Kingambit: Evolution, Shiny, Weaknesses and Abilities

⚡The Essentials on Kingambit

Types: Steel Dark
Weaknesses: ×4 Fighting · ×2 Fire, Ground Table
Resistances: ×½ Normal, Grass, Ice, Flying, Rock, Ghost, Dragon, Dark, Steel · immune: Poison, Psychic
Evolution: Pawniard → Bisharp (Lv. 52) → Kingambit
Shiny: Alternate, rare colors: in the main games since X and Y, an encounter has a 1 in 4,096 chance of being Shiny, excluding hunting bonuses. Available as a Shiny in Pokémon GO. View
Stats: Total 550 · top stat: Attack (135) Detail
In Current Games: Scarlet and Violet: No. 369 in the Paldea Pokédex, No. 188 in the Kitakami Pokédex
Pokémon Champions: playable
Pokémon GO: available, Shiny
Competitive: Scarlet and Violet · OU: tier S, No. 2 · Champions · Doubles: tier S, No. 5 · Champions · Singles: tier B, No. 21
Other Names: Scalpereur in French · ドドゲザン, Dodogezan in Japanese · Gladimperio in German All Languages

📋Overview

Kingambit is a Steel and Dark-type Pokémon, No. 983 in the National Pokédex. Original generation: Generation 9. Category: Big Blade Pokémon. Height: 2 m, weight: 120 kg.

Kingambit evolves from Bisharp and does not evolve further.

Abilities: Defiant and Supreme Overlord. Hidden Ability: Pressure. Kingambit is weak to Fire and Ground-type moves (×2 damage). Kingambit is very weak to Fighting-type moves (×4 damage). Kingambit takes no damage from Poison and Psychic-type moves.

Generation

Generation 9

Scarlet / Violet

National No.

#983

National Pokédex

📊Base Stats

The total determines a Pokémon's overall power.

HP

100

255

Attack

135

255

Defense

120

255

Special Attack

60

255

Special Defense

85

255

Speed

50

255

Total

550

Min HP (Lv. 100)

310

0 IV, 0 EV, neutral nature

Max HP (Lv. 100)

404

31 IV, 252 EV, beneficial nature

Gen Changes

Stable

Unchanged recently

🛡️Type Effectiveness

Multipliers received depending on the type of the opposing move (Steel / Dark). See the type chart

Very weak (×4) — 1 type

Fighting

×4

Weak (×2) — 2 types

Fire

×2

Ground

×2

Normal (×1) — 4 types

Water

×1

Electric

×1

Bug

×1

Fairy

×1

Resistant (×0.5) — 9 types

Normal

×½

Grass

×½

Ice

×½

Flying

×½

Rock

×½

Ghost

×½

Dragon

×½

Dark

×½

Steel

×½

Immune (×0) — 2 types

Poison

×0

Psychic

×0

✨Abilities

Defiant

Ability 1

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

Supreme Overlord

Ability 2

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

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

🌱Kingambit Evolution

Level 52 →

Evolution →

🔮Kingambit Forms and Shiny

Standard Form

Steel · Dark

Shiny Availability

Shiny form available

Base rate (Gen VI+): 1/4096. With Shiny Charm: 1/1365. Masuda Method: 1/683.

⚔️Kingambit Moves

Moves this Pokémon can learn, by method.

Lv.

Move

Type · Cat.

Accuracy

Pow.

PP

—

Kowtow Cleave

Dark Phys.

—

85

10

1

Metal Burst

Steel Phys.

100%

—

10

1

Scratch

Normal Phys.

100%

40

35

1

Metal Claw

Steel Phys.

95%

50

35

1

Leer

Normal Stat

100%

—

30

1

Fury Cutter

Bug Phys.

95%

40

20

15

Torment

Dark Stat

100%

—

15

20

Scary Face

Normal Stat

100%

—

10

25

Assurance

Dark Phys.

100%

60

10

30

Metal Sound

Steel Stat

85%

—

40

35

Slash

Normal Phys.

100%

70

20

40

Night Slash

Dark Phys.

100%

70

15

45

Iron Defense

Steel Stat

—

15

50

Retaliate

Normal Phys.

100%

70

5

57

Iron Head

Steel Phys.

100%

80

15

64

Swords Dance

Normal Stat

—

20

71

Guillotine

Normal Phys.

30%

—

5

TM/HM

Move

Type · Cat.

Accuracy

Pow.

PP

TM01

Snarl

Dark Spec.

95%

55

15

TM02

Protect

Normal Stat

—

10

TM03

Aerial Ace

Flying Phys.

—

60

20

TM04

Low Kick

Fighting Phys.

100%

—

20

TM05

Low Sweep

Fighting Phys.

100%

65

20

TM06

Take Down

Normal Phys.

85%

90

20

TM07

Sleep Talk

Normal Stat

—

10

TM08

Thunder Wave

Electric Stat

90%

—

20

TM09

Brick Break

Fighting Phys.

100%

75

15

TM10

Lash Out

Dark Phys.

100%

75

5

TM11

Substitute

Normal Stat

—

10

TM12

Reversal

Fighting Phys.

100%

—

15

TM13

Swords Dance

Normal Stat

—

20

TM14

Rain Dance

Water Stat

—

5

TM15

Fling

Dark Phys.

100%

—

10

TM16

Spite

Ghost Stat

100%

—

10

TM17

Poison Jab

Poison Phys.

