Aegislash counters

Gen 9 Champions VGC 2026 Regulation MA Best of 3 · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Aegislash
#0681 Aegislash
SteelGhost
USAGE 11.3% #16
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 93.8% Poltergeist 92.1% King's Shield 86.6% Iron Head 41.4% Close Combat 36.3% Sacred Sword 19.5% Wide Guard 18.8% Shadow Ball 5.1%
Items
Spell Tag 57.2% Focus Sash 29.5% Leftovers 6.5% Colbur Berry 4.1% White Herb 0.7% Occa Berry 0.7% Kasib Berry 0.5% Sitrus Berry 0.4%
Tera Types
Steel 0.0%
Common Teammates
Garchomp79.0%Floette-Mega53.1%Incineroar49.7%Rotom-Wash37.1%Charizard-Mega-Y33.7%Aerodactyl26.3%Basculegion22.8%Aerodactyl-Mega22.5%
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Checks & Counters

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Ranked #16 with 11.26% usage. Sorted by reliability score.