Kingambit counters

#0983

dark steelTier 5

Lobby CP

45,750

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

199

Defense

172

Difficulty

1.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Kingambit should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,980-2,065.

Weak tofighting2.56xground1.6xfire1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy Partly cloudy Cloudy ★Windy Snow Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Kingambit counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Blaziken, Keldeo, Shadow Conkeldurr, Terrakion & Shadow Gallade.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
S. Blaziken
Keldeo
S. Conkeldurr
Terrakion
S. Gallade

6 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.813:44
2Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere1.004:37
3Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere1.054:50
4Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+1.095:00
5Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere1.145:14
6KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword1.145:14
7Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword1.145:16
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Focus Blast1.205:32
9Shadow ConkeldurrShadowpartyForce Palm / Dynamic Punch1.285:54
10Mega HeracrossMegaCounter / Close Combat1.295:57
11TerrakionLegendarypartyDouble Kick / Sacred Sword1.316:01
12Shadow GalladeShadowpartyLow Kick / Sacred Sword1.336:06

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Legendary Raid

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Related countersShadow Kingambit

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Top 15 Kingambit counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	3:44	0.81	5.6	135.6%
2	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	4:37	1.00	5.6	109.8%
3	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	4:50	1.05	5.6	104.8%
4	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	5:00	1.09	5.9	101.4%
5	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	5:14	1.14	6.0	96.9%
6	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	5:14	1.14	5.8	96.8%
7	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	5:16	1.14	6.0	96.4%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	5:32	1.20	6.0	91.7%
9	Shadow Conkeldurrfighting	fightingForce PalmfightingDynamic Punch	3,337	5:54	1.28	6.0	86.0%
10	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	fightingCounterfightingClose Combat	4,814	5:57	1.29	5.8	85.2%
11	Terrakionrockfighting	fightingDouble KickfightingSacred Sword	3,698	6:01	1.31	6.0	84.1%
12	Shadow Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	3,093	6:06	1.33	6.0	83.0%
13	Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	6:15	1.36	5.8	81.1%
14	Shadow Machampfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch	3,056	6:18	1.37	6.0	80.5%
15	Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	2,703	6:23	1.39	5.9	79.4%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Kingambit.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Kingambit's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	17%	128%	94.2%	5:23	5.9	1.17
Snarl / Focus Blast	17%	107%	91.1%	5:34	6.0	1.21
Low Kick / Focus Blast	17%	109%	91.5%	5:32	6.0	1.20
Metal Claw / Focus Blast	17%	107%	91.7%	5:32	5.9	1.20
Metal Sound / Focus Blast	17%	111%	92.4%	5:29	5.9	1.19
Low Kick / Iron Head	17%	128%	93.5%	5:25	6.0	1.18
Metal Sound / Iron Head	17%	130%	93.7%	5:25	6.0	1.18
Metal Claw / Iron Head	17%	127%	94.0%	5:24	6.0	1.17
Snarl / Dark Pulse	17%	135%	94.1%	5:23	6.0	1.17
Low Kick / Foul Play	17%	130%	94.2%	5:23	6.0	1.17
Metal Claw / Dark Pulse	17%	134%	94.3%	5:23	6.0	1.17
Metal Sound / Dark Pulse	18%	138%	94.3%	5:22	6.0	1.17
Snarl / Iron Head	18%	128%	94.4%	5:22	6.0	1.17
Low Kick / Dark Pulse	17%	137%	94.4%	5:22	6.0	1.17
Metal Claw / Foul Play	17%	127%	94.4%	5:22	6.0	1.17
Metal Sound / Foul Play	17%	131%	94.5%	5:22	6.0	1.17
Snarl / Foul Play	17%	130%	94.8%	5:21	6.0	1.16
Low Kick / X-Scissor	17%	199%	96.0%	5:17	5.6	1.15
Metal Sound / X-Scissor	21%	201%	96.0%	5:17	5.5	1.15
Metal Claw / X-Scissor	17%	190%	96.1%	5:17	5.7	1.15
Snarl / X-Scissor	18%	190%	96.4%	5:15	5.7	1.14

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 1 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Kingambit weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

fighting2.56x ground1.6x fire1.6x bug1x water1x electric1x fairy1x normal0.63x flying0.63x rock0.63x ghost0.63x steel0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x dragon0.63x dark0.63x poison0.39x psychic0.24x

Double weak (1)
Weak (2)
Neutral (4)
Resists (10)
Double resists (1)

