[OVERVIEW]
Chansey stands out as the ultimate special wall in the tier, with its gargantuan HP stat alongside its good Special Defense stat that is further boosted by Eviolite. Furthermore Chansey to tank many special attacks in the tier from opponents like Raikou, Munkidori, Chandelure and Non-Body Press Duralodon. Chansey is a key component on stall teams as it acts as the role of tanking special moves for its teammates while having great support utility. Its access to Stealth Rock makes Chansey a hazard setter as well as Heal Bell to act as a status remover for annoying status like Toxic Chain Munkidori and Belibolt alongside Will-O-Wisp from defensive Altaria and paralysis from the likes of Belibolt and Scream Tail for its teammates, with Natural Cure helping Chansey removing status for itself. However, due to it's reliance on Eviolite, Chansey is vulnerable to hazards making it easily chipped over time. Moreover, Chansey is extremely passive with its only reliable attacking move being Seismic Toss, resulting for easy set up opportunities for special sweepers such as Galarian-Articuno and Chandelure, as well as physical sweepers that can take advantage of Chansey such as Decidueye and Swords Dance Incineroar. Chansey also struggles to include all its moveslot choices as it has trouble slotting in Shadow Ball to hit Ghost types and Thunder Wave to spread Paralysis on the same set.
[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Seismic Toss
move 2: Soft Boiled
move 3: Heal Bell / Thunder Wave / Shadow Ball
move 4: Stealth Rock / Calm Mind
item: Eviolite
ability: Natural Cure
nature: Bold
evs: 8 HP / 252 Def / 248 SpD OR 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
tera type: Dark / Fairy / Ghost
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====
Seismic Toss prevents Chansey from being completely passive while dealing reliable, consistent damage against non-ghost targets. Heal Bell allows Chansey to cure status ailments for team members like Houndstone. Thunder Wave benefits Chansey’s teammates like Basulegion-M and Flamigo to cripple faster opponents like Paldea Tauros-W, Munkidori, and Chandelure which is especially useful on bulky teams, as a key strategy in dealing with such archetypes is through Paralysis and Toxic. Alternatively, the combination of Shadow Ball and Calm Mind provides it solid coverage against Ghost-types like Decidueye and Chandelure that would wall Chansey while better handling any Calm Mind attempts from Reuniclus, Galarian Articuno and Sylveon. The Mixed Defense EV's allow Chansey to be bulky against both attacking sides while the physically defensive EV spread supports Calm Mind + Shadow Ball sets in setting up. Tera Dark gains Chansey a Psychic immunity for Psyshock, Psychic Noise and Stored Power from Reuniclus, Meloetta and Galarian Articuno while Tera Fairy offers Chansey a better defensive typing allowing it to better handle Pokemon like Flygon, Paldea Tauros-W, and Incineroar. Tera Ghost boosts the power of Shadow Ball while gaining a Fighting immunity against Pokemon such as Toxicroak, Infernape and Paldea-Tauros-W.
Chansey pairs with other stall staples such as Gligar, Scream Tail, Houndstone and Altaria to handle Fighting-types like Flamigo and Paldea Tauros-F. Furthermore, Gligar synergize greatly with Chansey; as, the former handles wallbreakers like Flamigo and Flygon, while offering great utility the form of Knock Off to remove held items from Incineroar and Toxic to cripple Pokemon like Galarian Articuno and Houndstone. In return, Chansey handles Special Attackers like Chandelure, Inteleon and Sylveon that force Gligar to use up its Tera. Chansey also appreciates partners that can deal with pivoting moves such as Static Belibolt and Rocky Helmet Galarian Slowbro that punish pivot spam cores like Flamigo and Grafaiai. While Steel types such as Copperajah and Duraludon can handle Pokemon such as Munkidori and Galarian Articuno, allowing Chansey to remove Stealth Rock in favor for another move slot. Chansey also benefits from hazard stack due to its relative passivity thus hazard setters like Spikes Gligar, Brambleghast and Stealth Rock Bronzong to wear down Pokemon like Choice Specs Chandelure and Paldea Tauros-W. Due to Chansey and it's reliance on Eviolite, hazard removal like Tsareena, Avalugg, Brambleghast, and Altaria help prevent it from getting worn down by hazards. Knock Off absorbers like Scream Tail and Houndstone are nessesary, while also being good switch-ins to Fighting-type threats such as Flamigo. Secondary special walls like Bronzong and Goodra can aid Chansey from being overwhelmed by special wallbreakers, with the latter especially having utility such as Dragon Tail, Knock Off and Toxic. Dark Types such as Incineroar and Scrafty can help take on Ghost-types like specs Chandelure, Decidueye and Basculegion-M that Chansey struggles with if lacking Shadow Ball.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====
Healing Wish is an option to fully heal a teammate that can be vital lategame but very niche. Ice Beam gives it a solid option to hit Ground- and Flying-types Flygon, Gligar, and Scyther. Tera Steel gains Chansey a Psychic resist against Pokemon such as Munkidori and Espeon while Tera Dragon can be used over Steel allowing Chansey to better handle Water- and Fire-types such as Inteleon, Basculegion-M, and Chandelure.
