Why Aegislash is the Perfect Pokemon

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Aegislash is the perfect Pokemon. Here's Why
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[@Kefka_Reborn]

"Gamefreak had to directly intervene and make it worse, you almost never see that kind of power" Zacian: "Allow me to introduce myself"

[@madysonandres9571]

He said almost.

[@EvilApple567]

Zacian (and for some strange reason, probably thematic, Zama as well) also got BST nerfed the following gen so it's appropriate regardless

[@MARSHTMP]

@@EvilApple567 they’ll probably nerf miraidon in gen 10 as well

[@ZladeZek]

@@jackbarrjohnston9138 well for thunderous, ye he got nerfed but by extension caused all T wave and prankster users to get nerfed

[@parasgupta8411]

​​@@jackbarrjohnston9138T wave accuracy nerfed, paralysis speed drop nerfed, Prankster nerfed, Electric types can't be paralyzed nerfed, swagger accuracy reduced nerfed, confusion chance reduce nerfed, prankster nerfed bro wtf were devs thinking while designing this thing

[@andrewwojtas8486]

I want to point out that battle stadium is very popular in Japan, so it getting nerfed makes sense even outside the vgc perspective as it was basically running that for 6 years before Sword and sheild

[@letran879]

What is Battle Stadium? Is it a format?

[@BeefiusGravius]

@@letran879 Its a SIngles format on Cart, you can have up to 6 mons but you can only bring 3 into battle. Its almost a completely different deal compared to the singles format we are used to seeing around but usually whats good in OU is also good in BSS.

[@andrewwojtas8486]

@@letran879 official singles ladder on switch. Think vgc but it's 3v3

[@Jamieiscool]

this is why they nerfed mimikyu as well. basically anytime a singles orientated nerf happens, you can bet it was a nightmare for bss. i’m pretty sure skeledirge only exists to hard counter zacian because of how dominant it was.

[@Gspoink]

​@@Jamieiscool mimikyu nerf is contributed by vgc as well, being basically an guaranteed tr with no drawbacks. Zacian isn't even AG on natdex anymore imo, but in limited dex we'll have to see.

[@ConnorMcSchrosch]

One of the funniest things about aegislash is that its substitute survive a stab foul play in defense form, therefore actually hardwalling and pp stalling out umbreon in draft

[@Dawn_of_the_Dan]

I actually clicked on this video as my draft league is deciding whether or not to include Aegislash in our upcoming Gen 9 Nat Dex Draft season. Did your league find Aegislash to be overly dominant in a format with large variances in BST/power level where teams may be comprised of OU/UU/NU Pokemon?

[@chimpact]

Aegislash the 50/50 king 👑

[@ChocolateSoda1]

Dethroning bisharp

[@merlin9845]

​@@ChocolateSoda1 Funny considering that on the video, Bisharp was actually the only one comfortable with the chance of Aegislash using King's Shield

[@heriknogueiracezar8945]

150/150 🤓

[@merlin9845]

@@heriknogueiracezar8945 ratios are similar to fractions at this point i don't doubt you just ratioed someone here

[@grotn_]

​@@merlin9845 it's a joke about aegislash's stats

[@MasterAbeer101]

Aegislash is tied with Swampert as my favourite of all time and part of the reason is how fun Aegislash is to use in comp

[@samueladenola3610]

same

[@MasterAbeer101]

@@samueladenola3610 Great taste my dude 👍

[@KoolBeanz101]

@@MasterAbeer101 Literally same with me, but swampert if my fav and aegislash is in my top 30 (I don't go lower than 30 since I think it's a decent amount)

[@etheron1235]

As a fellow Swampert/Aegislash fan, I definitely agree

[@MasterAbeer101]

@@KoolBeanz101 💯

[@oliverorchard6774]

It is quite crazy that whenever a steel/ghost type pokemon has been introduced into a game/generation, it has had an impact on the competitive meta. For both Aegislash and Gholdengo though, it is in part due to their insane abilities and great stats.

