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Competitive Pokemon Sword/Shield Movesets and Strategies for Chansey

Base Stats for Chansey

Normal

Abilities:
,
,

Evolutions / Family:
Happiny
Chansey
Blissey

Weakness Chart for Normal-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

2x

0x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

¼x

½x

2x

4x

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.

Common team mates for Chansey in Pokemon Sword/Shield:

TogekissShuckleAmoongussIndeedee-FConkeldurrSlowbroMimikyuDusknoirPincurchinDurant

Chansey is a marvelous Normal-typed Pokemon. Chansey is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Chansey's only type-related weakness is Fighting.

Species: Chansey
Item: Eviolite
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Heal Pulse
- Minimize
- Soft-Boiled
- Thunder Wave

Physical Wall Chansey (Popular/Trending)

Chansey is a fabulous Physical Wall. It's primary goal is 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 without an Eviolite attached to it. 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 Natural Cure, Chansey has its major status condition cured when it switches out.

♦ Heal Pulse is a status move (heals the target by 50% of its max hp).
♦ Minimize is a status move (raises your Chansey's evasiveness by 2 stages).
♦ Soft-Boiled is a status move (heals your Chansey by 50% of its max hp).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).

Note: This moveset is considered Taunt bait! It is highly recommended you typically have atleast one move that does actual damage!

Species: Chansey
Item: Eviolite / Throat Spray
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Tri Attack
- Psychic
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam

Special Sweeper Chansey (Natural Cure)

Chansey is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Chansey is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached. 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 raises Chansey's special attack stat by 2 stages. With Natural Cure, Chansey has its major status condition cured when it switches out.

♦ Hyper Voice is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ 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 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.

Common team mates for Chansey in Pokemon Sword/Shield:

TogekissShuckleAmoongussIndeedee-FConkeldurrSlowbroMimikyuDusknoirPincurchinDurant

Species: Chansey
Item: Eviolite / Throat Spray
Ability: Healer
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Tri Attack
- Dazzling Gleam
- Incinerate / Flamethrower
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam

Doubles Special Sweeper Chansey (Healer)

Chansey is a decent Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Chansey is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached. 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 raises Chansey's special attack stat by 2 stages. With Healer, 30% chance of curing an adjacent ally's status at the end of each turn.

♦ Hyper Voice is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ 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 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.

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: 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: Flamethrower
Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Ice Beam
Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Body Slam
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
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Ally Switch
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break

Optimize Chansey's EVs for Sword/Shield

Competitive Information for Chansey [Sword/Shield]