Pokedex · Champions · #983
Kingambit
Dark / steel type · exceptional stats (BST 550, top 30% of the Champions roster) · builds into a physical attacker.
Kingambit
dark steel · BST 550 · physical attacker
Base stats
| HP | 100 | |
| Attack | 135 | |
| Defense | 120 | |
| Sp. Atk | 60 | |
| Sp. Def | 85 | |
| Speed | 50 |
Defensive profile
How incoming damage multiplies for this form.
Abilities
Selectable in Champions (400 VP to change).
- Defiant
- Supreme Overlord
- Pressure
How to use Kingambit in Champions
Kingambit fills a physical attacker niche on Champions ranked teams. With a 66-stat-point budget (max 32 per stat), most builds pour 32 into Attack and HP, then fine-tune Speed in steps of 2 to sit just above or below the metagame's common numbers.
Defensively it is hurt hardest by Fire, Fighting, Ground, while resisting Normal, Grass, Ice, Flying. Check the Dark page for the full matchup math behind those numbers.
Movepool highlights
Kingambit can learn 47 moves in Champions. Coverage by type: bug dark electric fighting ghost ground normal poison psychic rock steel water. Pick four that patch your team's coverage gaps — the team builder flags what's missing automatically.
Full move list
| Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerial Ace | Physical | 60 | 101 | |
| Air Slash | Special | 75 | 95 | |
| Assurance | dark | Physical | 60 | 100 |
| Brick Break | fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 |
| Dark Pulse | dark | Special | 80 | 100 |
| Dig | ground | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Endure | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Facade | normal | Physical | 70 | 100 |
| Flash Cannon | steel | Special | 80 | 100 |
| Focus Blast | fighting | Special | 120 | 70 |
| Foul Play | dark | Physical | 95 | 100 |
| Giga Impact | normal | Physical | 150 | 90 |
| Hyper Beam | normal | Special | 150 | 90 |
| Iron Defense | steel | Status | — | 101 |
| Iron Head | steel | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Kowtow Cleave | dark | Physical | 85 | 101 |
| Lash Out | dark | Physical | 75 | 100 |
| Low Sweep | fighting | Physical | 65 | 100 |
| Mean Look | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Metal Sound | steel | Status | — | 85 |
| Night Slash | dark | Physical | 70 | 100 |
| Poison Jab | poison | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Protect | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Quick Guard | fighting | Status | — | 101 |
| Rain Dance | water | Status | — | 101 |
| Rest | psychic | Status | — | 101 |
| Rock Tomb | rock | Physical | 60 | 95 |
| Sandstorm | rock | Status | — | 101 |
| Scary Face | normal | Status | — | 100 |
| Shadow Claw | ghost | Physical | 70 | 100 |
| Slash | normal | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Sleep Talk | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Snarl | dark | Special | 55 | 95 |
| Spite | ghost | Status | — | 100 |
| Stealth Rock | rock | Status | — | 101 |
| Steel Beam | steel | Special | 140 | 95 |
| Stone Edge | rock | Physical | 100 | 80 |
| Substitute | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Sucker Punch | dark | Physical | 70 | 100 |
| Swords Dance | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Taunt | dark | Status | — | 100 |
| Thief | dark | Physical | 60 | 100 |
| Throat Chop | dark | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Thunder Wave | electric | Status | — | 90 |
| Torment | dark | Status | — | 100 |
| X-Scissor | bug | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Zen Headbutt | psychic | Physical | 80 | 90 |