Roar is countered via Skill Swap Soundproof. Chansey will then make its way into the battle, and the 0 Speed invested Carbink will get off Guard Split to get the ball rolling. In other gens: RB; GS; RS; DP; BW; XY; SM; SS; Chansey.
This plan may sound like an absolute headache to deal with at this point. Heavy Slam’s most common user in VGC18 is, While Toxic doesn’t entirely solve the problem (due to Soft-Boiled), it will put. Ice Beam threatens to freeze any unparalyzed Chansey, while a paralyzed Reflect Chansey is going to PP stall most other Chansey with ease. Chansey is tied with Happiny for the lowest base Attack and Defense stats of all Pokémon, both at five. Type to start searching. Mime Jr. has seen use as a team mate recently to provide Skill Swap+Soundproof protection from checks like Perish Song and Roar. If an interjection can begin early enough that the Chansey is not yet set up, a, Before a Guard Split, AV Landorus has a guaranteed 2HKO Superpower against a fully Defense-invested Eviolite Chansey, Before Guard Split, Kartana also is looking at a guaranteed 2HKO Sacred Sword. Moves. When used, Guard Split averages the Defense and Special Defense stats between the user and the target. To achieve this initial transfer of stats, it is necessary that your Guard Splitter does not die during turn 1. However, Chansey is also a very viable Wish passer thanks to her incredible HP stat. Sing Chansey can also surprise the opponent's Chansey and land a sleep on it, and even if it misses, Sing will remain threatening and have to be respected with a switch. 30% chance of curing an adjacent ally's status at the end of each turn. At a general level, that is the entirety of the strategy. While all of this is going on, it is very important to keep an eye on the round timer. Heal Bell allows Chansey to rid herself and her teammates of status. Roar does not appear >10% on any of the above users in December Showdown stats, though that does not rule out the option.
Gen XY. Yes, this article has been a frightening look into the world of Minimize Chansey, but hopefully you’ve also learned how your team already does, or can easily adapt to counter this strategy. Taunt is an obvious choice, and is used on so many Pokemon, it is not worth listing them. Unlike Blissey, Chansey can take non-super effective physical hits with relative ease, something Blissey can not boast to do. With VGC 18 Dallas Regionals right around the corner, let’s take a look at how you can be ready for this gimmick that you will actually lose to. The entirety of the team will be setup to support Chansey, and assure that the team is able to make it through the early/mid game, and into the stage where Chansey can begin to clean up. This is done via a few tricks with its partners, and through the use of Toxic or condition spreaders.
Once Trick Room has been set up, Smeargle will either switch out, or use Explosion to free up a slot in the field. Roar bypasses accuracy checks, and forces the target Pokemon to switch out of battle, clearing all stat changes. Last but not least, a simple Fighting Pokemon very well may do the trick! Perish Song gives all Pokemon in battle a 3 turn clock, after which they are KO’d. Reuniclus & Alakazam also provides a similar service in Skill Swap+Magic Guard to protect Chansey from status threats. View strategies and more for Chansey on the Smogon Strategy Pokedex. Origin That said, there are some solutions to the team, that really don’t even require obscure team building. While this is a list of some of the strong Chansey counters, that don’t require team building to stray too heavily, there are many other options such as No Guard, Whirlwind, and Psych Up (still not an inclusive list). Type: Normal; Immune to: Ghost; Weak to: Fighting; Abilities: Healer. Smeargle will often lead with Fake Out if the team is using Carbink, as it allows for Carbink to get off an easy turn 1 Trick Room. Wish allows Chansey to fully heal many Pokemon regardless of whether they invest in HP themselves thanks to Chansey's incredible HP stat. Pokemon. The above is exactly the situation we do not want to find ourselves in. Items. To assist with this, both Shuckle and Carbink are able to run Sturdy ability to survive an OHKO. Types. Once Chansey reaches its final form, the strategy from there on out is to poison the opponent via Toxic on Shuckle/Chansey and Baneful Bunker on Smeargle, and proceed to spam Seismic Toss as Chansey to slowly KO the entire opposing team.
