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kingambit
Generation IX

kingambit

Big Blade Pokémon

darksteel

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

2.0 m

Height

120.0 kg

Weight

275

Base XP

25

Capture Rate

50

Base Happiness

♂ 50% ♀ 50%

Gender

Base Stats

HP100
Attack135
+3 EV
Defense120
Sp. Atk60
Sp. Def85
Speed50
Total550

Abilities

Defiant
Slot 1Generation V

Raises Attack two stages upon having any stat lowered.

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

Supreme Overlord
Slot 2Generation IX

Attack and Special Attack are boosted for each party Pokémon that has been defeated.

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
Slot 3HiddenGeneration III

Increases the PP cost of moves targetting the Pokémon by one.

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

Evolution Chain

Evolves from Bisharp

Breeding

Egg Groups

20 cycles

Hatch Counter

Habitat

Medium

Growth Rate

Humanoid

Shape

No

Gender Diff.

Moves (58)

Level Up (11)

Lv.MoveTypeClassPwrAccPP
darkphysical8510
1

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.

normalphysical40100%35
1

Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage.

All Opponents

normalstatus100%30
1

Power doubles every turn this move is used in succession after the first, maxing out after five turns.

Changed in: Black White, X Y

bugphysical4095%20
1

Strikes back at the last Pokémon to hit the user this turn with 1.5× the damage.

Specific Move

steelphysical100%10
15

Prevents the target from using the same move twice in a row.

darkstatus100%15
25

Power is doubled if the target has already received damage this turn.

Changed in: X Y

darkphysical60100%10
35
Slash★crit

Has an increased chance for a critical hit.

normalphysical70100%20
40

Has an increased chance for a critical hit.

darkphysical70100%15
50

Has double power if a friendly Pokémon fainted last turn.

normalphysical70100%5
71

Causes a one-hit KO.

normalphysical30%5

TM / HM (47)

Sprites (11)

kingambit Front defaultFront default
kingambit Front shinyFront shiny
kingambit Other dream world front defaultOther dream world front default
kingambit Other home front defaultOther home front default
kingambit Other home front shinyOther home front shiny
kingambit Other official Artwork front defaultOther official Artwork front default
kingambit Other official Artwork front shinyOther official Artwork front shiny
kingambit Other showdown back defaultOther showdown back default
kingambit Other showdown back shinyOther showdown back shiny
kingambit Other showdown front defaultOther showdown front default
kingambit Other showdown front shinyOther showdown front shiny

Cries

Latest

Game Appearances

Pokédex Numbers

#983

National

#983

Champions

#188

Kitakami

#369

Paldea

Names in Other Languages

대도각참

Korean

Scalpereur

French

Gladimperio

German

Kingambit

Spanish

Kingambit

Italian

ドドゲザン

Japanese

Meta

#1008

Order

Yes

Default Form

Generation IX

Generation

Black

Color