Aegislash counters

Gen 9 Legends Z-A OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Aegislash
#0681 Aegislash
SteelGhost
USAGE 5.0% #34
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 96.0% Shadow Sneak 94.5% Shadow Ball 80.1% Flash Cannon 62.7% Close Combat 20.5% Swords Dance 14.3% Iron Head 14.1% Sacred Sword 9.0%
Items
Weakness Policy 56.3% Leftovers 24.4% Shuca Berry 5.4% Spell Tag 5.4% Life Orb 4.0% Air Balloon 1.5% Spooky Plate 1.2% Focus Sash 0.6%
Common Teammates
Garchomp68.0%Rotom-Wash59.6%Clefable58.8%Scizor21.9%Darkrai-Mega20.5%Excadrill20.2%Zeraora-Mega20.0%Golisopod18.2%
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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 #34 with 5.02% usage. Sorted by reliability score.