[@dudesayshi2191]

I love Aegislash because of how nice it feels to use but I fucking hate the curly cheese

[@Jamieiscool]

aegislash is one of my favourite mons i've ever used in competitive. it was on two of my three worlds teams, with two completely different sets. it's so versatile. the mind game of king's shield as well feels like it always turns whatever your opponent wants to do into a 50/50 for them. like a passive sucker punch mind game. i can't agree more, aegislash is perfect.

[@squiddler7731]

I like to imagine that aegislash was half the reason steel type had to get nerfed in gen 6, lol

[@grimm_satisfaction1292]

More like the whole reason... 😅

[@Umbral_darkness]

He was that good lol

[@soulofsomething6651]

Metagross 💀

[@NotGord]

Losing two resistances and gaining a resistance and strength against fairies isn't really a nerf.

[@squiddler7731]

@@NotGord being strong against the new type that was added is nice, but only because fairy types ended up being one of the better types. Aegislash would've been way stronger in a game without fairy types if it weren't weak to ghost and dark than it is in a game where it beats them

[@saltator8565]

Joey has been in his bag this year. These informative vids pull in tons of views and people interested in comp, which translates over to his regular Showdown videos. Definitely gonna hit 400K either by this year or the beginning of 2024.

[@stevemora6463]

Aegislash has to be one of my favorite pokemon of all time. It's so fun to use, one of my favorite gimmicks.

[@lasercraft32]

Aegislash is such a cool Pokemon... Its so overpowered, but requires tactical knowledge of what you're actually doing in order to work right. If you don't know its playstyle and you give it a lot of speed you're just going to make it weaker. Alternatively, if you don't use your attacks carefully you leave yourself vulnerable. Its just so cool to me how it requires more thought than most other Pokemon to utilize all its strengths correctly instead of just maxing out speed and one of the attack stats and spamming powerful recoil moves with swords dance.

[@tylerzeringue7964]

the quality of these pokemon history videos is unmatched. i love how informative these videos are while being 8-10 minutes long. these things are packed with quality content while being a very nice time length

[@youarebrazil3890]

Thank you Joey, these discussion videos are great to watch and spread the surprising history of competitive pokemon effectively. Please don't stop making these.

[@borismuller86]

Gen 6 did also introduce a fantastic counter for King’s Shield Aegislash: Contrary Malamar. That -2 on contact just became a +2. Even base 150 defence didn’t want to take a +2 Night Slash.

[@nou1360]

Malamar also got pwned by sacred sword

[@Gnolte]

​@@nou1360 why? It hits neutral, while shadow ball also hits neutral but with stab

[@nou1360]

@@Gnolte nvm im stupid as fuc

[@borismuller86]

@@nou1360 Iron Head hits harder…

[@lohitsai12]

My first playthrough with sword and shield was basically Aegislash vs the game. Yeah it got nerfed for the competitive scene in Swsh. But it's the best sweeper in playthroughs. The fact that u get a honedge just after reaching hammerlocke in early game is insane. U get eviolite for doublade and then in the 4th gym, u get a dusk stone easily. And then, u have the 2nd most broken pokemon (1st being zacian) in swsh for playthroughs.

[@kyle2199]

I love this type of informative video Joey keep it up.

[@supernoodels9000]

Loving these discussion videos Joey👍

[@Nako3]

And now he shares its typing with a stupid looking string cheese

[@McC0n0r]

Even though Steel gained a a resistance to and super effectiveness against Fairy, I'm convinced Aegislash is THE reason why Steel lost its Ghost and Dark resistances.

[@bryanmoran5979]

what about metagross or bronzong(w levitate)

[@markghanz7135]

Bronzong: Guess if I am heatproof or levitate before gen 6

[@aldwych285]

Hot take: Aegislash’s bst shouldn’t have been lowered

[@basedmario173]

Should have only been lowered by 5 each imo, not 10

[@Kyruto64]

It should have remained 150, nerfing him in other ways like reducing kings shield’s attack drop was enough, heck, remove the attack drop entirely or something instead of changing its base stats

[@novadnebula451]

I played one competitive game of gen 6 back in the navy and I got 6-0'd by an Aegislash. It became my 2nd favorite pokemon immediately even after the nerf. .....#buffflygon

[@infint9939]

Loving these new types of vids along with the showdown vids! It's interesting to see how certain mons and archetypes develop. Would u ever continue the "Buff ( ) Gen mon, like Johto vid, were u suggested huge power on ledian, or sv in game wifi battles?