Checks and Counters
====
**Physical Attackers**: Strong Physical Attackers such as Decidueye, Basculegion-M, Scyther and Flamigo can do major damage against Chansey forcing a switch or freely set up for a sweep. However, none of them enjoy switching into Thunder Wave while the former two can get hit by a Shadow Ball.
**Fighting Types and Fighting Type Coverage**: Fighting-types such as Flamigo, Physical Infernape and Paldea Tauros-W can pressure Chansey which strong Fighting type attacks. However, all of them must be cautious about switching into its Thunder Wave while not getting chipped down by Seismic Toss. Special Attackers such as Duraludon and Assault Vest Reuniclus can put dents in Chansey or force it to heal due to their access to Body Press and Focus Blast, respectively.
**Set-Up Sweepers**: Set Up sweepers that have access to recovery such as Calm Mind Reuniclus, Galarian Articuno and Chandelure can use Chansey as setup fodder while the former two prevent it from healing thanks to Psychic Noise or outright OHKO due to Psyshock. Other setup sweepers like double dance Bronzong and Substitute Meloetta can beat Chansey on a 1v1 due to it struggling relying on Seismic Toss to do any type of damage.
**Item Removal**: Knock Off users such as Incineroar, Assault Vest Reuniclus, and Copperajah are threats to Chansey by removing Eviolite reducing Chansey bulk. Trick users like Munkidori, Chandelure, and Meloetta can often cripple Chansey by giving it their choice item.
**Entry Hazards**: Chansey is required to hold Eviolite to boost its bulk instead of running Heavy Duty-Boots. However, it results in Chansey being worn down by entry hazards repeatedly on each switch in.
[CREDITS]
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Chansey stands out as the ultimate special wall in the tier, with its gargantuan HP stat alongside its good Special Defense stat that is further boosted by Eviolite. Furthermore Chansey to tank many special attacks in the tier from opponents like Raikou, Munkidori, Chandelure and Non-Body Press Duralodon. Chansey is a key component on stall teams as it acts as the role of tanking special moves for its teammates while having great support utility. Its access to Stealth Rock makes Chansey a hazard setter as well as Heal Bell to act as a status remover for annoying status like Toxic Chain Munkidori and Belibolt alongside Will-O-Wisp from defensive Altaria and paralysis from the likes of Belibolt and Scream Tail for its teammates, with Natural Cure helping Chansey removing status for itself. However, due to it's reliance on Eviolite, Chansey is vulnerable to hazards making it easily chipped over time. Moreover, Chansey is extremely passive with its only reliable attacking move being Seismic Toss, resulting for easy set up opportunities for special sweepers such as Galarian-Articuno and Chandelure, as well as physical sweepers that can take advantage of Chansey such as Decidueye and Swords Dance Incineroar. Chansey also struggles to include all its moveslot choices as it has trouble slotting in Shadow Ball to hit Ghost types and Thunder Wave to spread Paralysis on the same set.
[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Seismic Toss
move 2: Soft Boiled
move 3: Heal Bell / Thunder Wave / Shadow Ball
move 4: Stealth Rock / Calm Mind
item: Eviolite
ability: Natural Cure
nature: Bold
evs: 8 HP / 252 Def / 248 SpD OR 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD
tera type: Dark / Fairy / Ghost
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Details
====
Seismic Toss prevents Chansey from being completely passive while dealing reliable, consistent damage against non-ghost targets. Heal Bell allows Chansey to cure status ailments for team members like Houndstone. Thunder Wave benefits Chansey’s teammates like Basulegion-M and Flamigo to cripple faster opponents like Paldea Tauros-W, Munkidori, and Chandelure which is especially useful on bulky teams, as a key strategy in dealing with such archetypes is through Paralysis and Toxic. Alternatively, the combination of Shadow Ball and Calm Mind provides it solid coverage against Ghost-types like Decidueye and Chandelure that would wall Chansey while better handling any Calm Mind attempts from Reuniclus, Galarian Articuno and Sylveon. The Mixed Defense EV's allow Chansey to be bulky against both attacking sides while the physically defensive EV spread supports Calm Mind + Shadow Ball sets in setting up. Tera Dark gains Chansey a Psychic immunity for Psyshock, Psychic Noise and Stored Power from Reuniclus, Meloetta and Galarian Articuno while Tera Fairy offers Chansey a better defensive typing allowing it to better handle Pokemon like Flygon, Paldea Tauros-W, and Incineroar. Tera Ghost boosts the power of Shadow Ball while gaining a Fighting immunity against Pokemon such as Toxicroak, Infernape and Paldea-Tauros-W.
