# Kingambit: usage, win rate, builds, partners and matchups

> Kingambit in Pokemon Champions VGC, measured from tournament match records: usage, win rate under a fitted prior, the most played build, teammates and head to head.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Corpus | Reg M-C |
| Data published | 2026-09-28 |
| This document | https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon/kingambit.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/kingambit/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `kingambit` |
| Types | Dark / Steel |
| Usage rank | #5 |
| Usage | 25.3% |
| Teams | 2,843 |
| Win rate | 50.4% |
| Decided matches | 28,769 |

Win rate is a posterior mean under a prior fitted to the field, credited to every species on
the team rather than to this one alone. Build shares below are of the teams carrying this
species **that published a list**, which at most events is the cut and not the field.

## Most played build

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Moves | Iron Head, Kowtow Cleave, Low Kick, Sucker Punch |
| Item | Chople Berry |
| Ability | Defiant |
| Nature | Adamant |
| Share of lists | 21.6% |
| Win rate | 50.7% |
| Decided matches | 6,362 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kowtow Cleave | 97.3% | 50.4% |
| Sucker Punch | 96.0% | 50.6% |
| Iron Head | 71.8% | 49.4% |
| Protect | 58.0% | 50.5% |
| Low Kick | 47.9% | 51.1% |
| Swords Dance | 19.5% | 52.2% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chople Berry | 40.2% | 49.5% |
| Life Orb | 22.2% | 51.9% |
| Black Glasses | 16.3% | 48.8% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Defiant | 96.9% | 50.5% |
| No ability | 1.8% | 51.6% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adamant | 87.0% | 50.8% |
| Brave | 9.6% | 48.1% |

## Teammates

Share is of this species' own rosters: how often, when someone runs this, they run that.

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sneasler | 56.6% | 1,610 | 50.7% |
| Rillaboom | 53.2% | 1,513 | 50.7% |
| Salamence | 44.6% | 1,269 | 50.7% |
| Basculegion | 27.9% | 794 | 50.5% |
| Incineroar | 21.0% | 598 | 50.3% |

## Head to head

Teams carrying this species, against teams carrying the opponent, over decided matches.
A cell is a team record, not a one-on-one simulation.

### Beats

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Absol | 54.5% | 373 |
| Lucario | 53.4% | 1,629 |
| Whimsicott | 53.3% | 1,674 |

### Loses to

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Archaludon | 45.1% | 3,591 |
| Grimmsnarl | 46.9% | 1,486 |
| Pelipper | 47.0% | 3,553 |

## Related

- Every species: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon.md
- Archetypes this could belong to: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/teams.md
- The same species on the ladder: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/ladder.md
- Live JSON for this species: https://us-central1-sucker-punch-71328.cloudfunctions.net/api/pokemon/builds?name=kingambit

## Freshness and provenance

- Rendered at deploy time from the published snapshots. Snapshot stamp: 2026-09-28.
- The boards behind them republish daily, so a figure here can trail the live data by a deploy.
- The read that is never behind is the JSON API: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/api.md.
- Tournament data and ladder data are separate populations and are never blended.
- Estimator, denominators and floors: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/method.md.
- Attribution: Sucker Punch, https://suckerpunch.gg.