Aegislash - Generation 8 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Aegislash can learn in Generation 8, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Sword
Pokémon Shield
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond
Pokémon Shining Pearl
Pokémon Legends: Arceus

At the bottom we also list further details for egg moves: which compatible Pokémon can pass down the moves, and how those Pokémon learn said move.

Note: many moves have changed stats over the years. The power, accuracy and other information listed below is as it was in the respective games. Check a move's detail page for stats in the most recent games and when they changed.

Aegislash (Shield Forme) artwork by Ken Sugimori

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In other generations
6
7
8
9

Sword/Shield Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl Legends: Arceus

Moves learnt by level up

Aegislash learns the following moves in Pokémon Sword & Shield at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
1	Autotomize	Steel	—	—
1	Fury Cutter	Bug	40	95
1	Head Smash	Rock	150	80
1	Iron Defense	Steel	—	—
1	Iron Head	Steel	80	100
1	King's Shield	Steel	—	—
1	Metal Sound	Steel	—	85
1	Night Slash	Dark	70	100
1	Power Trick	Psychic	—	—
1	Retaliate	Normal	70	100
1	Sacred Sword	Fighting	90	100
1	Shadow Sneak	Ghost	40	100
1	Slash	Normal	70	100
1	Swords Dance	Normal	—	—
1	Tackle	Normal	40	100

Moves learnt on evolution

Aegislash learns the following moves when it evolves in Pokémon Sword & Shield (regardless of level).

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
King's Shield	Steel		—	—

Egg moves

Aegislash learns the following moves via breeding in Pokémon Sword & Shield. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Block	Normal	—	—
Destiny Bond	Ghost	—	—
Wide Guard	Rock	—	—

Moves learnt by TM

Aegislash is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Sword & Shield:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
08	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
09	Giga Impact	Normal	150	90
12	Solar Blade	Grass	125	100
16	Screech	Normal	—	85
18	Reflect	Psychic	—	—
21	Rest	Psychic	—	—
22	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
24	Snore	Normal	50	100
25	Protect	Normal	—	—
31	Attract	Normal	—	100
33	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
34	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
39	Facade	Normal	70	100
43	Brick Break	Fighting	75	100
65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	70	100
69	Psycho Cut	Psychic	70	100
76	Round	Normal	60	100
79	Retaliate	Normal	70	100
94	False Swipe	Normal	40	100
95	Air Slash	Flying	75	95
97	Brutal Swing	Dark	60	100

Moves learnt by TR

Aegislash is compatible with these Technical Records in Pokémon Sword & Shield:

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
00	Swords Dance	Normal	—	—
20	Substitute	Normal	—	—
21	Reversal	Fighting	—	100
26	Endure	Normal	—	—
27	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
33	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
46	Iron Defense	Steel	—	—
52	Gyro Ball	Steel	—	100
53	Close Combat	Fighting	120	100
70	Flash Cannon	Steel	80	100
74	Iron Head	Steel	80	100

Moves learnt by level up

Aegislash does not learn any level up moves in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

Egg moves

Aegislash does not learn any moves by breeding in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

Moves learnt by TM

Aegislash cannot be taught any TM moves in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

Moves learnt by level up

Aegislash does not learn any level up moves in Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

Aegislash egg move parents

In other generations
6
7
8
9

Shield Forme Blade Forme

Aegislash (Shield Forme)'s egg groups: Mineral

The egg moves for Aegislash (Shield Forme) are listed below, alongside compatible parent Pokémon it can breed with.

You will need to breed a female Aegislash (Shield Forme) with a compatible male Pokémon, with either parent (from Gen 6+) knowing the egg move in question. Alternatively, if you already have a Aegislash (Shield Forme) with the egg move it can breed with Ditto.