Overview
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In XY Ubers, Blissey is preferred over her younger sister, Chansey, because of her ability to hold Shed Shell to, which prevents her from being trapped by Shadow Tag users. Her smalllesser weakness to Knock Off and capability to be slightly less predictable than Chansey are also reasons why she is the premier pink blob in Ubers. In addition, she has the single highest HP stat of any Pokemon to date, at a whopping base 255 HP stat coupled with a great 135 base 135 Special Defense, givmaking her the best special bulkwall in the tier. An example of thBlissey is her abilityle to survive an unresisted 150 base power Choice Specs Kyogre Water Spout from Kyogre, a feat that noa lot of other viable Pokemon cannot achieve. Blissey manages to find a niche with this bulk by learning two of talso learns Heal Bell and Wish, which makes her a grest and most usefulteam support moves in the game: Heal Bell and Wish.er. Her ability, Natural Cure, is also quite useful ability, allowing her to sponge status without having to waste a turn and PP to husing Heal herselfBell. Blissey’s typing is a double-edged sword, giving her a single weakness and a handy immunity to the Ghost-type at athe cost to notof having anyno resistances, something that many other walls in Ubers rely on to mitigate damage. Her physical bulk is also pathetic, making it so that she can't wall powerful physical threats. Her over-reliance on support moves and inability to hit strongly with offensive movpresence make her even more Taunt prone than many other walls, and while in certain team matchups, she can be outright weak. However, don’t let these shortcomings discourage use, as sheBlissey can provide invaluable support for certain builds and wall many special nukes effectivelyyour team.
Support
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name: #1 BlobSupport
move 1: Toxic
move 2: Seismic Toss / Flamethrower
move 3: Soft-Boiled / Wish
move 4: Heal Bell / Protect
ability: Natural Cure
item: Shed Shell / Leftovers
evs: 252 Def / 252 SpD / 4 Spe (Why do you have 4 Speed here? Speed Creep shouldn't be included in analyses, I suggest adding it into HP or something.)
nature: Calm
Moves
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Toxic is mandatory for this set, as it iallows Blissey’s only way to bring down users with reliable recovery. In addition, this punishe to put a timer on dangerous setup sweepers and foes that switch into Blissey to smack it with a hard physical hitor walls. Blissey has two options when it comes to an offensive move. Seismic Toss deals reliable damage to most threats excluding Ghost-types, while Flamethrower is excellent for not only a surprise hit for hitting Steel-types that like to switch in on Blissey such as Scizor, Genesect, and Ferrothorn switch-ins, but, as well as allows Blissey to actually touching it to hit Mega Gengar. I Note that if Leftovers are run, you should muste Flamethrower over Seismic Toss, as Mega Gengar leaves you unable to escape due to Shadow Tag, and with Flamethrower, the standard Mega Gengar is forced to trade one for one. Blissey also has two options in recovery which are Wish and Soft-Boiled. Wish has the advantage of being able to pass lumphuge Wishes of 325 HP to teammates, which even in Ubers, is basically keeps them at full recoveryhealth. The disadvantage to Wish, however, is that it is not instant recovery, and thus when running Wish Blissey is usually required, you have to run Protect in conjunction. Soft-Boiled is the more reliable recovery option for Blissey, but offers no support to teammates.
The final moveslot is usually decided by what was run in slot three. Opting for Soft-Boiled leaves Blissey free to run cleric support in the form of Heal Bell rather than Wish support, which is highly coveted, as status is very prevalent in the metagame. As previously mentioned, Protect should usually be run with Wish so that Blissey doesn’t have to take two hits before recovery. In addition, Protect has other utility, mainly stalling for Toxic damage and lockscouting cChoice itemd users. It should be noted that Blissey can run both Wish and Soft-Boiled on the same set because it allows Blissey to heal itself reliably without being Roarphazed out durwhen using its Protect turn, while also being able to providinge support for teammates. Although it is not slashed, Ice Beam is also an option on the Leftovers set as it gives Blissey a way to damage Mega Gengar while tradas well as hitting coverage to punishPokemon such as Landorus-T and Gliscor super effectively, however then Blissey is left prone to Steel-types such-ins as Ferrothorn and Scizor.
