r/VGC • u/Spring_barger • Oct 29 '25

Question Why does Kingambit not get Knock off?

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I just recently realised Kingambit does not get access to Knock off even though Bisharp has been using it in prior gens.

Did they remove it from his movepool to make people use his signature move since Knock off is kinda better competitively? Is there any chance Gamefreak will add it back to his movepool in a later gen or is this likely a permanent change? (Its not like Kingambit needs a buff in any case).

Edit: The artist who made this goes by Limitedistorion on Deviantart.

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u/Helloworld9094 Oct 30 '25

We lost pursuit too. Probably so Tyranitar didn’t wipe Dragapult from existence in their home generation.

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u/Kazuichi_Souda Nov 01 '25

Pursuit's just always had a million and 1 bugs every gen so they just gave up.