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#0242 · GENERATION 2

Blissey Build Guide

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Special defense and recovery support

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Starter moveset

Generation 9 · casual singles · base form

ITEMHeavy-Duty Boots

ABILITYNatural Cure

NATURECalm

Soft-Boiled

Thunder Wave

Stealth Rock

Flamethrower

How to play

Use favorable special matchups to recover with Soft-Boiled or set Stealth Rock. Natural Cure removes its status condition when it switches out. Thunder Wave can slow an eligible target.

Watch out for

Key risk. Its physical Defense is very low, and Fighting attacks are super effective. Ground and Electric targets are immune to Thunder Wave. Flamethrower is coverage, not a guarantee of strong damage.

About this example

This editorial starting point is not a ranked-format recommendation or a legality check. It does not specify EVs or Tera type. Moves, items and abilities here do not change the builder score.

BATTLE PLAN

When to attack, set up or switch

Use favorable special matchups to recover with Soft-Boiled or set Stealth Rock. Natural Cure removes its status condition when it switches out. Thunder Wave can slow an eligible target.

A physical attacker is still on the field

Use Thunder Wave to halve its damage, but Ground and Electric targets are immune to the paralysis, so against those two the ability and the move both stop working and Flamethrower is the neutral answer.

You want value out of a switch

Natural Cure only clears status when Blissey leaves the field, so a switch is a free heal of the condition and a Soft-Boiled is the heal of the HP — two different resources, and neither one covers the other.

What does a safe pivot mean?

A teammate uses a switching move to bring Blissey in. A slower pivot may take the opponent’s hit first. Turn order and the opponent’s move still matter.

ITEM & ABILITY

How this build works

Fighting is the only type that hits Blissey for 2×, and Ghost moves cannot touch it at all, so the wall holds until a physical fighter arrives. Natural Cure removes any status Blissey has absorbed the moment it switches out, and Soft-Boiled is what pays back the HP the burn keeps taking.

Watch the tradeoff. Its physical Defense is very low, and Fighting attacks are super effective. Ground and Electric targets are immune to Thunder Wave. Flamethrower is coverage, not a guarantee of strong damage.

These battle mechanics do not change the builder’s type-and-base-stat score. The tool does not simulate moves, abilities, held items or damage.

COMPARE YOUR OPTIONS

Blissey or Umbreon?

Umbreon offers different defensive support and Wish with Dark typing, without Blissey’s huge HP stat.

Base stats · standard forms in the local Generation 9 dataset
Stat	Blissey	Umbreon
HP	255	95
Attack	10	65
Defense	10	110
Sp. Attack	75	60
Sp. Defense	135	130
Speed	55	65

Base stats are not final battle stats. Level, nature, IVs, EVs and battle effects affect the result. Check availability in your game before choosing an alternative.

Teammate ideas

A physical defensive teammate helps cover its main limitation. A Ghost partner is immune to Fighting, but should still be checked against coverage moves.

Corviknight

Adds physical defense and U-turn support; Fighting damage is neutral.

Read Corviknight guide →Compare teammates →

Gengar

Immune to Fighting and adds faster special attacking pressure.

Read Gengar guide →Compare teammates →

These are typing-based starting pairs, not a complete competitive team. Check the remaining four slots and your game’s rules.

Compare computed teammate suggestions →

Alternative: Umbreon

Umbreon offers different defensive support and Wish with Dark typing, without Blissey’s huge HP stat.

Read Umbreon guide →

Try Umbreon →

Type matchups

Weak to

Fighting2×

Resistances and immunities

Ghost0×

Typing only. Abilities, items and battle effects can change these matchups.

HP255

Attack10

Defense10

Sp. Attack75

Sp. Defense135

Speed55

Evolution chain

Happiny#440
Level up in daytime holding Oval Stone
Chansey#113
High friendship + level up
Blissey#242

Standard main-series evolution conditions. Regional forms and games with special evolution systems can differ.

Build your Blissey team

Start with Blissey. Add teammates and compare your type-and-base-stat score.

Gen 9 · National Dex · Casual Settings & scope

GameFormat

Format scope · casual planning

Base species #001–1025, using Generation 9 data. A casual planning pool, not a VGC, ranked, or Showdown National Dex legality validator. Regional, Mega and alternate forms are not included yet.

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Blissey

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Understand your team

Offense68

Defense60

Coverage0

Synergy17

Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.

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Key insights

Fighting attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Your own types can hit 0 of 18 single-type targets super effectively. Actual move coverage can differ.
No teammate has a base Speed of 100 or higher. Consider adding a faster option.

Detailed type analysis · all 18 types

Incoming damage assumes typing only. 0× = immune, ½× / ¼× = resistant, 2× / 4× = weak. Resistance counts include immunities.

Incoming damage by attacking type
Attack	Blissey	Weak	Resist
Normal	1×	0	0
Fire	1×	0	0
Water	1×	0	0
Electric	1×	0	0
Grass	1×	0	0
Ice	1×	0	0
Fighting	2×	1	0
Poison	1×	0	0
Ground	1×	0	0
Flying	1×	0	0
Psychic	1×	0	0
Bug	1×	0	0
Rock	1×	0	0
Ghost	0×	0	1
Dragon	1×	0	0
Dark	1×	0	0
Steel	1×	0	0
Fairy	1×	0	0

Offensive type coverage

Against single-type targets, using only same-type attacks. This is not coverage against every dual-type species.

NormalNeutral

FireNeutral

WaterNeutral

ElectricNeutral

GrassNeutral

IceNeutral

FightingNeutral

PoisonNeutral

GroundNeutral

FlyingNeutral

PsychicNeutral

BugNeutral

RockResisted

GhostImmune target

DragonNeutral

DarkNeutral

SteelResisted

FairyNeutral

How is the score calculated?

Offense (25%): neutral-or-better type coverage and strongest attacking base stats. Defense (30%): team resistances, unprotected and repeated weaknesses, and 4× vulnerabilities. Coverage (25%): fraction of 18 single-type targets hit super effectively by your own types. Synergy (20%): teammates resisting each other’s weaknesses, physical/special/bulk stat signals and base Speed ≥100. Scores are rounded to 0–100; the total uses the displayed subscores.

Rating bands: Excellent ≥80, Good ≥65, Fair ≥45, Poor below 45. An empty team has no rating.

Small teams are provisional and are not given a separate completion bonus. Adding a Pokémon can lower the score if it creates new weaknesses or lowers averages. These initial heuristics have not been calibrated against battle outcomes.