Set Details
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With Blissey’s incredible base HP, no investment is needed in that stat, as she rather appreciates max investment in both defenses. The Defense investmentEVs allows Blissey to decently take physical attacks while max Special Defense iEVs allow it to abusetake advantage of Blissey’s excellent special bulk. Shed Shell is the preferred item in most situations as it leaves you free to run Seismic Toss, but this item has no utility beyond escaping Shadow Tag, unfortunately. Leftovers can be run, and the passive recovery is very handy when walling special nuattackers, thoweverugh this forces you to run Flamethrower. With Leftovers, a spread of 20 HP / 232 Def / 252 SpD can alshould be run as this HP investment increases Leftovers recovery by 1 HP. A. In addition, an alternate spread of 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD / 8 Def can be run on certain teams to maximize her ability to sponge special attacks, however this leaves Blissey completely incapable of taking even weak physical attacks.
Usage Tips
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Blissey is relatively straightforward to use. She is mainly a punching bag for the special nukes that roam Ubers. However, despite herDespite Blissey's incredible special bulk, she should not be switched into a healthy Choice Specs Kyogre. (Explain why) Upon switching in, she usually forces the opponent to switch, therefore breaking their momentum. InDuring this time, Blissey is excellent forcan providinge support to allies, allowing her to get off a Heal Bell or Wish before the opponent’s Blissey counter gets to attack switches into a better matchup. However, this can become disadvantageous, as with team preview, it is very clear when Blissey will be sent in to sponge an attack since she is , whighly specialized, thus attractings double switches from your opponent. In addition to this, users of Blissey must also be wary of mixed attackers such as Close Combat Xerneas which can surprise KO you if they are not scouted first. Blissey should spread Toxic as much as possible and heal whenever it's allowedpossible.
Team Options
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Good partners for Blissey’s best team options ar include physical walls thatsuch as Skarmory and Gliscor, as they can take on most physical blows forattacks that trouble Blissey. In addition, most of these walls have trouble with special attacks and / orare status thatprone, and Blissey can provide support to them. Landorus-Therian and Groudon are especially good teammates as they both have immense physical bulk, support optionsaccess to Stealth Rock, good defensive typing, and can threaten premier physical threats such as Ho-Oh. Blissey also greatly appreciates anti-hazard support as it takes all forms of hazard damageremoval and thus gets worn down especially by Spikes. Many hazard Blissetters, mainly Spikers, also have no troublwill be settwitching hazards lot, and Blissey, therefore warranting Defog or Rapid Spin support worn down easily. Support Arceus formes in general tend to be excellent partners for Blissey as they not only provide Defog support, but can also neuter physical attackers with Will-O-Wisp and can soft check some of the threats that Blissey has trouble with. Arceus-Ghost in particular is immune to fFighting-type moves, and provides a good defensive core as both Blissey, (when running Shed Shell), and Arceus-Ghost areis immune to Shadow Tag. Arceus-Water and Arceus-Rock are also notable support Arceus formes as the firstormer can soft check Kyogre and Ho-Oh while the secondlatter can alsoft check Ho-Oh, and Yveltal.
Most Calm Mind Arceus forms alsoes make good teammates as they can only really be brought down by status, which Blissey can remove with cleric support. Many of the Calm Mind Arceus forms in generalThey can also soft check severalome of Blissey threats. Most fighting type checks such as Ho-Oh and Giratina are also good choices as partnersand counters (Include examples). A Choice Specs Kyogre check is also of great use when running Blissey, as it is essentially the only special attacker than she cannot stall out, assuming it is healthy. Tanks such as Tyranitar, Heatran, and Klefki not only appreciate Blissey’s Wish support, but in return check Blissey’s weaknesses to, they can check threats such as Ho-Oh, Yveltal, and Substitute Geomancy Xerneas. Mewtwo is also a good teammate as it can take down stallbreakers such as Gliscor and Arceus-Poison that halt Blissey completely. Lastly, U-Turn or Volt Switch pivots (include examples) can be handy when used with Blissey, as it gives an opportunity to switch into predicted Taunts from foes such as Mewtwo and Darkrai while still being valuable to a defensively oriented team.
