Forms

#0681

Aegislash

Royal Sword Pokémon

Its potent spectral powers allow it to manipulate others. It once used its powers to force people and Pokémon to build a kingdom to its liking.

3 TCG Pocket cards

Details

Height1.7 m

Weight53.0 kg

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP234

Abilities

Stance Change

Changes Aegislash to Blade Forme before using a damaging move, or Shield Forme before using King’s Shield.

Egg groups: Mineral

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Locations
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

Defense

140

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

140

Speed

Total

500

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Ground2×

Ghost2×

Fire2×

Dark2×

Resistant to

Bug¼×

Flying½×

Rock½×

Steel½×

Grass½×

Psychic½×

Ice½×

Dragon½×

Fairy½×

Immune to

Normal0×

Fighting0×

Poison0×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

SubToxic

National Dex UU

Moves

Item

Leftovers

NatureModest+SpA/−Atk

EV spread

HP252

SpA▲56

SpD156

Spe44

Offensive Swords Dance

National Dex UU

Moves

Item

Ghostium Z / Air Balloon

Nature{"Adamant","Jolly"}

EV spread

Atk252

SpD4

Spe252

Mixed Attacker

National Dex UU

Moves

Item

Leftovers / Ghostium Z / Spell Tag

NatureQuiet+SpA/−Spe

EV spread

HP240

Atk8

SpA▲248

Spe▼12

Bulky Swords Dance

National Dex UU

Moves

Item

Leftovers

NatureAdamant+Atk/−SpA

EV spread

HP252

Atk▲252

SpD4

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Where to find Aegislash

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Sword

Giant's Cap

Shield

Giant's Cap

Evolution

#0679Honedge

Lv. 35

#0680Doublade

Dusk Stone

#0681Aegislash

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Aegislash can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
0	King’s Shield Blocks damaging attacks and lowers attacking Pokémon’s Attack by two stages on contact. Switches Aegislash to Shield Forme.	Steel	Status	—	—	10
1	Aerial Ace Never misses.	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
1	Autotomize Raises the user’s Speed by two stages and halves the user’s weight.	Steel	Status	—	—	15
1	Fury Cutter Power doubles every turn this move is used in succession after the first, maxing out after five turns.	Bug	Physical	40	95	20
1	Head Smash User receives 1/2 the damage inflicted in recoil.	Rock	Physical	150	80	5
1	Iron Defense Raises the user’s Defense by two stages.	Steel	Status	—	—	15
1	Iron Head Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Steel	Physical	80	100	15
1	Metal Sound Lowers the target’s Special Defense by two stages.	Steel	Status	—	85	40
1	Night Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit.	Dark	Physical	70	100	15
1	Power Trick User swaps Attack and Defense.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
1	Pursuit Has double power against, and can hit, Pokémon attempting to switch out.	Dark	Physical	40	100	20
1	Retaliate Has double power if a friendly Pokémon fainted last turn.	Normal	Physical	70	100	5
1	Sacred Sword Ignores the target’s stat modifiers.	Fighting	Physical	90	100	15
1	Shadow Sneak Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Ghost	Physical	40	100	30
1	Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit.	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
1	Swords Dance Raises the user’s Attack by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
1	Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35