[SET]
name: Teleport
move 1: Soft-Boiled
move 2: Teleport / Heal Bell
move 3: Seismic Toss
move 4: Toxic / Stealth Rock / Teleport
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Natural Cure
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Blissey is a potent wall in the metagame thanks to its high HP stat and access to recovery and Teleport. Teleport allows Blissey to safely pivot into other teammates and makes it more difficult for opposing Pokemon to take advantage of its passive nature. Soft-Boiled is Blissey's main form of recovery and allows it to stay healthy while checking threats such as Volcarona and Latias. These two move options give Blissey a Normal / Psychic typing, which grants it an immunity to Ghost-type attacks and causes it to take neutral damage from Focus Blast. Heal Bell is another option that gives Blissey a pure Normal typing, provides a neutrality to U-turn and Knock Off, and lets it act as a cleric. Seismic Toss provides valuable chip damage against offensive Pokemon such as Dragapult, Landorus-T, and Pheromosa. Toxic is used to to put foes on a timer while allowing Blissey to check setup sweepers with recovery such as Volcarona, Mew, and Tornadus-T. Stealth Rock is an alternate option that allows Blissey to fill the role of a entry hazard setter. On pure Normal-type Blissey sets, Teleport is used in the last move slot to ensure Blissey can still pivot against foes. Natural Cure, in conjunction with Heavy-Duty Boots, keeps Blissey healthy from status and entry hazards throughout the match.
Physically defensive Pokemon like Slowbro, Cresselia, and Clefable appreciate Blissey's ability to wall strong special attackers such as Dragapult and Latias. In return, these physical walls are able to check physical attackers that threaten Blissey such as Lycanroc-D, Arcanine, and Landorus-T. Strong attackers such as Lycanroc-D, Dragapult, and Latios appreciate Blissey's ability to pivot them in safely with Teleport, which allows them to capitalize on their wallbreaking capabilities. Dark-resistant partners such as Clefable and Dark-type Toxapex are necessary, as Blissey is vulnerable to Knock Off.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Shadow Ball is another option for Blissey, as a Normal / Ghost typing gives Blissey useful immunities to Fighting-, Ghost-, and Normal-type attacks. Dazzling Gleam grants Blissey a Normal / Fairy typing, making it one of the best checks to Nasty Plot Spectrier, which otherwise can threaten Blissey with Dark Pulse. Thunder Wave is an option to hinder attackers such as Garchomp, Tornadus-T, and Latias, although Toxic is generally the more reliable status move for Blissey. 8 HP / 252 Def / 248 SpD is an alternative EV spread that allows Blissey to more reliably wall special attackers at the cost of some physical bulk. Blissey can run Aromatherapy and Toxic to gain a Grass / Poison typing, which allows it to wall metagame threats such as Latias, Cresselia, and Electric / Fairy Clefable. However, outside of walling these threats, that typing is not a desirable defensive typing.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Knock Off**: Knock Off users such as Tornadus-T, Landorus-T, and Heracross as well as Clefable and Toxpex can threaten Blissey. On top of Psychic-type variants being weak to Dark-type attacks, Blissey generally relies on Heavy-Duty Boots to remain healthy while entry hazards are on the field, so it fears Knock Off from any Pokemon.
**Poison- and Steel-type Pokemon**: Poison- and Steel-type setup sweepers with recovery such as Latias, Cresselia, Buzzwole, and Hydreigon make it difficult for Blissey to make progress, as it cannot cripple them with Toxic or do enough damage to stop these threats with Seismic Toss.
**Lycanroc-D**: Lycanroc-D is able to threaten Blissey with Tough Claws-boosted STAB Crunch and has a variety of typings that can make it difficult for Blissey's partners. Even pure Normal-type Blissey is vulnerable to STAB Close Combat from some Lycanroc-D.
**Strong Physical Attackers**: Strong physical attackers such as Lycanroc-D, Pheromosa, Scizor, and Zeraora can all break through Blissey with ease.
