Aegislash counters

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

Aegislash
#0681 Aegislash
SteelGhost
USAGE 2.3% #67
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
King's Shield 67.4% Shadow Sneak 64.3% Swords Dance 60.0% Close Combat 58.7% Shadow Claw 55.6% Shadow Ball 26.8% Iron Head 18.9% Toxic 16.5%
Items
Leftovers 52.2% Spell Tag 16.7% Ghostium Z 11.8% Air Balloon 6.5% Weakness Policy 5.9% Life Orb 5.7% Choice Specs 0.8% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.1%
Common Teammates
Landorus-Therian38.5%Volcarona32.8%Charizard-Mega-X29.5%Zapdos23.8%Kommo-o21.9%Rillaboom21.6%Gliscor21.2%Kyurem20.2%
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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 #67 with 2.35% usage. Sorted by reliability score.