Aegislash counters

Gen 8 National Dex · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Aegislash
#0681 Aegislash
SteelGhost
USAGE 2.7% #62
BASE STATS
HP 60
ATK 50
DEF 140
SPA 50
SPD 140
SPE 60
BST500
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FireGroundGhostDark
½×
GrassIceFlyingPsychicRockDragonSteelFairy
¼×
Bug
0×
NormalFightingPoison
Moves
Shadow Sneak 74.3% King's Shield 70.3% Swords Dance 48.9% Close Combat 46.8% Shadow Claw 44.2% Shadow Ball 44.1% Flash Cannon 36.6% Toxic 11.8%
Items
Leftovers 67.4% Spell Tag 17.3% Ghostium Z 4.5% Life Orb 4.3% Weakness Policy 2.5% Air Balloon 2.2% Steelium Z 0.7% Choice Specs 0.5%
Common Teammates
Charizard-Mega-X54.6%Clefable39.7%Landorus-Therian38.3%Gliscor36.1%Weavile30.7%Keldeo30.6%Volcarona29.5%Serperior25.8%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #62 with 2.67% usage. Sorted by reliability score.