Competitive Information for Blissey [Sword/Shield]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Blissey? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Blissey is popular Normal-typed Pokemon. Blissey are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Blissey's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Weakness Policy / Leftovers
Ability: Serene Grace
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Def / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Blizzard
- Psychic
- Protect / Hyper Beam
- Soft-Boiled
Special Tank Blissey (Popular/Trending)
Blissey is a marvelous Special Tank. It's designed to take a great amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Blissey last longer regaining it's it's vitality every turn. Weakness Policy activates if Blissey is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Serene Grace, Blissey's moves have their secondary effect chance doubled.
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Blissey this turn).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Blissey cannot move next turn).
♦ Soft-Boiled is a status move (heals your Blissey by 50% of its max hp).
Item: Weakness Policy / Leftovers
Ability: Serene Grace
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Zen Headbutt
- Protect / Body Slam
- Seismic Toss
- Soft-Boiled
Special Wall Blissey (Popular/Trending)
Blissey is a marvelous Special Wall. It's goal is to take a mighty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Blissey last longer regaining it's it's health every turn. Weakness Policy activates if Blissey is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Serene Grace, Blissey's moves have their secondary effect chance doubled.
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Blissey this turn).
♦ Body Slam is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Seismic Toss is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (does damage equal to your Blissey's level).
♦ Soft-Boiled is a status move (heals your Blissey by 50% of its max hp).
Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Tri Attack
- Psychic
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
Special Sweeper Blissey (Natural Cure)
Blissey is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice) and boosts Blissey's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Blissey's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Natural Cure, Blissey has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Tri Attack is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Blissey? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Healer
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Tri Attack
- Dazzling Gleam
- Incinerate / Flamethrower
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Blissey (Healer)
Blissey is a sensational Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice) and boosts Blissey's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Blissey's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Healer, 30% chance of curing an adjacent ally's status at the end of each turn.
♦ Tri Attack is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Incinerate is a special 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Blissey learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Blissey can perform in Sword/Shield. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive SS Move and Ability Combos for Blissey
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar Beam
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Moves: Stored Power + Psych Up
- Ability: Serene Grace + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Blizzard
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Fire Blast
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Body Slam
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Flamethrower
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Ice Beam
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Fire Punch
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Headbutt
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Ice Punch
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Charge Beam
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Focus Blast
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Ally Switch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
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