[@pokeaimMD]

Ty! I wouldnt mind

[@GhostlyMoonWitch]

Aegislash is my favorite pokemon EVER, gameplay and lore wise. I think that’s why it irked me when they spat on him in sword and shield. As the true sword and shield pokemon I’m glad he’s getting the respect he deserves here.

[@maddenking4847]

Great vid

[@YourBoyNobody530]

I ended up using aegislash as a counter to mega kangaskan because kind shield would drop its attack and aura sphere or sacred sword could deal massive damage in return. With the appropriate type berry it could two shot mega kangaskan without much threat.

[@shikamaru526]

I stepped away from Pokémon for a long time when aegislash got banned from fan groups that played singles. Not too hung up about it though. I love vgc now and I don’t think I’ll ever try to play singles competitively ever again ❤

[@austinmj64]

Will always be in my top 6 favorites. Suicune, darkrai, aegislash, metagross, kyurem, and latios

[@coltonketchum6321]

I love Aegislash bro. Such a cool Pokémon.

[@Twigster_]

THANK YOU

[@underwalk-42]

Glad to see my favorite pokemon do so well!

[@mobilegamer6739]

Wow Aegislash was that amazing like the Pokemon because of it's types and look but never thought that it was deadly

[@Nekogi2008]

That thumbnail is epic 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@jaotrx7163]

Imagine a shuckle regional form but with aigeslash mechanic

[@mipho5899]

Now why Gholdengo is perfect

[@Magnezone962]

I'm a steel fan, love all steel pokemon looking so cool with ground and psychic right behind

[@Nachosaurio167]

Hey bro, i really like your videos. Could you talk about aggron?

[@sqoiche]

Shoutouts to @QtheCostaRican ! Best 3v3 content in the game right now!

[@xy394]

Good Steel and Darks are mandatory to check Ghost and Fairy. Kingambit, Gholdengo, Dusk Mane Necrozma, Yveltal

[@phoenix1045]

Aegislash has been my favorite pokemon since i started playing the TCG in gen 6 as a kid, never knew how infamous it was!

[@qqqqqewew]

Aegislash is my favorite mon, in competitive and just as a pokemon. I love aegislash

[@EmersonCRVG]

i think in sv it will be even better because the stance change guessing + tera will make it so unpredictable

[@shinyhisuianzorua7828]

Love me some informative videos

[@simonteesdale9752]

What would be really cool would be a regional variant that swapped between physical/ special (and possibly speed) based on the category of move it used (Physical/Special/Status). That way it would always have a weakness, and would encourage the use of mixed attackers to hit its weak side.

[@KartonRealista2]

But it would also be an offensive monster. Always being able to hit hard, since it has both special and physical moves (it would banish Chansey/Blissey from any tier it was available in), with ridiculous stats in both physical and special attack. Not to mention, it would probably be it's own best counter, since it would be by far the most effective mixed attacker with its ability to swap stats. That's never a good thing

[@simonteesdale9752]

@@KartonRealista2 I feel like its low base speed (and possible lack of King's Shield) would hold it back a lot. Although priority moves could definitely make it too good if it got both Physical and Special priority.

[@gregorymirabella1423]

and now it's gone. my beloved steel ghost, reduced to ashes... how will i ever terrorize ou now? *notices gholdengo* oh, right.

[@Gaster707]

aegislash is my fav pokemon, when it first got introduced I liked it, didn't know what it could do I just liked it, didn't know how broken it was either.

[@95knives75]

I completely forgot another ghost/steel existed since playing violet with Gholdengo

[@KingCosmosYT]

1 of my favourite pokemons is aegislash based on design and its competitive scenes aegislash can have 2 ways but i use physical stat as my advantage Swords Dance Shadow Sneak King's shield Sacred Sword/Iron Head

[@CleverToad]

aegislash is one of my favorite mons ever, and its shiny is so good 👌

[@sockboy71]

My favorite ghost type

[@MaahirMomtaz12]

Hope to see this return in SV

[@renegade7548]

A video that might make FSG happy

[@zoremhualngo5708]

I'm sorry but can someone go further in-depth on why it dropped off I gen 8? 140 atk/def is still amazing (more than dragapult), and blacephalon was already present in gen 7. Plus, with a limited dex it should have been even stronger.

