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Overview
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-Blissey is one of the best special walls in the game, with fantastic special defense and reliable recovery. She is only second is special bulk to Eviolite Chansey.
-She stands out from Eviolite Chansey, by holding Leftovers making her better off against passive damage from entry hazards or sandstorm, allowing her to be on the same team as Hippowdon and Tyranitar. Furthermore, Blissey has a usable special attack, she can fry incoming Steel-types with Flamethrower.
-Blissey has a variety of support moves at her disposal: Wish, Aromatherapy, Stealth Rock.
-Very weak to physical attacks, she will need ample teammate support on her physical side to work effectively.
-Blissey is rather weak offensively and is easily checked.
-As a special wall, Blissey faces stiff competition as a special wall this generation. Competing as a special wall; Sylveon have similarly high special bulk with Fairy-typing and decent defense. Assault Vest vest users like Tyranitar and Goodra are formidable special tanks.
-Special attackers with Psyshock and Secrete Sword can break through Blissey.
Supporting Special Wall
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name: Supporting Special Wall
move 1: Soft-boiled
move 2: Wish / Heal Bell
move 3: Toxic / Thunder Wave
move 4: Seismic Toss / Flamethrower
ability: Natural Cure
item: Leftovers
nature: Calm / Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Moves
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-With this set Blissey can support the team while also being a formidable special wall
-Soft-Boiled is Blissey's primary recovery move for reliable healing.
-The next slot is for her support move of choice. Blissey can pass a gigantic Wish of 357 HP, healing most Pokemon to full health, while Heal Bell cures the team of status.
-If using Wish, Protect is an option over Softboiled to stall the foe, and scout their moves, however, with Protect Blissey cannot reliably heal against incoming boosting physical attackers like Lucario.
-Wish needs to be run with Softboiled or Protect for Blissey to reliably recover.
-With Toxic Blissey can wear down opposing Pokemon and stall them down, as well crippling any incoming Pokemon.
-Thunder Wave is an alternative status option, crippling Pokemon Blissey cannot deal with herself like Dragonite, Crobat, and Lucario. It is move suited to offensive teams for paralysis spreading. Be aware that ditching Toxic will leave Blissey unable to wear down some special attackers, most importantly Volcarona.
-Seismic Toss is Blissey's primary attacking move, chipping away a solid 100 HP at a time.
-Alternatively, Flamethrower can be used to frying opposing Steel-types like Ferrothorn, Forretress, whom can otherwise set up Spikes on Blissey, or against incoming Pokemon like Scizor or Genesect.
-Stealth Rock is another supporting option for Blissey, if you need a hazard setter. Blissey will have ample opportunity to set up on weaker special attackers, however, against some more offensive physically based teams, Blissey will be hard pressed to set up.
-There is some level of malleability in this set, if you need Blissey with Heal Bell and Wish, she can run both of them, with the other move over Toxic, Siesmic Toss, or Flamethrower. However, the loss of these moves makes Blissey a less potent wall. Without Siesmic Toss Blissey cannot wall Heatran for example, and one will need to deal with her loss of defensive coverage.
-Finally, if your team doesn't particularly need Wish or Heal Bell support, Blissey can run Flamethrower over them.
Set Details
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-The listed EVs give Blissey adequate physical defense, so she can take a Pursuit and some Psyshock.
-The choice between Calm and Bold here is up to preference and what your team needs. In particular, a Calm nature helps Blissey combat Life Orb Volcarona and Tail Glow Manaphy, minimizing the odds of a 2HKO from a +2 Fire Blast or Surf respectively. A Bold nature stops Life Orb Alakazam and Choice Specs Latios 2HKOing with Psyshock.
-4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD Bold has roughly the same bulk as the Calm nature of the listed spread, but less HP it gives less health to from draining moves, so if not using Wish, it is the preferred spread.