100%

80

20

TM18

Throat Chop

Dark Phys.

100%

80

15

TM19

Focus Blast

Fighting Spec.

70%

120

5

TM20

Facade

Normal Phys.

100%

70

20

TM21

False Swipe

Normal Phys.

100%

40

TM22

Giga Impact

Normal Phys.

90%

150

5

TM23

Metal Claw

Steel Phys.

95%

50

35

TM24

Shadow Claw

Ghost Phys.

100%

70

15

TM25

Scary Face

Normal Stat

100%

—

10

TM26

Air Slash

Flying Spec.

95%

75

15

TM27

Stone Edge

Rock Phys.

80%

100

5

TM28

Thief

Dark Phys.

100%

60

25

TM29

Flash Cannon

Steel Spec.

100%

80

10

TM30

Steel Beam

Steel Spec.

95%

140

5

TM31

Iron Defense

Steel Stat

—

15

TM32

Grass Knot

Grass Spec.

100%

—

20

TM33

Stealth Rock

Rock Stat

—

20

TM34

X-Scissor

Bug Phys.

100%

80

15

TM35

Taunt

Dark Stat

100%

—

20

TM36

Zen Headbutt

Psychic Phys.

90%

80

15

TM37

Rest

Psychic Stat

—

5

TM38

Metal Sound

Steel Stat

85%

—

40

TM39

Sandstorm

Rock Stat

—

10

TM40

Endure

Normal Stat

—

10

TM41

Tera Blast

Normal Spec.

100%

80

10

TM42

Iron Head

Steel Phys.

100%

80

15

TM43

Rock Tomb

Rock Phys.

95%

60

15

TM44

Foul Play

Dark Phys.

100%

95

15

TM45

Dig

Ground Phys.

100%

80

10

TM46

Hyper Beam

Normal Spec.

90%

150

5

TM47

Dark Pulse

Dark Spec.

100%

80

15

No data available for this category.

🥚Advanced Breeding

Egg Groups

Human-Like

Egg Cycles

20 cycles

≈ 5,140 steps

Gender

♂ 50.0 / ♀ 50.0%

Ditto Compatibility

✓ Yes

Pokérus

Susceptible

EV ×2 if infected

Max Characteristic

Attack

Highest base stat

Hyper Training & Mints

Available from level 50. Cost: 1 Gold Bottle Cap per IV set to 31 or 3 Silver Bottle Caps per IV. Mints let you change the effect of a Nature without changing the base Nature.

🗺️Where to Find Kingambit

Available in 2 games, 2 recorded encounters. Click a game to see the details.

Natively obtainable: Scarlet Violet

Generation IX

🔴

Scarlet 1 encounter

Available ▼

Picnic (1)

Paldea

🟣

Violet 1 encounter

Available ▼

Picnic (1)

Paldea

🔄Transfer to Pokémon HOME

How to bring this Pokémon to HOME depending on the game of origin.

Scarlet

→ Pokémon HOME HOME (direct)

Violet

→ Pokémon HOME HOME (direct)

Note: Some transfers are irreversible (Bank → HOME). Check the legality of moves in the target game — HOME may replace an illegal move with a basic move.

🏆Competitive & Meta

In Our Tier Lists

📱Kingambit in Pokémon GO

3,614Max CP (Lv. 40)
2,065Perfect CP in Raids
5 kmper Candy as Buddy

✨ Shiny available

Pokémon GO entry: Kingambit →

📖Pokédex Entries

Description by game, with language selection.

Scarlet

“Only a Bisharp that stands above all others in its vast army can evolve into Kingambit.”

Violet

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

🌍Multilingual Names

🇫🇷 Français

Scalpereur

🇬🇧 English

Kingambit

🇯🇵 漢字

ドドゲザン

🇯🇵 Kana

ドドゲザン

🇯🇵 Romaji

Dodogezan

🇩🇪 Deutsch

Gladimperio

🇪🇸 Español

Kingambit

🇮🇹 Italiano

Kingambit

🇰🇷 한국어

대도각참

🇨🇳 ZH-Hans

仆刀将军

🇹🇼 ZH-Hant

仆刀將軍

Category (Genus)

🇫🇷 FR

Pourfendant

🇬🇧 EN

Big Blade Pokémon

🇯🇵 JP

だいとうポケモン

🇩🇪 DE

Langschwert

🎬Media & Gallery

Audio Cries

❓Frequently asked questions about Kingambit

What type is Kingambit?

Kingambit is a Steel and Dark-type Pokémon.

Can Kingambit still evolve?

Kingambit is the final stage of its evolutionary line: coming from Bisharp, it does not evolve further.

What are Kingambit's weaknesses?

Kingambit is weak to Fire and Ground-type moves (×2 damage). Kingambit is very weak to Fighting-type moves (×4 damage). Kingambit takes no damage from Poison and Psychic-type moves.

What is Kingambit's Hidden Ability?

Kingambit's Hidden Ability is Pressure. Its regular Abilities are Defiant and Supreme Overlord.

Is Kingambit available in Pokémon Champions?

Yes, Kingambit is playable in Pokémon Champions. In our Champions · Doubles tier list, Kingambit is ranked tier S (No. 5).

Can you get a Shiny Kingambit in Pokémon GO?

Yes, Shiny Kingambit is available in Pokémon GO. Its Pokémon GO entry