Aegislash counters

Gen 9 National Dex UU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Aegislash
#0681 Aegislash
SteelGhost
USAGE 13.8% #13
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
Close Combat 83.0% Shadow Sneak 78.8% King's Shield 56.5% Swords Dance 53.7% Shadow Ball 45.0% Shadow Claw 35.0% Toxic 16.8% Iron Head 10.7%
Items
Leftovers 42.7% Air Balloon 25.0% Ghostium Z 22.1% Shuca Berry 3.8% Spell Tag 2.6% Steelium Z 1.3% Choice Specs 0.8% Weakness Policy 0.8%
Common Teammates
Aerodactyl-Mega38.2%Hydreigon37.5%Swampert31.1%Mew20.2%Bisharp18.2%Celesteela17.8%Scizor15.7%Slowking14.1%

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 #13 with 13.84% usage. Sorted by reliability score.