-The most specially defensive Blissey should get is 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD Calm, which can still take Pursuit and some weaker Psychock. Higher special defense investment allows Blissey to combat special monsters like Thundurus, Landorus-I, and Manaphy. Any less investment in defense will leave Blissey horrendously frail, even the bare minimum defense investment will nearly double her physical bulk.
Usage Tips
========
-Blissey can switch into most special attackers quite easily and support the team or combat them.
-Against more potent special threats like Volcarona, it is critical to poison first then wear them down, as wasting precious turns supporting may allow them to break through Blissey. Only against weaker or non-boosting special attackers is supporting advised.
-Special attackers are unlikely to stay in on Blissey, as they pose no real threat to it, and will switch to a physical attacker. Use Team Preview and a bit of prediction to use the appropriate move on the incoming Pokemon.
-Blissey will be useful as long as their are special attackers for her to come in on. After the foe's special threats are off the table, Blissey may become dead-weight, in which case feel free to sacrifice for momentum.
-Wish support to teammates can be rather predictable against seasoned players, attacking or checking the predicted switched in Pokemon. To support teammates with Wish, you may have to fake it out a few times before you can safely switch the supported Pokemon in safely.
Team Options
========
-Being weak to physical attacks, Blissey needs teammates to cover physical threats, mainly physical walls. In return physical walls like appreciate Blissey's ability to sponge a variety of special attacks.
- Hippowdon is a very solid physical wall; it can take on many physical attackers, phaze with with Whirlwind, and support the team with sandstorm.
-Blissey and Skarmory form the well known SkarmBliss core: together, they wall both physical and special attackers. However, it is less effective than it was in the past, due to there being stronger and more common mixed attackers in the metagame.
-Alternatively, Landorus-T, Gliscor, Slowbro, and RestTalk Gyarados are solid physical walls which also cover Blissey's Fighting-type weakness.
-As a special wall, Blissey cannot counter Genesect, so a Genesect check like Heatran or Charizard-X is appreciated.
-Grass types like Gourgeist-S, Trevant, Venusaur, and Amoonguss check Fighting-types and a variety of other threats to Blissey, and greatly appreciate any support Blissey can give them in return.
-Sableye, despite its poor defenses, is a decent partner, checking powerful Fighting-types like Lucario, and problematic special Pokemon for Blissey like Reuniclus, and Alakazam.
-Overall Ghost-types are solid partners, taking Fighting-type attacks aimed at her.
-Offensively, Pokemon like Gengar, Talonflame, Dragonite, can check a variety of Blissey's threats and appreciate the support she brings to the table.
Other Options
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-Blissey actually has quite a wide special move pool to toy around with.
-Fire Blast is a more powerful alternative to Flamethrower, in particular is nearly 1HKOs incoming Scizor and Genesect, the low PP and accuracy makes it worse overall.
-Ice Beam can surprise incoming Dragon-types, Landorus-T, and Gliscor, however Blissey should have other Pokemon to deal with these physical threats, and Ice Beam offers little outside of surprising these Pokemon.
-Thunderbolt can surprise Gyarados, Talonflame, and Cloyster, but offers little else.
-Skill Swap is a niche option which allows Blissey to combat Pokemon like Gliscor and Reuniclus by swapping their abilities.
-Blissey can set up Gravity if that's your thing.
-Calm Mind gives Blissey more an offensive touch and allows her to combat special boosters, however Blissey is easily walled and their are much less contrived ways to deal with boosters.
-Blissey can toy with moves like Sign and Charm, but she has much better things to do.
Checks & Counters
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**Hard Counters**:
-Poison Heal Gliscor completely counters Blissey, bar the unusual Ice Beam or Skill Swap. It is immune to Toxic and Thunder Wave, and takes little from Seismic Toss and Flamethrower. Gliscor can stall Blissey out, or just outright attack it with Earthquake.
-Calm Mind Magic Guard Clefable and Reuniclus cannot be worn down from Toxic and can recover any lost health, and can boost up on her to KO.
-Boosting special attackers who cannot be worn down, like Chesto Rest Volcarona and Jirachi, work similarly.
