Kingambit

Kingambit Sets & Builds

#983 Dark Steel BST: 550
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Overview Weaknesses Competitive Sets Moves

Base Stats

HP
100
Attack
135
Defense
120
Sp. Atk
60
Sp. Def
85
Speed
50

OU Sets

Swords Dance

OverUsed
Item
Leftovers / Lum Berry / Black Glasses / Air Balloon
Nature
Adamant
Tera Type
Ghost Fairy Dark Fighting
Moves
Swords Dance
Sucker Punch
Kowtow Cleave
or Low Kick
Iron Head
or Low Kick, Tera Blast
EVs

Ubers Sets

Swords Dance

Ubers
Item
Black Glasses / Air Balloon / Lum Berry
Nature
Adamant
Tera Type
Dark Fire
Moves
Swords Dance
Sucker Punch
Kowtow Cleave
Iron Head
EVs
248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD

Doubles Sets

Swords Dance

Doubles OU
Item
Dread Plate
Ability
Nature
Adamant
Tera Type
Dark Dragon Flying
Moves
Swords Dance
Kowtow Cleave
Sucker Punch
Protect
EVs
252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD

VGC Sets

Assault Vest

VGC 2024
Item
Assault Vest
Ability
Nature
Adamant
Tera Type
Fairy Fire
Moves
Kowtow Cleave
Sucker Punch
Iron Head
Tera Blast
or Low Kick
EVs
244 HP / 196 Atk / 68 SpD

Offensive

VGC 2024
Item
Black Glasses / Safety Goggles
Ability
Nature
Adamant
Tera Type
Dragon Fairy
Moves
Sucker Punch
Kowtow Cleave
Protect
Swords Dance
or Iron Head
EVs
244 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 4 SpD / 4 Spe

Bulky Attacker

VGC 2024
Item
Assault Vest
Ability
Nature
Adamant
Moves
Kowtow Cleave
Sucker Punch
Iron Head
Low Kick
or Tera Blast
EVs
252 HP / 116 Atk / 4 Def / 20 SpD / 116 Spe

What Players Actually Run

Ranked-ladder usage for Kingambit, updated monthly. Data: Smogon usage statistics (ranked ladder).

VGC (June 2026)

#30 · 4.6% of teams
Moves
Sucker Punch (25%) · Kowtow Cleave (24.9%) · Iron Head (24.7%) · Brick Break (21.3%) · Protect (2.7%)
Items
Assault Vest (85.8%) · Black Glasses (6%) · Life Orb (3.5%) · Leftovers (1.9%)
Natures
Adamant (95.2%) · Brave (4.3%)

Smogon OU (July 2026)

#4 · 23.4% of teams
Moves
Sucker Punch (25%) · Swords Dance (24.9%) · Iron Head (22.1%) · Kowtow Cleave (14.4%) · Low Kick (13.5%)
Items
Leftovers (59.4%) · Air Balloon (13.8%) · Black Glasses (10.4%) · Lum Berry (9.3%) · Shuca Berry (1.2%)
Natures
Adamant (78.5%) · Jolly (20.8%)

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