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Sucker Punch

Dark · Physical · 18 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Dark
Sucker Punch
TypeDark
CategoryPhysical
Base power70
Accuracy100%
PP5
Priority+1
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Kingambit 47.2% 99.9% Grimmsnarl 6.6% 10.5% Mega Mawile 3.3% 95.9% Meowscarada 2.1% 69% Mega Kangaskhan 2.0% 32.9% Bellibolt 0.88% 1.1% Samurott-Hisui 0.57% 45.9% Mega Banette 0.32% 2.5% Decidueye-Hisui 0.25% 26.5% Toxicroak 0.18% 5.9% Mega Victreebel 0.17% 71.2% Ariados 0.07% 5.6% Houndoom 0.04% 25.4% Decidueye 0.04% 3.2% Mega Emboar 0.04% 58.1% Mega Absol 0.03% 70.1% Flapple 0.02% 82.6% Trevenant 0.02% 8.3%

What it does

Fails if the target did not select a physical attack, special attack, or Me First for use this turn, or if the target moves before the user.

At 70 base power it is the 25th strongest of the 39 damaging physical moves that appear in this format, and it moves at priority +1, before anything at +0 or below.

Who carrys it

18 of the 277 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Sucker Punch. The one that matters most is Kingambit, which is on 47.2% of teams and carrys it on 99.9% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.

What it hits

As a Dark move it is super effective against Ghost and Psychic, resisted by Dark, Fairy and Fighting. 8 other Dark moves appear in this format: Throat Chop, Nasty Plot, Dark Pulse, Knock Off, Taunt, Foul Play and others.

Who could and does not

39 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Sucker Punch at all, against the 18 that actually bring it. The gap is the interesting number: it is the set of Pokémon that have the option and decline it. The most-played of those are Lycanroc-Dusk, Sableye, Dragapult, Umbreon, Gengar and Meowstic — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Sucker Punch accounts for an expected 0.54 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 6th most-brought of the 121 moves this format runs. 88% of that comes from Kingambit alone, so it is really one Pokémon’s move rather than the format’s. Its carriers are mostly Dark (6), Grass (6) and Ghost (3).

Where these numbers come from

Usage is Smogon's published statistics for the Regulation M-B VGC ladder, and the description is the one shipped in the Pokémon Showdown data set. Both are regenerated on every build rather than written by hand, so this page follows the format instead of trailing it. Take any of it to the team builder or the damage calculator.

Where this goes next

Build

Open the builder with Kingambit seated — Kingambit brings Sucker Punch to more teams than any of the other 17 Pokémon that carry it.

More

All 121 moves the format runs, ordered by how many copies an average team carries.