-Chansey and Blissey herself are counters, opposing blobs eventually force each other out with Toxic, and it is a good opportunity for your Chansey or Blissey to support the team.
-Ageislash and Mawile counter most Blissey sets, taking little from her attacks and don't mind paralysis too much.
**Non-Flamethrower**:
-Ferrothorn, Forretress, Skamory can switch in easily and set up spikes on her or wear her down.
-Scizor and Genesect can switch in relatively safely and threaten with U-turn or set up on her.
-Gengar, a poor counter as Blissey can just use the opportunity to support the team even if she can't touch it.
**Non Seismic Toss**:
-Defensive Heatran can wear Blissey down.
**Physical Pokemon in General**:
-Physical attackers that can switch in safely and pack a threatening physical attack can beat her easily.
-Physical versions of Lucario and Excadrill can switch in relatively safely, being immune to Toxic and taking little from her attacks, threating with STAB Close Combat and Earthquake, however Lucario is crippled by Thunder Wave.
-Fighting-types like Conkeldurr, Terrakion, Infernape, Breloom can outright 1HKO Blissey.
-Strong Choice Band users.
-Blissey will be KOed by physical powerhoses like Azumarill, Diggersby, and Kyurem-B.
-Set up Pokemon such as Garchomp and Dragonite can force her out.
**Cutting through to the defense**
-A few special attackers can slice thought Blissey can check her, hitting hard on the physical side with Psyshock and Secrete Sword.
-Alakazam and Latios can cut through her with Psyshock, to check her at low health, but otherwise Blissey can take their hits.
-Keldeo outright 2HKOs with Secrete Sword.
**Shutting Blissey Down**
-Taunt users like Jellicent and Sableye can stall her out.
-Tricking a choice item on Blissey can cripple her and make her pretty much useless as a wall.
**Trapping**
-Pursuit Tyranitar
-Dugtrio and Gothitelle trap and kill a weakened Blissey.
get in ma belly
Overview
########
-Blissey is one of the best special walls in the game, with fantastic special defense and reliable recovery. She is only second is special bulk to Eviolite Chansey.
-She stands out from Eviolite Chansey, by holding Leftovers making her better off against passive damage from entry hazards or sandstorm, allowing her to be on the same team as Hippowdon and Tyranitar. Furthermore, Blissey has a usable special attack, she can fry incoming Steel-types with Flamethrower.
-Blissey has a variety of support moves at her disposal: Wish, Aromatherapy, Stealth Rock.
-Very weak to physical attacks, she will need ample teammate support on her physical side to work effectively.
-Blissey is rather weak offensively and is easily checked.
-As a special wall, Blissey faces stiff competition as a special wall this generation. Competing as a special wall; Sylveon have similarly high special bulk with Fairy-typing and decent defense. Assault Vest vest users like Tyranitar and Goodra are formidable special tanks.
-Special attackers with Psyshock and Secrete Sword can break through Blissey.
Supporting Special Wall
########
name: Supporting Special Wall
move 1: Soft-boiled
move 2: Wish / Heal Bell
move 3: Toxic / Thunder Wave
move 4: Seismic Toss / Flamethrower
ability: Natural Cure
item: Leftovers
nature: Calm / Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Moves
========
-With this set Blissey can support the team while also being a formidable special wall
-Soft-Boiled is Blissey's primary recovery move for reliable healing.
-The next slot is for her support move of choice. Blissey can pass a gigantic Wish of 357 HP, healing most Pokemon to full health, while Heal Bell cures the team of status.
-If using Wish, Protect is an option over Softboiled to stall the foe, and scout their moves, however, with Protect Blissey cannot reliably heal against incoming boosting physical attackers like Lucario.
-Wish needs to be run with Softboiled or Protect for Blissey to reliably recover.
-With Toxic Blissey can wear down opposing Pokemon and stall them down, as well crippling any incoming Pokemon.
