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Pokémon · #681

Aegislash

SteelGhost Legal in M-C

Aegislash is #77 on the ladder, on 0.9% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 60
Atk 50
Def 140
SpA 50
SpD 140
Spe 60

Base stat total 500

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe · Adamant Nature

Types and weaknesses

SteelGhost
Weak ×2
FireGroundGhostDark
Resists ×½
GrassIceFlyingPsychicRockDragonSteelFairy
Resists ×¼
Bug
Immune
NormalFightingPoison

Abilities

Stance Change
If Aegislash, changes Forme to Blade before attacks and Shield before King's Shield. · used by 100%

Speed tier

Most common
112 (Adamant, 32 Spe SP, 45% of spreads)
Fastest
123 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
80 (0 SP)
Slowest
72 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 112, it outspeeds 15 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Pelipper 128
  2. Mega Swampert 122
  3. Volcarona 120
  4. Aegislash (this) 112
  5. Rillaboom 105
  6. Milotic 101
  7. Sylveon 95
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #77 · on 0.9% of teams · 47,591 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Wide Guard 66.0%
  2. Iron Head 59.4%
  3. Poltergeist 59.0%
  4. King's Shield 57.9%
  5. Shadow Sneak 51.0%
  6. Sacred Sword 30.7%
  7. Close Combat 27.6%
  8. Shadow Ball 18.9%
  9. Flash Cannon 17.2%
  10. Swords Dance 6.4%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 31.6%
  2. Leftovers 19.0%
  3. Life Orb 17.9%
  4. Colbur Berry 11.8%
  5. Spell Tag 7.6%
  6. White Herb 2.9%

Abilities

  1. Stance Change 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 112 21.3%
  2. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 80 10.6%
  3. Adamant 26/32/0/0/0/8 · Spe 88 9.0%
  4. Adamant 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 112 7.8%
  5. Quiet 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 72 4.3%
  6. Adamant 14/32/2/0/0/18 · Spe 98 4.2%
  7. Adamant 32/30/0/0/0/4 · Spe 84 3.6%
  8. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 82 3.3%

Teammates

  1. Mega Charizard Y 30.8%
  2. Garchomp 30.1%
  3. Incineroar 28.8%
  4. Rillaboom 28.6%
  5. Sneasler 24.7%
  6. Mega Garchomp Z 23.3%
  7. Hydreigon 20.0%
  8. Farigiraf 18.1%
  9. Mega Salamence 16.4%
  10. Sylveon 12.6%
  11. Kingambit 12.0%
  12. Milotic 11.3%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #79 · on 1.0% of teams · 47,591 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. King's Shield 75.4%
  2. Iron Head 54.2%
  3. Poltergeist 53.4%
  4. Wide Guard 52.3%
  5. Shadow Sneak 39.5%
  6. Sacred Sword 25.7%
  7. Shadow Ball 25.3%
  8. Close Combat 24.9%
  9. Flash Cannon 21.7%
  10. Swords Dance 8.4%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 25.2%
  2. Leftovers 20.9%
  3. Life Orb 15.6%
  4. Spell Tag 12.2%
  5. Colbur Berry 4.9%
  6. Sitrus Berry 3.3%

Abilities

  1. Stance Change 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 112 17.4%
  2. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 80 13.9%
  3. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 72 4.1%
  4. Adamant 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 112 3.1%
  5. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 82 2.9%
  6. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 80 2.4%
  7. Brave 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 72 2.2%
  8. Quiet 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 72 2.0%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 28.9%
  2. Incineroar 23.5%
  3. Mega Garchomp Z 22.4%
  4. Mega Salamence 16.4%
  5. Sneasler 15.9%
  6. Milotic 15.2%
  7. Sylveon 11.9%
  8. Mega Charizard Y 11.7%
  9. Farigiraf 11.3%
  10. Indeedee-F 11.3%
  11. Talonflame 10.0%
  12. Garchomp 9.7%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #77 · on 1.3% of teams · 47,591 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. King's Shield 80.9%
  2. Iron Head 53.7%
  3. Poltergeist 47.5%
  4. Wide Guard 46.8%
  5. Shadow Sneak 39.7%
  6. Sacred Sword 26.8%
  7. Shadow Ball 24.3%
  8. Flash Cannon 21.1%
  9. Close Combat 18.6%
  10. Swords Dance 11.8%

Items

  1. Leftovers 22.1%
  2. Focus Sash 17.6%
  3. Life Orb 17.1%
  4. Spell Tag 11.4%
  5. Colbur Berry 4.1%
  6. Sitrus Berry 4.1%

Abilities

  1. Stance Change 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 80 15.4%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 112 11.2%
  3. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 72 4.6%
  4. Careful 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 80 3.1%
  5. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 80 3.0%
  6. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 82 2.9%
  7. Calm 32/0/0/2/32/0 · Spe 80 2.2%
  8. Adamant 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 112 2.2%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 24.0%
  2. Incineroar 21.1%
  3. Mega Garchomp Z 15.8%
  4. Sneasler 13.6%
  5. Mega Salamence 13.5%
  6. Milotic 12.4%
  7. Indeedee-F 11.0%
  8. Farigiraf 9.9%
  9. Mega Charizard Y 8.9%
  10. Whimsicott 8.8%
  11. Sylveon 8.7%
  12. Garchomp 8.4%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 38 of 4,299 teams (0.9%) · win rate 46.7% (95% interval 39.9%–53.7%, n = 197 games) · 4 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,940 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Hydreigon +18.4 pp n = 9,499 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Aegislash teams; Hydreigon is on 2% of all teams (13.03× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Garchomp +20.6 pp n = 14,334 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 30% of Aegislash teams; Garchomp is on 9% of all teams (3.17× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Garchomp Z +15.4 pp n = 11,070 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 23% of Aegislash teams; Mega Garchomp Z is on 8% of all teams (2.95× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Charizard Y +18.6 pp n = 14,644 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 31% of Aegislash teams; Mega Charizard Y is on 12% of all teams (2.52× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Sylveon +2.1 pp n = 5,992 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Aegislash teams; Sylveon is on 10% of all teams (1.20× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Farigiraf +2.4 pp n = 8,604 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Aegislash teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (1.15× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Milotic -0.6 pp n = 5,364 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Aegislash teams; Milotic is on 12% of all teams (0.95× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Incineroar -2.8 pp n = 13,720 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 29% of Aegislash teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.91× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Sneasler -12.3 pp n = 11,774 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 25% of Aegislash teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.67× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Rillaboom -17.9 pp n = 13,635 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 29% of Aegislash teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.61× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Salamence -11.7 pp n = 7,795 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Aegislash teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.58× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Kingambit -13.3 pp n = 5,716 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Aegislash teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.48× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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