Is Blissey Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Friendship evolution from Chansey. AbilityNatural Cure clears status on switch. Blissey absorbs special attacks with unmatched HP. Handles Lucian's Psychic E4 through sheer durability. If Chansey is found in Trophy Garden, Blissey is one of the most durable Pokemon available in Sinnoh.
Roark's typing presses Chansey's defenses.
Chansey trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Blissey trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's typing presses Blissey's defenses.
Blissey trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Blissey trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Blissey trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Blissey trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Blissey trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Chansey
Catch Chansey on Route 209 (walking, Lv 16, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- LV 38NormalEgg BombPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 10
- After Byron
- HM08NormalRock ClimbPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20Route 217
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 46NormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Chansey to Blissey
Chansey evolves into Blissey with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Maylene.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- LV 38NormalEgg BombPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 10
- After Byron
- HM08NormalRock ClimbPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20Route 217
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 46NormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM73ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner building in the Battle Park, entered through the Fight Area gatehouse
How to Get Blissey in Diamond & Pearl
Raise a Chansey to high friendship for Blissey, since the gentle giant never spawns wild. You catch that Chansey rare on a couple of routes or in the Trophy Garden after the National Dex.
Wild Blissey may be holding when caught:
Oval Stone (50% chance) A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pokemon evolve. It is shaped like an egg.
Lucky Egg (5% chance) Held: Increases EXP earned in battle by 50%.Catch Happiny or Chansey at any of these 4 spots to eventually evolve into Blissey.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 3How to Obtain Blissey in DP
Happiny is your first catch on the way to Blissey. You'll find walking and gift encounters from Lv. 1-20 across 10 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Catch HappinyHearthome CityLv.1Gift from NPCRate 100%Trophy Garden - Daily PokemonLv.16-18GrassRate 5%Post-game
- Step 2Catch or Evolve ChanseyRoute 209Lv.16GrassRate 5%Trophy Garden - Daily PokemonLv.16-18GrassRate 5%Post-gameRoute 210 - SouthLv.18-20GrassRate 5%or evolve from Happiny (Step 1)
- Step 3Blissey ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Chansey egg.
How to Get Shiny Blissey in Diamond & Pearl
Blissey ends a long evolution line, so chain a shiny Happiny in the Trophy Garden and raise it all the way up. Compare Shiny Blissey odds across every game
Shiny Blissey Evolution
3 Forms
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Blissey Calculator
4 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Blissey already selected.
Blissey Weakness
Type-wise, Blissey takes extra damage from Fighting. Ghost moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. Blissey's special bulk (base 135 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Blissey Weak Against
Good
Blissey Evolutions
The three-stage chain from Happiny through Chansey ends here at Blissey. Want more? Breed for Happiny eggs. A decent partner pool available via one egg group. The evolution from Happiny pushed Blissey to 540 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +155. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Blissey to get Happiny eggs (with patience) using 35 partners from the Fairy egg group. Notable egg moves include Aromatherapy, Counter, Gravity and 6 more.
DP Blissey Best Moveset
255 HP and 135 Sp. Def create the single best special tank in the game by a wide margin. AbilityNatural Cure heals status on the switch, and the moveset stalls with Softboiled, MoveToxic, and MoveThunder Wave while absorbing every special attack aimed at the team. 10 Defense is the obvious physical weakness.
Best Build
Blissey best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Soft Boiled
- Seismic Toss
- Thunder Wave
- Stealth Rock
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Hard to wall, honestly. Blissey threatens 12 types beyond its own STAB, with Dark and Ice standing out. Pair that with Giga Impact and Hyper Beam and switchins need to think twice.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
56 of 59 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
This kindhearted Pokémon nurses sick Pokémon to health. It senses feelings of sadness.
It is a Pokémon that delivers happiness. Eating its egg is said to make one kind to everyone.
Blissey Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Blissey plays as a wall. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
In Diamond & Pearl, Bold is the go-to nature for Blissey. That's +Defense / -Attack. Pair it with 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD EVs. Fits the wall role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Blissey appears in 18 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through wild encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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