Other Options
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Blissey has several alternate support and offensive moves, however she suffers greatly from four-moveslot syndrome so she cannot typically afford to run any of these options. Blissey can run Thunder Wave over Toxic to cripple setup sweepers and offensive foes that come in to threaten her, however this leaves her unable to take down anything with recovery. Snatch can be handy for countering Calm Mind sets (from which Pokemon?) and attempts to eliminate Toxic status. Counter can hit physical attackers that are not powerful enough to OHKO Blissey. (You can also mention here that it can get some surprise KOs) She also can run Fire Blast as an offensive move over Flamethrower, however the increased power is usually not worth its unreliability and low PP. Thunder gives Blissey a way to damage Choice Specs Kyogre to the point where she can wall it, while also being able to hit Mega Gengar. Finally, Blissey can function as a Stealth Rock user to potentially save another ally’s set from being ruined or hindered, however this is still a waste of a move on Blissey for most teams.
Checks and Counters
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**Powerful Physical Threats**: ThesePhysical attackers such as Mewtwo, Scizor with Superpower, and Ho-Oh have no trouble bypassing Blissey’s pathetic physical bulk and thus are very straightforward threats. These foes are typically very obvious and thus can be capitalized on, however the best Blissey can usually hope to do to them is uslap them with Toxic when they comeswitch in while, though some are Toxic immune anyways. Notabto it. (put examples in the foes under this classification are Mewtwo, Scizor with Superpower, Swords Danceront, and just give like 3 examples)
**Toxic Immune + Recovery**: Blissey cannot really touch Pokemon such as Calm Mind + Refresh Arceus formes, Zekrom, Ho-Oh, Mega Kangaskhan, and Offensive ground types.**as they are immune to Toxic Immune + Rand have access recovery**: Th moves. Some of threatese Pokemon, such as Gliscor and Gothitelle, also have access to Taunt which also prevent Blissey from fulfilling its support role. Even those without Taunt can lock Blissey into a stalemate since without Toxic damage, these threats can continue to recover off Seismic Toss damage while in return these threats can set up or smackor hit Blissey hard. Such common threats in this category are Gliscor, Calm Mind Refresh Arceus, Poison
**Taunt Users**: Taunt users such and Steel Arceus, Substitute sweepers,ableye and Gothitelle. **Taunt Users**: SinceDarkrai render Blissey is especially weak to Taunt even for a wall,setup bait, and these foesy can proceed to force Blissey to use Seismic Toss or Flamethrower while they can set up, dropremove entry hazards, or inflict status. Some u
**Spike Users are Defensive Yveltal, Skarmory, Sableye,**: Pokemon such as Klefki and Darkrai.**Spikers**: While these threatsSkarmory can’t do much to Blissey, but they can punish her by setting layers of Spikes that most teamsrovide additional despise includingtriment to Blissey. The most common users of this move are Klefki, Skarmory, Ferrothorn, Forrtress, and Scolipede and her teammates later in game by setting up Spikes.
**Rest Users**: These foesRestTalk such as Kyogre can recover off any Seismic Toss damage while getting rid of Toxic. The cost is that they are now asleep and most cannot beat Blissey thus creating a stalemate. Common users include Kyogre and Giratina-A.
**Mega Gengar**: The support set is partially built around not being threatened by this foe, but it is mentioned simply because withoutMega Gengar can trap Blissey, and if she is not holding Shed Shell or Leftovers with Flamethrower, Bl, she cannot do anything since Gengar issey is trapped and brought downmmune to both Toxic and Seismic Toss. In addition it is important to note that the rare Perish Trapper Gengar beats even the Leftovers with Flamethrower set.