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 39.9%
  2. Rillaboom 36.7%
  3. Mega Salamence 29.2%
  4. Basculegion 23.8%
  5. Incineroar 17.9%
  6. Farigiraf 15.9%
  7. Indeedee-F 15.6%
  8. Arcanine-Hisui 12.0%
  9. Garchomp 11.7%
  10. Mega Charizard Y 11.5%
  11. Whimsicott 11.4%
  12. Mega Floette 11.2%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 977 of 4,641 teams (21.1%) · win rate 51.1% (95% interval 49.8%–52.5%, n = 5,176 games) · 65 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

  1. Volcarona +2.8 pp n = 160 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Volcarona beat teams bringing Kingambit more often than expected+2.8 pp · n = 160 · Showdown replays
  2. Basculegion-F +2.5 pp n = 68 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Basculegion-F beat teams bringing Kingambit more often than expected+2.5 pp · n = 68 · Showdown replays
  3. Mega Charizard Y +2.4 pp n = 158 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Mega Charizard Y beat teams bringing Kingambit more often than expected+2.4 pp · n = 158 · Showdown replays
  4. Milotic +2.4 pp n = 125 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Milotic beat teams bringing Kingambit more often than expected+2.4 pp · n = 125 · Showdown replays
  5. Garchomp +2.1 pp n = 199 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Garchomp beat teams bringing Kingambit more often than expected+2.1 pp · n = 199 · Showdown replays
  6. Farigiraf +2.0 pp n = 153 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Farigiraf beat teams bringing Kingambit more often than expected+2.0 pp · n = 153 · Showdown replays
  7. Sinistcha +2.0 pp n = 93 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Sinistcha beat teams bringing Kingambit more often than expected+2.0 pp · n = 93 · Showdown replays
  8. Pelipper +1.7 pp n = 186 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Pelipper beat teams bringing Kingambit more often than expected+1.7 pp · n = 186 · Showdown replays
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  1. Archaludon +1.5 pp n = 179 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Archaludon beat teams bringing Kingambit more often than expected+1.5 pp · n = 179 · Showdown replays

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Strong against (replays)

Teams with it beat teams bringing these more often than expected.

  1. Mega Floette +4.0 pp n = 119 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Mega Floette more often than expected+4.0 pp · n = 119 · Showdown replays
  2. Mega Tyranitar +2.7 pp n = 74 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Mega Tyranitar more often than expected+2.7 pp · n = 74 · Showdown replays
  3. Whimsicott +2.6 pp n = 70 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Whimsicott more often than expected+2.6 pp · n = 70 · Showdown replays
  4. Mega Raichu Y +2.3 pp n = 174 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Mega Raichu Y more often than expected+2.3 pp · n = 174 · Showdown replays
  5. Gholdengo +2.2 pp n = 176 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Gholdengo more often than expected+2.2 pp · n = 176 · Showdown replays
  6. Mega Dragonite +1.6 pp n = 71 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Mega Dragonite more often than expected+1.6 pp · n = 71 · Showdown replays

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Garchomp +5.6 pp n = 108,565 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Kingambit teams; Garchomp is on 9% of all teams (1.59× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Basculegion +8.0 pp n = 205,219 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 29% of Kingambit teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (1.39× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Floette +4.1 pp n = 106,771 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Kingambit teams; Mega Floette is on 11% of all teams (1.37× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Charizard Y +3.9 pp n = 115,813 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Kingambit teams; Mega Charizard Y is on 12% of all teams (1.32× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Salamence +9.1 pp n = 266,713 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 37% of Kingambit teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (1.32× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Sylveon +3.5 pp n = 99,811 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Kingambit teams; Sylveon is on 10% of all teams (1.33× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Sneasler +8.5 pp n = 327,275 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 46% of Kingambit teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (1.23× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Farigiraf +2.0 pp n = 127,078 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Kingambit teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (1.13× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Arcanine-Hisui +1.3 pp n = 92,205 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Kingambit teams; Arcanine-Hisui is on 12% of all teams (1.11× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Rillaboom -6.0 pp n = 291,254 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 41% of Kingambit teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.87× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Indeedee-F -6.9 pp n = 95,578 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Kingambit teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.66× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Incineroar -14.0 pp n = 126,576 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Kingambit teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.56× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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