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the_dengle on 17 January 2014
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_crazy_man_ said:

Boring or not, it effectively removes one of your pokes from play. If your smart, you only Destiny Bond tho when you know its over for Gengar.

Swords Dance Aegislash?

Cool I'll just switch in my Skarmory and Whirlwind your boosts away.

Or switch to Rotom-W and burn you.

Other pokes like bulky Rock Helmet Garchomp, Mandibuzz, Bisharp, Diggersby, Rotom-H, Zygarde, and Mega Aggron shit all over Aegislash.

Lots of pokes are great but nearly everyone has a counter.

Skarmory? Rotom? lol, if Aegislash has already gotten off a Swords Dance (which it has if you're switching in), they're already dead. Skarmory doesn't resist Shadow Sneak anymore. 150 base attack doubled from buffs with STAB.

Aegislash effectively has a base stat total of 600 before you factor in speed and HP. Its ability can't be changed or nullified. It can't be poisoned, sandstorm does nothing, stealth rock does almost nothing. It has a protect that punishes you for attacking directly. And you can't just brute force it with Sucker Punch because King's Shield has twice as much PP. Taunt and Earthquake work, but you can just switch out against them if you're not on your last Mon.

It's not unstoppable but Jesus Christ is it dumb. It'll one-shot your Mega Gengar before it gets its Destiny Bond off, that's for sure. There's a reason it's fifth on that OU chart.