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Kingambit

#6 Doubles (VGC) · 23.1%#4 Singles (OU) · 21.9% DarkSteel

Usage, sets and teammates pulled from the Pokémon Showdown / Smogon Champions ladder, June 2026.

Doubles (VGC) set #6 · 23.1% usage

Moves

Sucker Punch99.4%
Kowtow Cleave96.2%
Protect76%
Iron Head69.7%
Low Kick34.8%
Swords Dance21.1%

Held items

Black Glasses41.7%
Chople Berry31.8%
Focus Sash11.8%
Life Orb9.1%
Occa Berry3.2%

Ability

Defiant 98.2%Supreme Overlord 1.7%Pressure 0%

Common EV spreads

Adamant 252 HP / 252 Atk / 16 SpD 21.9%
Adamant 252 HP / 252 Atk / 16 Spe 7.4%
Adamant 16 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe 5.9%

Best teammates

Garchomp Garchomp 41% Basculegion Basculegion 38.5% Whimsicott Whimsicott 29.8% Mega Charizard Y Mega Charizard Y 25.3% Sinistcha Sinistcha 21.1% Sneasler Sneasler 21.1%

Singles (OU) set #4 · 21.9% usage

Moves

Sucker Punch99.7%
Swords Dance93.7%
Kowtow Cleave91%
Iron Head74.1%
Low Kick33.4%

Held items

Black Glasses64%
Chople Berry11.1%
Lum Berry8.9%
Shuca Berry6.5%
Leftovers4.8%

Ability

Supreme Overlord 94.4%Defiant 5.4%Pressure 0.1%

Common EV spreads

Adamant 252 HP / 252 Atk / 16 SpD 21.2%
Adamant 252 Atk / 16 SpD / 252 Spe 14.2%
Jolly 252 Atk / 16 SpD / 252 Spe 7.6%

Best teammates

Garchomp Garchomp 49.6% Glimmora Glimmora 29.9% Corviknight Corviknight 20.6% Dragapult Dragapult 17.5% Gholdengo Gholdengo 17.1% Hatterene Hatterene 14.5%

Counters & checks

Type-matchup math for Kingambit, cross-referenced with the live June 2026 meta. These flag likely threats and targets; confirm exact damage with the damage calculator.

Defensive profile

4× weakFighting
2× weakFireGround
resistsNormalGrassIceFlyingRockGhostDragonDarkSteel
immunePoisonPsychic

Threatens Kingambit

Meta Pokémon carrying STAB that hits Kingambit super-effectively.

Garchomp Garchomp 48% Incineroar Incineroar 28.3% Excadrill Excadrill 17.5% Sneasler Sneasler 17.2% Mega Charizard Y Mega Charizard Y 15.3% Mega Staraptor Mega Staraptor 15.1% Mega Swampert Mega Swampert 14.1% Torkoal Torkoal 10.2% Ceruledge Ceruledge 10.1% Volcarona Volcarona 9.4%

Kingambit pressures

Common meta Pokémon weak to Kingambit's STAB.

Sinistcha Sinistcha 33% Basculegion Basculegion 30.3% Whimsicott Whimsicott 26.7% Farigiraf Farigiraf 21.6% Glimmora Glimmora 19.6% Gholdengo Gholdengo 19.3% Galarian Slowking Galarian Slowking 16.8% Dragapult Dragapult 15.4% Grimmsnarl Grimmsnarl 15% Floette (Mega Flower) Floette (Mega Flower) 14.9%

Archetypes that run Kingambit

Sun Offense 74.5% WR Perish Trap 72.1% WR Sand 64.0% WR Trick Room 60.8% WR

Keep going

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