Talk:Kingambit (Pokémon)

Kingambit's evolution

This discovery was made by A Dusky Forest and JP on the Bulbagarden Discord: Bisharp to Kingambit evo requires your Bisharp to defeat three Bisharp that are holding a Leader's Crest. It is not "defeat Bisharp while your Bisharp holds a Leader's Crest" (it has to be the enemy Bisharp holding it), nor is it "defeat Bisharp leading a pack of Pawniard", although those usually spawn holding a Leader's Crest, so i can see where the confusion came from.

The following are copied from A Dusky Forest's Discord posts:

1. Thief-stolen items from wild Pokémon go directly into the bag after battle? How long has this been a thing?
2. Stealing a wild Bisharp's Leader's Crest using Thief before defeating it makes it ineligible to count toward my Bisharp's evolution requirement.
3. Capturing a Leader's Crest Bisharp does not count toward the requirement either.
4. Leveling up from the same fight where I defeat the third Crest-holding Bisharp will immediately trigger the evolution.
5. Using Switcheroo to give the Crest to a wild Bisharp that didn't generate with one, and then defeating it, counts toward the requirement.
6. The KO only counts if your Bisharp deals the finishing blow.

JP confirmed point #5 (i copied their Discord post too):

And yeah I found 3 Bisharp that spawned alone without a pack, gave them all Leader's Crest through switcheroo and then defeated them with my Bisharp
After defeating them I levelled up the Bisharp and it evolved

I took the liberty of reposting these Discord posts here for archival purposes; and so other editors may integrate these info onto the relevant pages. Also note that these are tests done on wild Bisharp. I've asked if NPC-owned Bisharp given the Crest counts, i'll update this post when new info is available. (Player-owned Bisharp don't seem to count because Link Battles always reset everything afterward.)

Anzasquiddles (talk) 10:32, 14 December 2022 (UTC)