Chansey pairs with other stall staples such as Gligar, Scream Tail, Houndstone and Altaria to handle Fighting-types like Flamigo and Paldea Tauros-F. Furthermore, Gligar synergize greatly with Chansey; as, the former handles wallbreakers like Flamigo and Flygon, while offering great utility the form of Knock Off to remove held items from Incineroar and Toxic to cripple Pokemon like Galarian Articuno and Houndstone. In return, Chansey handles Special Attackers like Chandelure, Inteleon and Sylveon that force Gligar to use up its Tera. Chansey also appreciates partners that can deal with pivoting moves such as Static Belibolt and Rocky Helmet Galarian Slowbro that punish pivot spam cores like Flamigo and Grafaiai. While Steel types such as Copperajah and Duraludon can handle Pokemon such as Munkidori and Galarian Articuno, allowing Chansey to remove Stealth Rock in favor for another move slot. Chansey also benefits from hazard stack due to its relative passivity thus hazard setters like Spikes Gligar, Brambleghast and Stealth Rock Bronzong to wear down Pokemon like Choice Specs Chandelure and Paldea Tauros-W. Due to Chansey and it's reliance on Eviolite, hazard removal like Tsareena, Avalugg, Brambleghast, and Altaria help prevent it from getting worn down by hazards. Knock Off absorbers like Scream Tail and Houndstone are nessesary, while also being good switch-ins to Fighting-type threats such as Flamigo. Secondary special walls like Bronzong and Goodra can aid Chansey from being overwhelmed by special wallbreakers, with the latter especially having utility such as Dragon Tail, Knock Off and Toxic. Dark Types such as Incineroar and Scrafty can help take on Ghost-types like specs Chandelure, Decidueye and Basculegion-M that Chansey struggles with if lacking Shadow Ball.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====
Healing Wish is an option to fully heal a teammate that can be vital lategame but very niche. Ice Beam gives it a solid option to hit Ground- and Flying-types Flygon, Gligar, and Scyther. Tera Steel gains Chansey a Psychic resist against Pokemon such as Munkidori and Espeon while Tera Dragon can be used over Steel allowing Chansey to better handle Water- and Fire-types such as Inteleon, Basculegion-M, and Chandelure.
Checks and Counters
====
**Physical Attackers**: Strong Physical Attackers such as Decidueye, Basculegion-M, Scyther and Flamigo can do major damage against Chansey forcing a switch or freely set up for a sweep. However, none of them enjoy switching into Thunder Wave while the former two can get hit by a Shadow Ball.
**Fighting Types and Fighting Type Coverage**: Fighting-types such as Flamigo, Physical Infernape and Paldea Tauros-W can pressure Chansey which strong Fighting type attacks. However, all of them must be cautious about switching into its Thunder Wave while not getting chipped down by Seismic Toss. Special Attackers such as Duraludon and Assault Vest Reuniclus can put dents in Chansey or force it to heal due to their access to Body Press and Focus Blast, respectively.
**Set-Up Sweepers**: Set Up sweepers that have access to recovery such as Calm Mind Reuniclus, Galarian Articuno and Chandelure can use Chansey as setup fodder while the former two prevent it from healing thanks to Psychic Noise or outright OHKO due to Psyshock. Other setup sweepers like double dance Bronzong and Substitute Meloetta can beat Chansey on a 1v1 due to it struggling relying on Seismic Toss to do any type of damage.
**Item Removal**: Knock Off users such as Incineroar, Assault Vest Reuniclus, and Copperajah are threats to Chansey by removing Eviolite reducing Chansey bulk. Trick users like Munkidori, Chandelure, and Meloetta can often cripple Chansey by giving it their choice item.
**Entry Hazards**: Chansey is required to hold Eviolite to boost its bulk instead of running Heavy Duty-Boots. However, it results in Chansey being worn down by entry hazards repeatedly on each switch in.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/oatishere.678319/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/pika134.609709/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/powerofmemes.583607/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user5.104/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/user6.105/
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