Haze saw 7% usage on Tapu Fini in December on Showdown, so it is a strategy that people are bringing to the fight. View strategies and more for Chansey on the Smogon Strategy Pokedex. Perish Song may also be used to try and force a switch out of the Chansey player, to clear Perish Song, thus removing all stat changes. So… don’t play it. Protect should be used instead of Aromatherapy if you plan to use Wish with Chansey, as it allows Chansey to heal herself and scout out the opponent. Chansey's HP increase is the largest single stat increase after evolving from Happiny, at 150 points. Okay, so maybe it’s not quite an epidemic yet.. but you’ll feel otherwise once you’re sitting across from a 66% evasion Chansey. If you don’t use a Taunt Pokemon on your team, this is worth looking into anyhow! That’s fair, because it is. Abilities. Heavy Slam is a direct counter to Minimize, as the move’s damage is doubled when used on a Minimized target, and fully bypasses accuracy check. Thunder Wave is another option to slow down the foe and cripple opposing setup sweepers. If you can land a Taunt on Chansey before it begins to go off, this will greatly inhibit its set up, and allow for a potential early kill or force a switch out by the trainer. Knock Off is an elegant solution to the initial bulk of, Knock Off has a number of valid usage targets in VGC18 in.
Search. Natural Cure. Ever since GSC, Chansey has been outclassed by its evolution, Blissey.
Heavy Slam. The first goal the team will be looking to accomplish is to get off a Guard Split from either Carbink or Shuckle, depending on the team comp.
Chansey will then proceed to use Minimize, Defense Curl and Soft-Boiled until it hits 66% evasion, and 6 stages of Defense off of Curl, all the while repeatedly healing off of Soft-Boiled. Chansey: Depending on the sets, Chansey can be an excellent Chansey counter. This team will have very little trouble stalling to round time, so players must mentally prepare ahead of time, so they know the game plan and exactly how the opponent’s side is expected to play out. Chansey boasts a gigantic base 250 HP stat that, when coupled with Eviolite, allows it to be a very bulky Pokemon that serves as a powerful special wall. Clear Smog behaves the same way as Haze, though it is targeted and bypasses accuracy checks. The core of a generic Chansey team is as follows: Chansey is the focal point of the team, and what is going to cause problems in the late game. An Eviolite is Chansey’s item of choice, which will make it that much harder to try and KO before it has reached full-setup. Now that Chansey is in the spotlight after its MSS performance, teams will be prepared to tear it down at Dallas.
Chansey will generally be holding an Eviolite, so removing that will make the task of an early KO that much easier. Knock Off has a number of valid usage targets in VGC18 in Landorus-Therian, Kartana, Scrafty and Incineroar (all seeing high Knock Off usage in December). In-battle formes. 252+ Atk Landorus-Therian Superpower vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Chansey: 412 (58.6%) – 486 (69.1%) — guaranteed 2HKO, 252 Atk Kartana Sacred Sword vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Chansey: 334 (47.5%) – 394 (56%) — 82.4% chance to 2HKO, Isle of Armor VGC Threats and Team Building, Outside this use case, Haze can be useful against.
Their inherent tankiness, along with defensive EV investment to improve Guard Split means that you won’t even necessarily have to rely on Sturdy, but it’s nice to have there. Formats. Both Shuckle and Carbink have very high stats in these departments (Shuckle: 230/230, and Carbink 150/150) which when averaged onto Chansey, partner quite well with its enormous HP pool. Chansey received the biggest decrease to its Special stats in Generation II, losing 70 points of its Special Attack stat. Wish allows Chansey to heal herself as well as her teammates, which will often be restored to full health thanks to Chansey's incredible base 250 HP stat. At this point, Chansey is now quite tanky, but the real fun hasn’t even begun. Where it gets even more difficult, the player will be looking to bring creative solutions to help accelerate/protect this game plan, and it can be tough to prepare for them all.
Things have changed in BW, however; with an Eviolite equipped, Chansey is actually much bulkier than its evolution, with its defensive stats rise to monstrous levels.