[@danka1167]

Power creep mainly

[@zackfaircc5624]

no pursuit means other ghost types, like blacephalon, gengar and dragapult were running around unchecked making it harder for aegislash to do his thing. not just that, but both urshifu forms were introduced and dark-shifu was dominating the meta for quite a long time. both these pokemon were able to go through protect (king's shield) with their signature ability and threaten aegislash in a way no other pokemon had been able to do in singles before. Combined with the reduced bulk and the existence of melmetal as a bulkier pokemon made it fall through the meta quite a bit while still being a very good pokemon

[@xy394]

@@zackfaircc5624 Kingambit is one of the main pokemon I think makes Ghost spam not as easy to spam similar to what Yveltal was doing in Gen 8 Ubers. Gholdengo and Skeledirge are good not just because of Ghost STAB but their defensive utility similar to Gen 4 Giratina and Lunala

[@2l84me8]

You can blame Mandibuzz for all that.

[@miamimoviegoers]

Dynamax didn’t help it either

[@gabebrown3310]

Perfect title

[@greninja4175]

Aegislash the GOAT, Agency Represent

[@Ithicar]

id like to watch a debate video about whos better, aegislash or gholdengo.

[@roberte.o.speedwagon6043]

Aegislash basically has 60 150 150 150 150 60 100% of the time if you play it correctly.

[@DaSquyd]

Which is the same BST as Arceus lol

[@AhmedKhan3.14]

​​@@DaSquyd he does not have 150 equally. It's 120 all around Edit: I made a sum total and it's 720

[@bobfan2821]

They should’ve at least buff its hp by like 20 if they were effectively removing 40 base stats.

[@zackfaircc5624]

no, what you mentioned just results in buffing his defenses and nerfing his offenses, the point was to nerf the pokemon in all regards and not just offensively. Not just that, an hp buff would effectively result in tankier substitutes for aegislash overall too, buffing one of his playstyles significantly

[@bobfan2821]

@@zackfaircc5624 maybe 20 is too much but some kinda of buff in hp wouldnt nerf it to the point where it fell off to uu

[@ChristmasPterodactyl]

​@@bobfan2821"If they wanted to nerf this pokemon to the point it isn't overused, they could at least defeat the whole point of doing so by buffing it so it was still overused." That's you. That's what you just said.

[@superstardoughball9822]

​@@ChristmasPterodactyl Because there aren't as powerful threats running around since even just dragapult, not at all

[@bobfan2821]

@@ChristmasPterodactyl ??? It doesnt defeat the purpose. Giving it like 10 more hp but keeping the -10 def, sdef and king shield nerf is still a net negative Aegislash

[@MightySplatts]

Malamar liked to hit that King Shield!!

[@Fluminox-]

My favourite ghost type. Sucks that it got nerfed

[@hasanalpgol7151]

I dont think aegislash nerfs for Sw&Sh didnt changed things a lot because 140 is still A LOT as for king shield maybe but it still can have some use for the vgc/dealing with some of the uber tier mons

[@driftwisp2797]

140 is still a lot, but it did lose 40 BST effectively, which is pretty massive.

[@solomonfireborn3070]

This is why aegislash has always been my favorite pokemon, (plus it being amazing in pokemon unite in my opinion.)

[@jstn7936]

I'm waiting for a Rock/Ghost Pokemon type with Levitate ability. Lol, I'm dreaming hard for this one.

[@phatslug7170]

I love Aegislash so much to the point that I bought SS over SV because SV didn't have Aegislash. I think the gimmick is so cool and just love skill ceiling on that pokemon.

[@cedric4716]

I think that aegislash could have been a very cool pseudo legendary mon in gen 6

[@queenaddi]

Omg my good pal QtheCostaRican is at the end of this!

