Kingambit — VGC 2026 Regulation F usage stats and trends
Data through April 2026 · Smogon weighted ladder statistics
Kingambit ranks #26 in VGC 2026 Regulation F with 6.44% usage as of April 2026. Over 6 months on record its usage has risen 2.15 points.
Usage history
Month
Usage
Rank
November 2025
4.30%
33
December 2025
2.86%
45
January 2026
2.61%
50
February 2026
3.71%
40
March 2026
4.29%
33
April 2026
6.44%
26
Top Kingambit moves (ladder share)
Move
Share
Kowtow Cleave
24.7%
Sucker Punch
24.6%
Protect
14.9%
Swords Dance
13.0%
Iron Head
12.8%
Tera Blast
6.5%
Low Kick
2.0%
Taunt
0.7%
Brick Break
0.4%
Poison Jab
0.2%
Top Kingambit items (ladder share)
Item
Share
Black Glasses
54.1%
Assault Vest
33.0%
Safety Goggles
5.9%
Life Orb
3.0%
Leftovers
1.2%
Covert Cloak
0.9%
Weakness Policy
0.8%
Sitrus Berry
0.5%
Abilities (ladder share)
Ability
Share
Defiant
93.9%
Supreme Overlord
6.1%
Pressure
0.0%
Common EV spreads (Showdown ladder)
Spread
Share
Adamant:252/212/4/0/36/4
36.2%
Adamant:252/248/4/0/0/0
19.7%
Brave:252/248/0/0/4/0
12.3%
Adamant:252/248/0/0/4/0
6.1%
Brave:100/212/76/0/116/0
3.2%
Tera types
Tera type
Share
dark
44.5%
flying
29.7%
dragon
13.4%
ghost
5.7%
water
3.4%
Common Kingambit teammates (ladder share)
Teammate
Share
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike
13.3%
Cresselia
8.5%
Ting-Lu
8.0%
Chesnaught
7.8%
Amoonguss
5.5%
Iron Moth
5.3%
Chien-Pao
5.2%
Incineroar
4.5%
Raging Bolt
4.4%
Rillaboom
3.2%
Is Kingambit good in VGC 2026 Regulation F?
By usage, Kingambit is the #26 pick in VGC 2026 Regulation F at 6.44% of weighted teams as of April 2026, and its usage has risen 2.15 points over the months on record. Usage is not a tier rating — but at this rate you should either have a plan for Kingambit or a reason you are not running it.