Aegislash counters

Gen 9 Balanced Hackmons · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Aegislash
#0681 Aegislash
SteelGhost
USAGE 2.6% #43
ABILITYPrimordial Sea
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
Strength Sap 55.7% Salt Cure 49.6% Stone Axe 37.7% Mortal Spin 31.8% Ruination 27.5% Teleport 21.7% Knock Off 19.3% Spikes 18.5%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 28.9% Covert Cloak 16.7% Leftovers 16.4% nothing 8.2% Sticky Barb 8.2% Assault Vest 7.0% Eject Button 4.8% Sitrus Berry 4.8%
Abilities
Primordial Sea30.8%Magic Guard23.0%Prankster15.0%Regenerator11.8%Water Absorb4.8%Toxic Debris3.9%Well-Baked Body3.3%Good as Gold1.5%
Common Teammates
Blissey43.3%Audino-Mega37.2%Chansey32.1%Celesteela27.7%Eternatus24.6%Kyogre-Primal20.5%Arceus-Water18.5%Registeel14.9%

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 #43 with 2.62% usage. Sorted by reliability score.