[SET]
name: Specially Defensive Pivot
move 1: Teleport
move 2: Soft-Boiled
move 3: Seismic Toss
move 4: Toxic / Thunder Wave
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Natural Cure
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Blissey's enormous special bulk allows it to effectively take on most of the tier's many special attackers, with threats such as Ash-Greninja, Tapu Koko, and Mega Charizard Y all failing to break Blissey. Teleport allows it to safely pivot in teammates like Ash-Greninja, Mega Medicham, and Mega Mawile and take advantage of the many switches that it forces; Blissey's ability to viably hold Heavy-Duty Boots also makes it hard to wear down via entry hazards, unlike its pre-evolution Chansey. Toxic allows Blissey to chip away at threats such as Mega Latias, Slowbro, Landorus-T, and Zapdos. Targeting Mega Latias is especially important, as Blissey is one of the few Pokemon that can reliably come in on it and cripple it in the long term with Toxic. It must be noted, however, that Toxic forces Blissey to use Teleport more often, as it invites Steel-types like Mega Scizor, Corviknight, Aegislash, and Kartana to easily pivot in. Thunder Wave is another good choice for the last move, as it allows Blissey to effectively cripple offensive Pokemon like Mega Mawile and Kartana. It also gives Blissey a weapon against a couple of the select few special attackers that otherwise handily beat Blissey, such as Alakazam, Reuniclus, a reckless Gengar on the switch, and Calm Mind Clefable. Stealth Rock can be run over a status move if your team can't fit a Stealth Rock setter elsewhere, but Blissey is even more passive than normal without Toxic or Thunder Wave and can easily be taken advantage of by threats such as Mega Latias, Corviknight, and Aegislash.
Blissey finds its home on balanced and bulky offensive teams. There it should be used to pivot into threats such as Heatran and Ash-Greninja and regain momentum with Teleport while also spreading status. Blissey really hates powerful physical attackers like Garchomp, Mega Lopunny, and Mega Medicham. A physically bulky partner is therefore appreciated. Slowbro and its Mega Evolution are very solid switch-ins to Fighting-type attacks, are capable of checking many of the tier's physical attackers, and can also form a very strong double Teleport core with Blissey. Corviknight effectively rounds out the Slowbro + Blissey core, taking on the likes of Kartana, Mega Scizor, Rillaboom, Weavile, and Mega Tyranitar, as well as offering Defog support and additional pivoting support with U-turn. Zapdos is another option that meets the previously mentioned positives bar checking Weavile and Mega Tyranitar, and it can also provide pivoting support with Volt Switch if desired. Toxapex can also handle Mega Lopunny and can beat other powerful physical attackers that Blissey dislikes like Mega Scizor and Mega Mawile. Blissey's Teleport makes it a very solid pivot, which is appreciated by Pokemon like Mega Medicham, Greninja, and Weavile. The latter two are also capable of revenge killing Gengar, a special attacker that completely shuts down Blissey, with Weavile in particular heavily limiting additional threats such as Mega Medicham with Pursuit. Physical walls, such as Landorus-T and Toxapex, appreciate Blissey taking on special attackers they can't handle, such as Ash-Greninja, Heatran, and Tapu Koko. Thunder Wave variants of Blissey can also be paired with slower wallbreakers that appreciate the paralysis support, such as Mega Mawile, Garchomp, Mega Medicham, Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Heracross. Toxic variants of Blissey dislike Steel-types, with Landorus-T, Victini, and Garchomp helping out in that category.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Blissey can use Wish to pass its teammates enormous amounts of health, but Teleport and Wish are illegal together and it often isn't worth losing the positive benefits that Teleport provides.
Checks and Counters
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**Fighting-types**: Mega Medicham, Mega Lopunny, Hawlucha, and Mega Heracross are capable of threatening Blissey with their powerful STAB moves, although they should all be wary of switching directly into Blissey lest they take a status move on the switch.
**Strong Physical Attackers**: Mega Mawile, Landorus-T, Garchomp, and Excadrill are all capable of punching through Blissey with their powerful STAB moves. Many can also set up Swords Dance on Blissey, KOing it and potentially breaking even more after Blissey is dispatched.
**Specialized Special Attackers**: Certain special attackers can run sets that are often designed specifically to beat Blissey. Magic Guard users like Clefable, Reuniclus, and Alakazam are only afraid of Thunder Wave and use Toxic variants of Blissey as setup fodder. Heatran can employ sets utilizing Magma Storm, Taunt, and Toxic to trap and remove Blissey from the match completely. Gengar can set up Substitutes on Blissey that it is unable to break, therefore giving Gengar free setup. Calm Mind variants of Tapu Fini can set up for free on Blissey thanks to Taunt. Mega Latias and Tapu Lele can also run Psyshock as their Psychic STAB in order to deal more damage to Blissey, although they need to watch out for status moves.
**Steel-types**: Steel-types can set up on Toxic variants of Blissey easily and proceed from there. Mega Mawile, Kartana, Mega Scizor, and Aegislash take especially good advantage of this, while Corviknight and Skarmory are capable of directly pivoting into Toxic variants as well. Special mention goes to Excadrill, which is also immune to Thunder Wave and only fears chip from Seismic Toss.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Sputnik, 475916]]
- Quality checked by: [[Solaros & Lunaris, 471780], [Guard, 360582], [Zneon, 487629]]
- Grammar checked by: [[P Squared, 168392]]
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