Competitive Information for Chansey [Sword/Shield]


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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Chansey? 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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Chansey is an astounding Normal-typed Pokemon. Chansey is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Chansey is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Chansey's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Eviolite
Ability: Serene Grace
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Flamethrower
- Minimize
- Sing
- Soft-Boiled
Physical Wall Chansey (Popular/Trending)
Chansey is an awesome Physical Wall for single battles. It tries to take a considerable amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Chansey is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until equipping Eviolite became the goto option. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Serene Grace, Chansey's moves have their secondary effect chance doubled.
◆ Minimize is a status move (raises your Chansey's evasiveness by 2 stages).
◆ Sing is a status move (causes the target to fall asleep).
◆ Soft-Boiled is a status move (heals your Chansey by 50% of its max hp).
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Item: Eviolite / Throat Spray
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Tri Attack
- Psychic
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
Special Sweeper Chansey (Natural Cure)
Chansey is a marvelous Special Sweeper for single battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Chansey is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite changes that. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice) and boosts Chansey's special attack stat by 2 stages. With Natural Cure, Chansey has its non-volatile 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).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Chansey? 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: Eviolite / Throat Spray
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Tri Attack
- Dazzling Gleam
- Incinerate / Flamethrower
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Chansey (Natural Cure)
Chansey is a fabulous Special Sweeper for double battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Chansey is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolite was equipped. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice) and increases Chansey's special attack stat by 2 stages. With Natural Cure, Chansey has its non-volatile 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).
◆ 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).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Chansey 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.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Chansey 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 Chansey
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Moves: Stored power + Psych up
- Ability: Serene grace + Item: King's rock
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- 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: Icy Wind
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Body Slam
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Bubble Beam
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Bulldoze
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Fire Punch
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Flamethrower
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Fling
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Headbutt
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Ice Beam
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Ice Punch
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Mud-Slap
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Power-Up Punch
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Psychic
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Rock Smash
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Shadow Ball
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Snore
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Rock Tomb
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Thunder Punch
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Thunderbolt
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Tri Attack
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Water Pulse
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Dynamic Punch
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Zap Cannon
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Blizzard
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Thunder
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Iron Tail
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Fire Blast
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Charge Beam
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Rock Slide
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Zen Headbutt
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Endure, Helping Hand, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Chansey's stats
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Power-Up Punch
- Skull Bash
- Work Up
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Chansey
- Earthquake
- Flamethrower
- Gravity
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Minimize
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Seismic Toss
- Sing
- Soft-Boiled
- Stealth Rock
- Stored Power
- Teleport
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Chansey in Sword and Shield
- Relaxed Nature ( 252/0/252/0/4/0 )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/252/0/4/252 )
- Optimize Chansey's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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