Switches between Blade Forme and Shield Forme. It starts in Shield Forme, and once it attacks it changes to Blade Forme and hits extremely hard. Using a shield or switching out puts it back into Shield Forme. In skilled hands it's truly strong, but against a player who isn't used to it, it's very easy to beat.
How it's computed: top 3 current-season meta Pokémon that beat this Pokémon's main counters in sim matchups (PvPoke)
MimikyuCovers: Shadow Ninetales · Altaria · Quagsire
AltariaCovers: Shadow Ninetales · Quagsire
LickilickyCovers: Mimikyu · AltariaPokémon favored against this one. If you meet it often, prepare the below.
Thievul66Dark
Shadow Sableye68DarkGhost
Shadow Ninetales71Fire
Furret378Normal
Shadow Quagsire475WaterGroundPokémon you can favorably beat with this one.
Empoleon643WaterSteel
Mantine586WaterFlying
Melmetal546Steel
Jellicent521WaterGhost
Tinkaton503FairySteelLead=early edge · Closer=late-game · Switch=swap response · Charger=charge pressure · Attacker=damage · Consistency=matchup stability (0–100)
Aegislash — Great League A-tier. Recommended movesets are based on public battle simulation (PvPoke); counters and favorable matchups come from sim results. Pick rates are anonymous aggregates of opponents GBL Note users actually faced. Log my battles →
