Dynamax Chansey made their Pokémon GO debut on 17th March 2025, and it is an absolute must-have for any Pokémon trainer who takes part in Dynamax and Gigantamax Battles!
Dynamax Chansey is important because it evolves into Dynamax Blissey.
| Pokémon | Stats | Max CP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK | DEF | HP | ||
Blissey
Dynamax
Normal
|
129 | 169 | 496 | 3117 |
In Max Battles, particularly Legendary Max Battles and Gigantamax Battles, your tank/defender is an incredibly important part of your team. Blissey is going to be an absolute top tier option for almost ALL Legendary Dynamax and Gigantamax Max Battles in the future. This is because of the following reasons:
- Blissey is a Normal type, so is only weak to Fighting type attacks. This means it is going to take neutral damage from the vast majority of Max Battle bosses, and it actually takes reduced damage from Ghost types, so will be great against the likes of Gigantamax Gengar.
- A truly massive 496 HP stamina stat makes it by far the strongest tank use in Max Battles. Only Chansey currently comes close, with 487HP.
- Pound is a 0.5s fast move, making it an extremely quick option!
- Blissey will be able to pull double duty as both a tank/defender option, and a healer.
Many OG trainers will remember the old style gym system, and the absolutely scourge that was a gym stacked with Blissey. Now is once again the time for Blissey to shine! While Blissey was once only viable as a Gym defender, now it can be an excellent defender and healer in Max Battles. Nurse Joy had a Blissey and Chansey helping her in the anime for good reason!
Max Battles require a lot more strategy than raids, with a mixture of attackers, defenders and healers needed for the higher level bosses. Typical team structure for groups of four is two attackers, one defender, and one healer.
🛡️ Defenders in Max Battles
Defenders/tanks and Healers are very important in the more difficult Legendary Max Battles and Gigantamax Battles. Defenders use Shields to force the Power Spot Boss to focus their attacks on them, protecting the rest of the team from damage.
Defenders are Pokémon that have Max Shield levelled up. Good defenders are Pokémon who have large Defense and Stamina, and take reduced damage from the Max Boss, allowing you to stay alive longer, and charge up your Max Meter faster.
Defenders are recommended based primarily on a combination of their defense and stamina stats, as well as their Type being resistant to the moves of the Max Boss. Thereafter, other factors (like their speed and damage-dealing capacity) are considered.
❤️🩹 Healers in Max Battles
Healers use Max Spirit to heal all of the Pokémon in active use in the Max Battle and can be essential to keeping your team active until the Boss is defeated.
Healers are Pokémon that have Max Spirit levelled up. Healers are recommended based primarily on their stamina stat. Thereafter, other factors (like their survivability, speed and damage-dealing capacity) are considered.