-Thunder Wave is an alternative status option, crippling Pokemon Blissey cannot deal with herself like Dragonite, Crobat, and Lucario. It is move suited to offensive teams for paralysis spreading. Be aware that ditching Toxic will leave Blissey unable to wear down some special attackers, most importantly Volcarona.
-Seismic Toss is Blissey's primary attacking move, chipping away a solid 100 HP at a time.
-Alternatively, Flamethrower can be used to frying opposing Steel-types like Ferrothorn, Forretress, whom can otherwise set up Spikes on Blissey, or against incoming Pokemon like Scizor or Genesect.
-Stealth Rock is another supporting option for Blissey, if you need a hazard setter. Blissey will have ample opportunity to set up on weaker special attackers, however, against some more offensive physically based teams, Blissey will be hard pressed to set up.
-There is some level of malleability in this set, if you need Blissey with Heal Bell and Wish, she can run both of them, with the other move over Toxic, Siesmic Toss, or Flamethrower. However, the loss of these moves makes Blissey a less potent wall. Without Siesmic Toss Blissey cannot wall Heatran for example, and one will need to deal with her loss of defensive coverage.
-Finally, if your team doesn't particularly need Wish or Heal Bell support, Blissey can run Flamethrower over them.
Set Details
========
-The listed EVs give Blissey adequate physical defense, so she can take a Pursuit and some Psyshock.
-The choice between Calm and Bold here is up to preference and what your team needs. In particular, a Calm nature helps Blissey combat Life Orb Volcarona and Tail Glow Manaphy, minimizing the odds of a 2HKO from a +2 Fire Blast or Surf respectively. A Bold nature stops Life Orb Alakazam and Choice Specs Latios 2HKOing with Psyshock.
-4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD Bold has roughly the same bulk as the Calm nature of the listed spread, but less HP it gives less health to from draining moves, so if not using Wish, it is the preferred spread.
-The most specially defensive Blissey should get is 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD Calm, which can still take Pursuit and some weaker Psychock. Higher special defense investment allows Blissey to combat special monsters like Thundurus, Landorus-I, and Manaphy. Any less investment in defense will leave Blissey horrendously frail, even the bare minimum defense investment will nearly double her physical bulk.
Usage Tips
========
-Blissey can switch into most special attackers quite easily and support the team or combat them.
-Against more potent special threats like Volcarona, it is critical to poison first then wear them down, as wasting precious turns supporting may allow them to break through Blissey. Only against weaker or non-boosting special attackers is supporting advised.
-Special attackers are unlikely to stay in on Blissey, as they pose no real threat to it, and will switch to a physical attacker. Use Team Preview and a bit of prediction to use the appropriate move on the incoming Pokemon.
-Blissey will be useful as long as their are special attackers for her to come in on. After the foe's special threats are off the table, Blissey may become dead-weight, in which case feel free to sacrifice for momentum.
-Wish support to teammates can be rather predictable against seasoned players, attacking or checking the predicted switched in Pokemon. To support teammates with Wish, you may have to fake it out a few times before you can safely switch the supported Pokemon in safely.
Team Options
========
-Being weak to physical attacks, Blissey needs teammates to cover physical threats, mainly physical walls. In return physical walls like appreciate Blissey's ability to sponge a variety of special attacks.
- Hippowdon is a very solid physical wall; it can take on many physical attackers, phaze with with Whirlwind, and support the team with sandstorm.
-Blissey and Skarmory form the well known SkarmBliss core: together, they wall both physical and special attackers. However, it is less effective than it was in the past, due to there being stronger and more common mixed attackers in the metagame.
-Alternatively, Landorus-T, Gliscor, Slowbro, and RestTalk Gyarados are solid physical walls which also cover Blissey's Fighting-type weakness.
-As a special wall, Blissey cannot counter Genesect, so a Genesect check like Heatran or Charizard-X is appreciated.
-Grass types like Gourgeist-S, Trevant, Venusaur, and Amoonguss check Fighting-types and a variety of other threats to Blissey, and greatly appreciate any support Blissey can give them in return.
