Common defenders, blissey

And here's the new king, or queen if you prefer.

Blissey is the best defender in the game by a very, very, very wide margin. Like snorlax blissey is a normal type pokemon, meaning that it's only weak against fighting. Which means it's effectively not weak against anything you want to bring to combat.

Blissey has Pound and Zen Headbutt as primary attacks. While Zen Headbutt lacks the STAB given to Pound, Zen Headbutt is a slow attack better suitable for defence. I'd say Zen Headbutt is better but not by a huge margin since the STAB bonus for Pound pushes it into a similar range of damage output.

For charge attacks we have Dazzling Gleam, Hyper Beam and Psychic. Under normal circumstances Hyper Beam would have been the best attack, given it's STAB bonus, since Dazzling Gleam is almost as slow. Psychic is just a poor attack.

However, blissey isn't normal. You're not placing a blissey in a gym because of the massive damage output. You're placing it there to consume time. Lots and lots of time. An attacker who ducks risks running out of time, and for that reason Dazzling Gleam is the best charge attack since it is a two bar attack and has to be dodged twice as often as Hyper Beam.

I recommend Zen Headbutt and Dazzling Gleam for blissey. Pound and Hyper Beam are still servicable.


Blissey can get over 400 HP, making it a beast in any gym. Combined with CP among the best you have a clear winner.

Blissey is definitely wasted on a remote gym. The place for this beast is to prove that every gym can stand no matter where it's placed.