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Kingambit, a Dark and Steel type Pokémon, official artwork

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Kingambit: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

DarkSteelOU

Kingambit is a bulky attacker, led by its Attack (135) and Defense (120), with a base stat total of 550. Competitively it is a staple of OverUsed, the main competitive singles tier. It currently appears on 25.1% of OU teams. In the VGC ladder it sits at 36.8% usage.

Build a team with Kingambit

What is Kingambit weak to?

How much damage Kingambit takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toFighting
2×Weak toFireGround
0.5×ResistsDarkDragonFlyingGhostGrassIceNormalRockSteel
0×Immune toPoisonPsychic

Kingambit takes super-effective damage from Fighting, Fire, Ground (Fighting hit it for 4x damage). It resists Dark, Dragon, Flying, Ghost, Grass, Ice, Normal, Rock, Steel and is immune to Poison, Psychic.

Best moveset for Kingambit

The most-used moves on Kingambit in OU (Smogon singles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):

  • Sucker PunchDark7025%
  • Swords DanceNormal-24.4%
  • Iron HeadSteel8021%
  • Kowtow CleaveDark8519%
  • Low KickFighting010.5%
  • Brick BreakFighting750.1%

Best nature for Kingambit

Adamant. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Adamant with 0/252/4/0/0/252 EVs (32.9% of sets).

Abilities

  • DefiantThis Pokemon's Attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
  • Supreme OverlordThis Pokemon's moves have 10% more power for each fainted ally, up to 5 allies.
  • PressureIf this Pokemon is the target of a foe's move, that move loses one additional PP.

Evolution line

Pawniard
Bisharp
Kingambit

Best counters for Kingambit

Based on OU (Smogon singles) battle statistics, these Pokémon most reliably beat or force out Kingambit:

Best teammates for Kingambit

Pokémon most often paired with Kingambit on successful OU (Smogon singles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:

Full learnset (58 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Steel BeamSteel14095%Special
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Foul PlayDark95100%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Kowtow CleaveDark85-Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
DigGround80100%Physical
Flash CannonSteel80100%Special
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
X-ScissorBug80100%Physical
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Air SlashFlying7595%Special
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Night SlashDark70100%Physical
RetaliateNormal70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
SlashNormal70100%Physical
Low SweepFighting65100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
AssuranceDark60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
ThiefDark60100%Physical
SnarlDark5595%Special
Metal ClawSteel5095%Physical
False SwipeNormal40100%Physical
Fury CutterBug4095%Physical
ScratchNormal40100%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
GuillotineNormal?30%Physical
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
Metal BurstSteel?100%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
EndureNormal--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
Metal SoundSteel-85%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status
TormentDark-100%Status