**Taunt**: Since Blissey is passive and heavily reliant on chipping foes with Toxic and pivoting with Teleport, Taunt is a strong option to exploit it.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[In The Hills, 324242]]
- Quality checked by: [[a loser, 410702], [The Number Man, 475804]]
- Grammar checked by: [[DC, 449990]]
name: Teleport
move 1: Soft-Boiled
move 2: Teleport / Heal Bell
move 3: Seismic Toss
move 4: Toxic / Stealth Rock / Teleport
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Natural Cure
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Blissey is a potent wall in the metagame thanks to its high HP stat and access to recovery and Teleport. Teleport allows Blissey to safely pivot into other teammates and makes it more difficult for opposing Pokemon to take advantage of its passive nature. Soft-Boiled is Blissey's main form of recovery and allows it to stay healthy while checking threats such as Volcarona and Latias. These two move options give Blissey a Normal / Psychic typing, which grants it an immunity to Ghost-type attacks and causes it to take neutral damage from Focus Blast. Heal Bell is another option that gives Blissey a pure Normal typing, provides a neutrality to U-turn and Knock Off, and lets it act as a cleric. Seismic Toss provides valuable chip damage against offensive Pokemon such as Dragapult, Landorus-T, and Pheromosa. Toxic is used to to put foes on a timer while allowing Blissey to check setup sweepers with recovery such as Volcarona, Mew, and Tornadus-T. Stealth Rock is an alternate option that allows Blissey to fill the role of a entry hazard setter. On pure Normal-type Blissey sets, Teleport is used in the last move slot to ensure Blissey can still pivot against foes. Natural Cure, in conjunction with Heavy-Duty Boots, keeps Blissey healthy from status and entry hazards throughout the match.
Physically defensive Pokemon like Slowbro, Cresselia, and Clefable appreciate Blissey's ability to wall strong special attackers such as Dragapult and Latias. In return, these physical walls are able to check physical attackers that threaten Blissey such as Lycanroc-D, Arcanine, and Landorus-T. Strong attackers such as Lycanroc-D, Dragapult, and Latios appreciate Blissey's ability to pivot them in safely with Teleport, which allows them to capitalize on their wallbreaking capabilities. Dark-resistant partners such as Clefable and Dark-type Toxapex are necessary, as Blissey is vulnerable to Knock Off.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Shadow Ball is another option for Blissey, as a Normal / Ghost typing gives Blissey useful immunities to Fighting-, Ghost-, and Normal-type attacks. Dazzling Gleam grants Blissey a Normal / Fairy typing, making it one of the best checks to Nasty Plot Spectrier, which otherwise can threaten Blissey with Dark Pulse. Thunder Wave is an option to hinder attackers such as Garchomp, Tornadus-T, and Latias, although Toxic is generally the more reliable status move for Blissey. 8 HP / 252 Def / 248 SpD is an alternative EV spread that allows Blissey to more reliably wall special attackers at the cost of some physical bulk. Blissey can run Aromatherapy and Toxic to gain a Grass / Poison typing, which allows it to wall metagame threats such as Latias, Cresselia, and Electric / Fairy Clefable. However, outside of walling these threats, that typing is not a desirable defensive typing.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Knock Off**: Knock Off users such as Tornadus-T, Landorus-T, and Heracross as well as Clefable and Toxpex can threaten Blissey. On top of Psychic-type variants being weak to Dark-type attacks, Blissey generally relies on Heavy-Duty Boots to remain healthy while entry hazards are on the field, so it fears Knock Off from any Pokemon.
**Poison- and Steel-type Pokemon**: Poison- and Steel-type setup sweepers with recovery such as Latias, Cresselia, Buzzwole, and Hydreigon make it difficult for Blissey to make progress, as it cannot cripple them with Toxic or do enough damage to stop these threats with Seismic Toss.
**Lycanroc-D**: Lycanroc-D is able to threaten Blissey with Tough Claws-boosted STAB Crunch and has a variety of typings that can make it difficult for Blissey's partners. Even pure Normal-type Blissey is vulnerable to STAB Close Combat from some Lycanroc-D.
**Strong Physical Attackers**: Strong physical attackers such as Lycanroc-D, Pheromosa, Scizor, and Zeraora can all break through Blissey with ease.
**Taunt**: Since Blissey is passive and heavily reliant on chipping foes with Toxic and pivoting with Teleport, Taunt is a strong option to exploit it.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[In The Hills, 324242]]
- Quality checked by: [[a loser, 410702], [The Number Man, 475804]]
- Grammar checked by: [[DC, 449990]]
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