[@QtheCostaRican]

Mom! Get the camera, I made it into another Joey vid! 🔥🔥🔥

[@foze9699]

Aegislash is my favorite pokemon of all time, I always have him on my team (if he's avaliable) Aegi is the reason why I love X and Y so much ❤

[@TheClutchUDF]

X and Y really brought straight demons into the Competitive Pokemon world

[@qb1482]

Wow I’ve never been this early to a video.

[@UmbraStarWolf]

That’s gonna happen to Palafin too

[@barryallen2463]

next week can we talk bout how good the other ghost steel type is?

[@MeargleSchmeargle]

Pokemon Y was my very first pokemon game. I nearly flawlessly Greninja'd my way through the fighting type gym until Greninja didn't 1-shot Hawlucha. Hawlucha then proceeded to swords dance and sweep my entire team...except my seemingly unassuming Honedge. Because Hawlucha was sweeping me with fighting moves and Honedge is a ghost type, it was immune. This allowed me to fully build swords dances and 2 shot Hawlucha for the dub. From that point forward, Honedge/Doublade/Aegislash was one of my favorite, go-to Pokémon for battles and in general, and she hardcore carried my ass. The fact that it was the most OP Pokémon essentially ever makes me have even more respect for it.

[@pokeaimMD]

Hahaha awesome comeback story

[@nguyenvinh6262]

Hello trainer joey im live in Việt Nam ,i see you are the good trainer

[@Dr.Stein_]

My friend gifted me a shiny egg for this guy do that I would come up as it's OT. I def value this mon despite how broken it can be

[@LVLUP05]

Aegislash was born in the gen when fairy types were introduced, though?

[@witherslayer8673]

sheild form agislash also is good against foul play looking to exsploit blade forms high attack

[@wizendwolf]

Aegislash is my favourite pokemon and the fact that it didnt get a g-max in swsh surprises me, ghost sword will always be number one tho

[@olasarcasm]

I could listen to gen 4-6 history for hours

[@orzhov12]

Joey. You going to to a vid on Decidueye? Obviously he isn't an OU mon, but at least discussing viability in lower tiers?

[@justme14357]

Decidueye is just to slow. On the other Hand it's not slow enough for Trick Room.

[@RazorusR3X777]

Its basically better brambleghast. I cant wait for it to come to uu.

[@olivedavid3221]

I agree

[@Mechdestroyz974]

Bro was so powerful that he got a pokemon unite invite

[@ChannelOfElveman]

0:00 how naive it was to think this dream wouldn't be a nightmare

[@callmeyata]

animation is gold

[@youngling01]

stall special sableye was my counter lol•-•

[@melindagreer4177]

3:48 No. It did not always have 150 offensive stats. It does matter. The move foul play is a very strong dark move that would do a ton to agisalsh in sword form but was basically a weaker bite in it's shield form.

[@jkliao6486]

That hacked shiny excadrill XD

[@basedmario173]

Peak aegislash was better than cheese string man ever will be

[@michaliserodotou8918]

Damn that’s why zacian is so strong he always holds an aegislash on him in case .

[@infamousinferno2506]

All this while also having one of the best shinies ever created. Few mons get that treatment.

[@CaptainFalchion]

Aegislash is the goat. One of my favorite Pokemon to use of all time

[@blankname7626]

Legit never knew the Aegislash was great competitively, I just really likely funny sword creature.

[@yuvalwh]

Ayyyy its my favorite mon

[@jhm129]

good movie

[@enderchau954]

Then they went ahead and made another almost op steel/ghost in gen 9

[@Rhy2412TitanGamer]

This thing was a monster.

[@rebeccasutton2401]

i didn't even know aegislash was that popular lol

[@Justpassingby204]

What’s weird is Cresselia was nerfed this gen…

[@PatCatzz]

I don't care about the nerfs, I didn't care about his past Ubers status back when it had it. Stance Change is conceptually one of the coolest (albeit overpowered) abilities in Pokemon.

[@Shadowmanisreallycool]

it IS perfect, which is why it's my favorite pokemon

[@NocturnalPyro]

Aegislash is my favorite pokemon and hearing these nerfs makes me sad, like I was hoping for it to get a G-Max form in Gen 8. It's also one of the reasons I don't like gen 8 or 9 competitively.