Kingambit
#0983

Kingambit

Kingambit
📏 2 m ⚖️ 120 kg 🎯 25 · Hard to catch

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

Kingambit is a Dark/Steel-type Pokémon. It takes double damage from Fire and Ground, quadruple damage from Fighting, resists nine types, and is immune to Poison and Psychic. Its base stats add up to 550: the highest is Attack (135) and the lowest is Speed (50).

It is the third stage of its evolution line, along with Pawniard and Bisharp. Its abilities are Defiant and Supreme Overlord, and its Hidden Ability is Pressure. It is in the Human-Like egg group and can breed with 71 species. In Scarlet and Violet it learns 17 moves by level-up and 47 by TM.

BASE STATS

AT LV 100
HP 100
310-404
Attack 135
247-405
Defense 120
220-372
Sp. Atk 60
112-240
Sp. Def 85
157-295
Speed 50
94-218
TOTAL 550
EVs on defeat: Attack +3

ABILITIES

If the Pokémon has any stat lowered by an opposing Pokémon, its Attack stat will be boosted sharply.

When the Pokémon enters a battle, its Attack and Sp. Atk stats are slightly boosted for each of the allies in its party that have already been defeated.

Pressure (hidden)

Puts other Pokémon under pressure, causing them to expend more PP to use their moves.

BREEDING

Gender50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Breeds with71

MOVES

Data from Scarlet/Violet 17 moves
Start Kowtow Cleave Dark Physical 85 — 10
Lv. 1 Scratch Normal Physical 40 100% 35
Lv. 1 Leer Normal Status — 100% 30
Lv. 1 Fury Cutter Bug Physical 40 95% 20
Lv. 1 Metal Claw Steel Physical 50 95% 35
Lv. 1 Metal Burst Steel Physical — 100% 10
Lv. 15 Torment Dark Status — 100% 15
Lv. 20 Scary Face Normal Status — 100% 10
Lv. 25 Assurance Dark Physical 60 100% 10
Lv. 30 Metal Sound Steel Status — 85% 40
Lv. 35 Slash Normal Physical 70 100% 20
Lv. 40 Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100% 15
Lv. 45 Iron Defense Steel Status — — 15
Lv. 50 Retaliate Normal Physical 70 100% 5
Lv. 57 Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100% 15
Lv. 64 Swords Dance Normal Status — — 20
Lv. 71 Guillotine Normal Physical — 30% 5

WEAKNESSES & RESISTANCES

EVOLUTION LINE

Pawniard #0624 Pawniard
Lv. 52 ▶
Bisharp #0625 Bisharp
Defeat 3 Bisharp holding the Leaders Crest ▶ Kingambit #0983 Kingambit