It resists psychic0.24xpoison0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xrock0.625xghost0.625xsteel0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xdragon0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Kingambit throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelMetal ClawSTAB	6	+5	0.5s	0.23s
darkSnarlSTAB	11	+13	1.0s	0.75s
fightingLow Kick	5	+5	0.5s	0.20s
steelMetal SoundSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.20s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkFoul PlaySTAB	70	-50	2.0s	1.70s
fightingFocus Blast	140	-100	3.5s	3.00s
steelIron HeadSTAB	60	-50	2.0s	1.40s
darkDark PulseSTAB	80	-50	3.0s	1.40s
bugX-Scissor	45	-33	1.5s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,980	2,475
11/11/11	1,997	2,496
12/12/12	2,014	2,517
13/13/13	2,031	2,538
14/14/14	2,048	2,560
15/15/15hundo	2,065	2,581

Caught CP range 1,980 - 2,065, or 2,475 - 2,581 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Kingambit is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 199 / Defense 172 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

Share these exact settings

Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	135.6%	0.81	3:44	5.9	100%	6,112	69.1	2161
2	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	78%	109.8%	1.00	4:37	8.4	100%	4,161	56.1	1769
3	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	72%	104.8%	1.05	4:50	11.7	80%	3,826	55.1	1672
4	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	72%	101.4%	1.09	5:00	9.0	62%	3,670	52.0	1600
5	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	66%	96.9%	1.14	5:14	12.2	6%	2,848	50.3	1231
6	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	69%	96.8%	1.14	5:14	8.4	0%	3,698	49.3	1716
7	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	67%	96.4%	1.14	5:16	10.9	0%	4,521	49.6	1250
8	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	63%	91.7%	1.20	5:32	11.4	0%	6,428	47.3	1266
9	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	59%	86.0%	1.28	5:54	12.8	0%	3,337	44.6	1138
10	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	60%	85.2%	1.29	5:57	8.8	0%	4,814	43.3	1564
11	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	57%	84.1%	1.31	6:01	12.6	0%	3,698	43.2	1217
12	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	55%	83.0%	1.33	6:06	16.7	0%	3,093	43.4	840
13	Blaziken firefighting Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	55%	81.1%	1.36	6:15	12.5	0%	2,848	41.9	1211
14	Shadow Machamp fightingshadow Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+23 more movesets	54%	80.5%	1.37	6:18	14.4	0%	3,056	41.7	998
15	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	53%	79.4%	1.39	6:23	17.3	0%	2,703	42.3	1100
16	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets	53%	77.8%	1.42	6:31	11.9	0%	3,548	40.0	1256
17	Shadow Hariyama fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+14 more movesets	52%	76.9%	1.43	6:35	14.5	0%	2,829	39.9	1010
18	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere	Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	50%	74.6%	1.48	6:48	15.5	0%	3,452	38.8	938
19	Urshifu (Single Strike) fightingdark Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	50%	73.3%	1.50	6:55	11.9	0%	3,606	37.6	1301
20	Urshifu (Rapid Strike) fightingwater Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	50%	73.2%	1.51	6:56	11.6	0%	3,606	37.3	1299
21	Conkeldurr fighting Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	49%	73.0%	1.51	6:57	13.4	0%	3,337	37.6	1121
22	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+23 more movesets	47%	72.3%	1.52	7:00	21.7	0%	4,178	38.4	698
23	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	48%	72.3%	1.52	7:01	15.3	0%	4,783	37.5	1063
24	Shadow Sirfetch'd fightingshadow Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets	47%	71.2%	1.55	7:07	18.2	0%	2,985	37.2	797
25	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+17 more movesets	46%	71.0%	1.55	7:08	22.7	0%	4,510	37.9	669
26	Shadow Emboar firefightingshadow Low Kick / Focus Blast	Low Kick / Focus Blast+9 more movesets	48%	70.7%	1.56	7:10	14.7	0%	2,982	36.5	1034
27	Shadow Toxicroak poisonfightingshadow Counter / Dynamic Punch	Counter / Dynamic Punch+19 more movesets	46%	70.5%	1.56	7:12	18.3	0%	2,488	36.8	830
28	Mega Lopunny normalfightingmega Double Kick / Focus Blast	Double Kick / Focus Blast+17 more movesets	47%	70.3%	1.57	7:13	14.8	0%	3,745	36.4	1042
29	Gallade psychicfighting Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	46%	69.0%	1.60	7:21	17.2	0%	3,093	35.8	812
30	Pheromosa bugfighting Low Kick / Focus Blast	Low Kick / Focus Blast+7 more movesets	44%	68.6%	1.61	7:24	24.2	0%	2,842	36.6	607

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 1.2 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.