Aegislash (Shield) counters

#0681

steel ghostElite

Lobby CP

26,833

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

110

Defense

282

Difficulty

3.65

Pokebattler scale

Beating Aegislash (Shield) should take 4 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 823-882.

Weak toground1.6xghost1.6xfire1.6xdark1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy Partly cloudy Cloudy Windy Snow Fog ★

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Fire Mega — most top counters attack with Fire

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Aegislash (Shield) counters are Mega Delphox, Shadow Reshiram, Blacephalon, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Necrozma (Dawn Wings) & Shadow Darkrai.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Delphox
S. Reshiram
Blacephalon
S. Landorus (Therian)
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Darkrai

5 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Mega DelphoxMegapartyFire Spin / Mystical Fire+3.2114:46
2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+3.4015:40
3Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare3.6716:52
4Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn3.7517:15
5Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn3.9017:56
6Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades3.9618:13
7BlacephalonLegendarypartyAstonish / Mind Blown3.9918:21
8Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm4.0418:35
9Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam4.0718:45
10Mega GengarMegaSucker Punch / Shadow Ball4.0918:49
11Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play4.0918:49

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Top 15 Aegislash (Shield) counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Delphoxfirepsychicjoint top pick	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	14:46	3.21	4.9	34.3%
2	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	15:40	3.40	5.3	32.4%
3	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	16:52	3.67	5.5	30.0%
4	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	17:15	3.75	5.9	29.4%
5	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	17:56	3.90	5.2	28.3%
6	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	18:13	3.96	3.9	27.8%
7	Blacephalonfireghost	ghostAstonishfireMind Blown	3,297	18:21	3.99	6.0	27.6%
8	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	18:35	4.04	6.0	27.3%
9	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	18:45	4.07	6.0	27.0%
10	Mega Gengarghostpoison	darkSucker PunchghostShadow Ball	4,336	18:49	4.09	6.0	26.9%
11	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	18:49	4.09	6.0	26.9%
12	Shadow Heatranfiresteel	fireFire SpinfireMagma Storm	3,754	19:12	4.17	4.2	26.4%
13	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	19:17	4.19	5.1	26.3%
14	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	19:21	4.21	6.0	26.2%
15	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	19:27	4.23	6.0	26.1%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Aegislash (Shield).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Aegislash (Shield)'s HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (4)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	92%	47%	28.7%	17:40	5.8	3.84
Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	68%	35%	27.2%	18:40	6.0	4.06
Air Slash / Shadow Ball	78%	36%	27.4%	18:30	6.0	4.02
Air Slash / Flash Cannon	100%	55%	29.2%	17:23	5.8	3.78
Psycho Cut / Flash Cannon	100%	60%	29.3%	17:18	5.6	3.76
Air Slash / Gyro Ball	100%	61%	29.6%	17:09	5.5	3.73
Psycho Cut / Gyro Ball	100%	65%	29.6%	17:06	5.4	3.72

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 4 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Aegislash (Shield) weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

ground1.6x ghost1.6x fire1.6x dark1.6x water1x electric1x fighting0.63x flying0.63x rock0.63x steel0.63x grass0.63x psychic0.63x ice0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x bug0.39x normal0.24x poison0.24x

Weak (4)
Neutral (2)
Resists (10)
Double resists (2)

It resists normal0.24xpoison0.24xbug0.39xfighting0.625xflying0.625xrock0.625xsteel0.625xgrass0.625xpsychic0.625xice0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Aegislash (Shield) throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingAir Slash	12	+8	1.0s	0.80s
psychicPsycho Cut	4	+7	0.5s	0.27s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelFlash CannonSTAB	100	-100	2.5s	1.40s
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
steelGyro BallSTAB	85	-50	3.5s	3.20s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	823	1,029
11/11/11	835	1,044
12/12/12	847	1,059
13/13/13	859	1,073
14/14/14	870	1,088
15/15/15hundo	882	1,103

Caught CP range 823 - 882, or 1,029 - 1,103 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Aegislash (Shield) is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Elite: 20,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 110 / Defense 282 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

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Attackers allowed

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Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (4)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	100%	34.3%	3.21	14:46	20.4	100%	4,783	23.3	1129
2	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	96%	32.4%	3.40	15:40	16.7	100%	3,842	21.8	1098
3	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	87%	30.0%	3.67	16:52	22.0	100%	4,038	20.3	893
4	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	84%	29.4%	3.75	17:15	25.7	100%	4,161	20.0	757
5	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	82%	28.3%	3.90	17:56	21.4	100%	4,455	19.1	909
6	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	84%	27.8%	3.96	18:13	15.2	100%	5,902	18.6	1279
7	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Mind Blown	Astonish / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	75%	27.6%	3.99	18:21	41.5	80%	3,297	19.2	538
8	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	75%	27.3%	4.04	18:35	33.3	100%	3,922	18.7	567
9	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	74%	27.0%	4.07	18:45	38.3	68%	4,099	18.7	663
10	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Sucker Punch / Shadow Ball	Sucker Punch / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	73%	26.9%	4.09	18:49	41.1	96%	4,336	18.7	488
11	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	74%	26.9%	4.09	18:49	34.2	100%	3,739	18.4	562
12	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	77%	26.4%	4.17	19:12	20.0	100%	3,754	17.8	1116
13	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	75%	26.3%	4.19	19:17	24.5	100%	5,347	17.8	860
14	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	73%	26.2%	4.21	19:21	29.8	100%	3,625	17.8	638
15	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	70%	26.1%	4.23	19:27	43.1	100%	3,301	18.0	444
16	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	71%	25.8%	4.26	19:37	35.7	98%	3,834	17.7	582
17	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	72%	25.8%	4.27	19:39	30.7	90%	4,115	17.6	613
18	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	74%	25.7%	4.28	19:43	21.7	86%	4,038	17.3	899
19	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Shadow Ball	Fire Spin / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	69%	25.7%	4.29	19:45	43.9	68%	3,268	17.8	512
20	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	73%	25.6%	4.29	19:46	26.0	92%	6,428	17.4	755
21	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	73%	25.4%	4.34	19:58	22.4	66%	3,863	17.1	870
22	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	72%	25.3%	4.36	20:04	23.5	50%	5,424	17.0	790
23	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	71%	25.2%	4.37	20:06	29.7	38%	3,465	17.2	658
24	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	69%	25.2%	4.38	20:08	37.8	44%	3,105	17.3	524
25	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	68%	25.1%	4.38	20:10	40.2	46%	2,848	17.3	493
26	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	71%	24.9%	4.42	20:21	24.0	4%	3,850	16.8	816
27	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	70%	24.9%	4.43	20:23	29.0	0%	6,112	16.9	673
28	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	69%	24.8%	4.44	20:25	32.0	4%	3,922	16.9	590
29	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	63%	24.4%	4.51	20:45	60.9	20%	2,878	17.2	322
30	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	63%	24.3%	4.54	20:54	58.3	8%	2,526	17.0	337

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 1.4 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.