Aegislash counters

Gen 8 OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Aegislash
#0681 Aegislash
SteelGhost
USAGE 3.1% #44
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 Ball 79.1% King's Shield 46.7% Shadow Sneak 45.8% Flash Cannon 42.9% Close Combat 41.1% Substitute 37.7% Toxic 36.7% Swords Dance 20.1%
Items
Leftovers 41.0% Choice Specs 30.9% Weakness Policy 14.4% Air Balloon 6.8% Spell Tag 5.0% Lum Berry 0.8% Choice Band 0.7% Colbur Berry 0.2%
Common Teammates
Landorus-Therian43.6%Corviknight38.5%Tornadus-Therian35.3%Toxapex34.0%Hippowdon32.6%Kartana32.3%Clefable31.6%Urshifu-Rapid-Strike31.3%
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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 #44 with 3.12% usage. Sorted by reliability score.