-Sableye, despite its poor defenses, is a decent partner, checking powerful Fighting-types like Lucario, and problematic special Pokemon for Blissey like Reuniclus, and Alakazam.
-Overall Ghost-types are solid partners, taking Fighting-type attacks aimed at her.
-Offensively, Pokemon like Gengar, Talonflame, Dragonite, can check a variety of Blissey's threats and appreciate the support she brings to the table.
Other Options
########
-Blissey actually has quite a wide special move pool to toy around with.
-Fire Blast is a more powerful alternative to Flamethrower, in particular is nearly 1HKOs incoming Scizor and Genesect, the low PP and accuracy makes it worse overall.
-Ice Beam can surprise incoming Dragon-types, Landorus-T, and Gliscor, however Blissey should have other Pokemon to deal with these physical threats, and Ice Beam offers little outside of surprising these Pokemon.
-Thunderbolt can surprise Gyarados, Talonflame, and Cloyster, but offers little else.
-Skill Swap is a niche option which allows Blissey to combat Pokemon like Gliscor and Reuniclus by swapping their abilities.
-Blissey can set up Gravity if that's your thing.
-Calm Mind gives Blissey more an offensive touch and allows her to combat special boosters, however Blissey is easily walled and their are much less contrived ways to deal with boosters.
-Blissey can toy with moves like Sign and Charm, but she has much better things to do.
Checks & Counters
########
**Hard Counters**:
-Poison Heal Gliscor completely counters Blissey, bar the unusual Ice Beam or Skill Swap. It is immune to Toxic and Thunder Wave, and takes little from Seismic Toss and Flamethrower. Gliscor can stall Blissey out, or just outright attack it with Earthquake.
-Calm Mind Magic Guard Clefable and Reuniclus cannot be worn down from Toxic and can recover any lost health, and can boost up on her to KO.
-Boosting special attackers who cannot be worn down, like Chesto Rest Volcarona and Jirachi, work similarly.
-Chansey and Blissey herself are counters, opposing blobs eventually force each other out with Toxic, and it is a good opportunity for your Chansey or Blissey to support the team.
-Ageislash and Mawile counter most Blissey sets, taking little from her attacks and don't mind paralysis too much.
**Non-Flamethrower**:
-Ferrothorn, Forretress, Skamory can switch in easily and set up spikes on her or wear her down.
-Scizor and Genesect can switch in relatively safely and threaten with U-turn or set up on her.
-Gengar, a poor counter as Blissey can just use the opportunity to support the team even if she can't touch it.
**Non Seismic Toss**:
-Defensive Heatran can wear Blissey down.
**Physical Pokemon in General**:
-Physical attackers that can switch in safely and pack a threatening physical attack can beat her easily.
-Physical versions of Lucario and Excadrill can switch in relatively safely, being immune to Toxic and taking little from her attacks, threating with STAB Close Combat and Earthquake, however Lucario is crippled by Thunder Wave.
-Fighting-types like Conkeldurr, Terrakion, Infernape, Breloom can outright 1HKO Blissey.
-Strong Choice Band users.
-Blissey will be KOed by physical powerhoses like Azumarill, Diggersby, and Kyurem-B.
-Set up Pokemon such as Garchomp and Dragonite can force her out.
**Cutting through to the defense**
-A few special attackers can slice thought Blissey can check her, hitting hard on the physical side with Psyshock and Secrete Sword.
-Alakazam and Latios can cut through her with Psyshock, to check her at low health, but otherwise Blissey can take their hits.
-Keldeo outright 2HKOs with Secrete Sword.
**Shutting Blissey Down**
-Taunt users like Jellicent and Sableye can stall her out.
-Tricking a choice item on Blissey can cripple her and make her pretty much useless as a wall.
**Trapping**
-Pursuit Tyranitar
-Dugtrio and Gothitelle trap and kill a weakened Blissey.
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