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Kingambit
#0983

Kingambit

Big Blade Pokémon

Though it commands a massive army in battle, it’s not skilled at devising complex strategies. It just uses brute strength to keep pushing.

Appears in these games

Base stats

HP
100
Attack
135
Defense
120
Sp. Atk
60
Sp. Def
85
Speed
50
Total
550
Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Normal½×
Flying½×
Rock½×
Ghost½×
Steel½×
Grass½×
Ice½×
Dragon½×
Dark½×

Immune to

Competitive movesets

Smogon · Gen 9

Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.

Swords Dance

Item
Black Glasses / Air Balloon / Lum Berry
Ability
Supreme Overlord
Nature
Adamant
EVs
248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Tera
DarkFire

Evolution

Pawniard
#0624Pawniard
Lv. 52
Bisharp
#0625Bisharp
three defeated bisharp
Kingambit
#0983Kingambit

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Kingambit can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Sprites & renders

8 sprites & renders for Kingambit.

Official artwork
Official artwork
Pokémon HOME
Pokémon HOME
Animated
Animated
Animated (back)
Animated (back)
Front
Front
Back
Back

Across the games

scarlet violet
scarlet violet
Black · White
Black · White

Moves

Lv.MoveTypeClassPowerAcc.PP
0Kowtow CleaveDarkPhysical8510
1Fury CutterBugPhysical409520
1LeerNormalStatus10030
1Metal BurstSteelPhysical10010
1Metal ClawSteelPhysical509535
1ScratchNormalPhysical4010035
15TormentDarkStatus10015
20Scary FaceNormalStatus10010
25AssuranceDarkPhysical6010010
30Metal SoundSteelStatus8540
35SlashNormalPhysical7010020
40Night SlashDarkPhysical7010015
45Iron DefenseSteelStatus15
50RetaliateNormalPhysical701005
57Iron HeadSteelPhysical8010015
64Swords DanceNormalStatus20
71GuillotineNormalPhysical305