Pokemon Go gen 2 comes with lots of new Pokemon to be discovered. I think, the-hardest-to-beat Pokemon from Gen 1 are either Snorlax, Dragonite and/or Lapras. Therefore you find lots of these Pokemon in a gym, guarding it from the attackers.
Last Valentine was the revival of new strong contenders which I think almost like cheating. The Pokemon was Blissey whom evolved from Chansey, Blissey is a pinky-white angelic-like Pokemon, looks super cute and not at all look like a hard-to-beat Pokemon. It is one of the rare pokemon in Gen 1. But I don't know what's up with my luck, the pink Pokemon I gathered during valentine are kinds like Eggxecutes, Stupid Face Slowpokes, Jigglytuff, and other common pinkies except for Patrick Star.
I got my first Chansey was when I visited Bogor, Indonesia. Caught one in the Bogor Train Station, lucky me, the Chansey I caught had a very good IV, "Wonderful, what a breathtaking pokemon" he said. But only during this Rock Week, where you got 4x the candies for Poke Buddies, I finally have the opportunity to take my Chansey for a walk and got enough candies to evolve it into a Blissey. The stats really is amazing for a pokemon with CP below 2000. No wonder beating one is really hard.
Everytime I saw a gym full of Blissey, I'd rather turn away and find another gym to take over. Beating a Blissey is not about how strong your pokemon are, but most of the time, I ran out of time before beating one, therefore it always makes my blood boils. Every attacks you land on Blissey only decrease a small amount of its power bar.
Basic Pokemon knowledge teach you that Blissey is a Normal Pokemon type, therefore the best Pokemon to beat a Blissey is a Fighting Type Pokemon, but this is the reason why I think Blissey is almost like a CHEATING type Pokemon. Lots of Blissey blessed with a Psychic type attack, mine is blessed with a Zen Headbutt attack, where another basic Pokemon knowledge will tell you that Fighting type Pokemon are weak against Psychic type attack.
So it really is frustrating, Beating a Blissey which is a Normal type Pokemon, requires a Fighting type attacks, but if you use a Fighting type Pokemon, you might need 3 to 4 Fighting type Pokemon to beat a 2.400 CP Blissey with Zen Headbutt and Hyper Beam attack because its attacks are Super Effective againts Fighting type Pokemon. Now how if that was more than one Blissey in the gym, how many revives and potions do you need to beat a level 10 gym. I think I saw one nightmare-gym where there was 10 Blissey in that gym and I just sigh-in then walk away.
Oh wait, this blog won't take you down in a Blissey's dillema. As the title goes, I want to teach you how to beat Blissey, using a Pokemon that you (probably) hate and find useless since the first time it showed its horns and creepy face. Yes, It's PINSIR. Big-CP-but-useless Pinsir, that's the Pokemon that destined to beat Blissey.
I happened to be a Pinsir collector, because for a first Gen pokemon, Pinsir have a very good CP and relatively easy to catch therefore it will get you a good spot in the gym, due to gym positioning is purely based on CP. Your Pinsir will most likely the last to be kicked out if it has good CP. I have too many Pinsir because it appeared a lot in last Gen, I think in terms of number, my Pinsir only beaten by Pikachu, because I keep a lot of Christmas hat Pikachu.
Pinsir is a Bug type Pokemon, and most of them have Bugs attack such as Bug Bite and X-scissor. But if you're lucky, like me, You will often catch Pinsir with Fighting type Pokemon attack such as Rock Smash, Close Combat and Submission. Yeah, sometimes Kingler also have Submission attack, but the other one usually Water type attack, and Submission is not my favourite Fighting type attack.
Take my best Pinsir for example, it has Rock Smash (15) and Close Combat (100) for its attack set which both are Fighting type. So, why Pinsir is now a star?
Due to its type, a BUG, Psychic type attack won't harm pinsir as much as it harm a Fighting type Pokemon. so, your Pinsir could last longer than Fighting type Pokemon in the battle against a Blissey. 3 Pinsir to beat 2 Blissey is a good ratio, the ratio would improve if you also have a better sense on dodging Hyper Beam attack from Blissey.
Now, even better option compare to Pinsir is an Ursaring. Ursaring is a Normal type Pokemon, evolved from Teddiursa. Why it's an even better option to beat Blissey?
Because Ursaring and Blissey share the same type of Pokemon, Normal type Pokemon. Which both are only suck against Fighting type Pokemon. But not all Ursaring are great against a Blissey, therefore, Pinsir is an easier option.
Of all my Ursaring, I only have one that have a complete set of Fighting type attack. Counter (12) and Close Combat (100). my other Ursaring have one Fighting type Attack and the other attack is Hyper Beam, Another Ursaring of Mine have Metal attack combines with a Fairy type attack. So, finding an Ursaring with a complete set of Fighting type attack is quite hard. Plus finding a Teddiursa candy poses another challenge because finding a Teddiursa is not as easy as finding a Magikarp, moreover you also need 50 candies to evolve Teddiursa into Ursaring.
Finding a Pinsir in the wild is more likely rather than finding an Ursaring. Therefore, once you find a Pinsir with good set of Fighting type Pokemon attack, do spent all your candies to Power Up that Pinsir. If you want to have a chance to stand against Blissey.
In terms of endurance, of course I recommend an Ursaring to beat a Blissey, but hey... Pinsir is also great options to beat a Blissey rather than the likes of Machamp, Mankey, Hitmonlee and other Fighting type Pokemon.
Once I tried to use a Gyarados with Bite (6) and Dragon Pulse (90) to beat a Blissey, I still somehow managed to beat Blissey one on one, but it's a close call with only less than 5 seconds in the timer. Why it effective? because Bite is a fast attack, It will bite Blissey until it overwhelmed and have a hard time to give a counter attack.
Using an Ursaring, I can beat a Blissey with more than 20 seconds left in the timer plus my Ursaring still have some juice left to bash another Blissey. With Pinsir, if I got lucky, I can beat a Blissey one on one, but most of the time, I use three Pinsir to beat two Blissey.
When attacking a Blissey with an Fighting type attack, you should notice that attacking with Counter will fill the gauge for launching a Close combat attack faster rather than a slow Rock Smash attack. This speed when attacking other Pokemon is also a point you have to notice and it will grow with experience.
Most Blissey are blessed with Hyper Beam attack and among all other attacks, I think Hyper Beam is the easiest to dodge, because you can see when it about to launch. Sometimes I encounter Blissey with Play Rough, an attack from Fairy type Pokemon as well. Your dodging ability will get better with experience as well the better you dodge, your Pokemon will last longer in the field.
Blissey is still a hard Pokemon to beat, but at least it's not unbeatable.
But as the Pokemon Gen 2 showing up, finding Pinsir in the wild is a bot hard nowadays, you might find Teddiursa more rather than Pinsir. Well, wish you luck with Pinsir and Teddiursa.
Or if you have other Pokemon better to fight against Blissey, do share in the comment. I have a Gengar with Focus Blast (140) attack, highest number for a Fighting type attack I've seen, but too bad it's a Ghost type Pokemon and also weak against Psychic type attack which most Blissey posses.
Well, cath em all!! and always notice the attack type of your Pokemon, These days I keep finding that the attack differ far from the Pokemon Type. I have an Arcanine of Fire type having both Dark type attacks. Well, might find it useful someday. Now, Ursaring + Pinsir is my go to option when encountering a Blissey.
