[SET]
Defensive (Blissey) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Natural Cure
Tera Type: Dark / Water / Fairy
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Seismic Toss / Flamethrower
- Calm Mind / Protect
- Soft-Boiled
- Stealth Rock / Flamethrower / Heal Bell
[SET COMMENTS]
With its staggering special bulk, Blissey is the greatest wall to most special attackers in the tier. Seismic Toss is Blissey's go-to damaging move, but it can opt for Flamethrower to hit Gholdengo, as well as threaten a rare burn against physical attackers looking to switch into Blissey. Another option is Shadow Ball, which allows Blissey to hit both Gholdengo and Dragapult, as well as any Tera Ghost users looking to set up on Blissey. Calm Mind gives Blissey a way to check dangerous setup sweepers like Darkrai and Raging Bolt more reliably, able to match their Special Attack boosts with its own Special Defense boosts, as well as boosting Flamethrower. Alternatively, Protect allows Blissey to safely absorb Future Sight, scout Choice-locked attackers, stall out weather turns, and burn the PP of powerful moves like Draco Meteor and Make It Rain. Stealth Rock gives Blissey another way to wear down the opposing team, as its high Special bulk allows Blissey to set rocks multiple times over the course of a game. Alternatively, Blissey can also choose Flamethrower for the same reasons listed above, not having to drop Seismic Toss this time, or run Heal Bell, allowing Blissey to take a cleric role for the team. With such high HP, Blissey chooses to invest EVs in Defense and Special Defense instead, still bolstering its absurd special bulk while lessening the damage from physical moves that would otherwise chip it down. Tera Dark gives Blissey a crucial Psychic immunity, allowing it to ignore Psyshock, Stored Power, Psychic Noise, and Future Sight from the likes of Hatterene, Latias, Primarina, and Gholdengo. Tera Water offers Blissey a resistance to Water, Fire, and Steel, useful for checking threats like Walking Wake and Heatran. Last but not least, Tera Fairy turns Blissey's Fighting weakness into a resistance, as well as an immunity to Dragon and a resistance to Dark, helping Blissey's matchup against Darkrai and Dragapult.
Blissey’s titanic bulk makes it mandatory on stall teams, which can tolerate its passive nature. Dondozo pairs exceptionally well with Blissey, forming an excellent stalwart defensive core that can wall the vast majority of threats in the metagame. Blissey also enjoys teammates like Alomomola, Gliscor, and Clefable, which can switch into physical threats like Great Tusk and Gouging Fire that Blissey cannot wall, as well as absorb Knock Off that would otherwise cripple Blissey, while Blissey can handle special attackers like Kyurem and Raging Bolt that would threaten Blissey's teammates. Another excellent partner is Clodsire, which can check boosted special threats like Serperior and Gholdengo that Blissey struggles to keep up with, while Blissey can wall Pokemon like Walking Wake and Primarina that can hit Clodsire with powerful super effective moves, as well as absorbing status that might otherwise cripple Clodsire. Furthermore, either Blissey or Clodsire can run Stealth Rock, freeing up the other to run moves like Heal Bell or Flamethrower for Blissey, or Amnesia for Clodsire. Corviknight also works well with Blissey, serving as a Knock Off absorber, entry hazard remover, and a check against dangerous physical threats like Kingambit and Zamazenta.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/fayawizard.616497/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/magcargo.177111/
Dreadfury
Grammar checked by:
red fintans
Defensive (Blissey) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Natural Cure
Tera Type: Dark / Water / Fairy
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Seismic Toss / Flamethrower
- Calm Mind / Protect
- Soft-Boiled
- Stealth Rock / Flamethrower / Heal Bell
[SET COMMENTS]
With its staggering special bulk, Blissey is the greatest wall to most special attackers in the tier. Seismic Toss is Blissey's go-to damaging move, but it can opt for Flamethrower to hit Gholdengo, as well as threaten a rare burn against physical attackers looking to switch into Blissey. Another option is Shadow Ball, which allows Blissey to hit both Gholdengo and Dragapult, as well as any Tera Ghost users looking to set up on Blissey. Calm Mind gives Blissey a way to check dangerous setup sweepers like Darkrai and Raging Bolt more reliably, able to match their Special Attack boosts with its own Special Defense boosts, as well as boosting Flamethrower. Alternatively, Protect allows Blissey to safely absorb Future Sight, scout Choice-locked attackers, stall out weather turns, and burn the PP of powerful moves like Draco Meteor and Make It Rain. Stealth Rock gives Blissey another way to wear down the opposing team, as its high Special bulk allows Blissey to set rocks multiple times over the course of a game. Alternatively, Blissey can also choose Flamethrower for the same reasons listed above, not having to drop Seismic Toss this time, or run Heal Bell, allowing Blissey to take a cleric role for the team. With such high HP, Blissey chooses to invest EVs in Defense and Special Defense instead, still bolstering its absurd special bulk while lessening the damage from physical moves that would otherwise chip it down. Tera Dark gives Blissey a crucial Psychic immunity, allowing it to ignore Psyshock, Stored Power, Psychic Noise, and Future Sight from the likes of Hatterene, Latias, Primarina, and Gholdengo. Tera Water offers Blissey a resistance to Water, Fire, and Steel, useful for checking threats like Walking Wake and Heatran. Last but not least, Tera Fairy turns Blissey's Fighting weakness into a resistance, as well as an immunity to Dragon and a resistance to Dark, helping Blissey's matchup against Darkrai and Dragapult.
Blissey’s titanic bulk makes it mandatory on stall teams, which can tolerate its passive nature. Dondozo pairs exceptionally well with Blissey, forming an excellent stalwart defensive core that can wall the vast majority of threats in the metagame. Blissey also enjoys teammates like Alomomola, Gliscor, and Clefable, which can switch into physical threats like Great Tusk and Gouging Fire that Blissey cannot wall, as well as absorb Knock Off that would otherwise cripple Blissey, while Blissey can handle special attackers like Kyurem and Raging Bolt that would threaten Blissey's teammates. Another excellent partner is Clodsire, which can check boosted special threats like Serperior and Gholdengo that Blissey struggles to keep up with, while Blissey can wall Pokemon like Walking Wake and Primarina that can hit Clodsire with powerful super effective moves, as well as absorbing status that might otherwise cripple Clodsire. Furthermore, either Blissey or Clodsire can run Stealth Rock, freeing up the other to run moves like Heal Bell or Flamethrower for Blissey, or Amnesia for Clodsire. Corviknight also works well with Blissey, serving as a Knock Off absorber, entry hazard remover, and a check against dangerous physical threats like Kingambit and Zamazenta.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/fayawizard.616497/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/magcargo.177111/
Dreadfury
Grammar checked by:
red fintans
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