What's so good about Skarmory/Blissey combination?

You see, alot of Double Battle combos say the “Skarmbliss” combo. It’s even banned in VGC Tournaments! What’s so good about this combination? Should I consider using it in a Double Battle team?

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This was THE defensive core in Gen 4; thanks to Skarmory’s amazingDefense and Blissey’s enormous HP, this combination had tremendousdefensive effectiveness against the majority of purely physical orspecial offensive threats. Besides walling opponents, both Skarmoryand Blissey could provide valuable support for either a stall orbalanced team, with Skarmory providing Spikes and phazing and Blisseyhealing teammates with Wish (especially helpful for stall teammatesthat lacked recovery). Blissey could also provide cleric aid with HealBell / Aromatherapy and Stealth Rock, if those moves were not presenton teammates. While mixed attackers like Infernape and Salamence werea tremendous threat, they usually relied heavily on Life Orb to makeup for their split offensive EVs. Between Life Orb damage and passivedamage, stall teams had a good chance of dancing their way aroundthese wallbreakers by using smart switching, status moves, andprediction. Celebi and Tentacruel were common teammates to this pair,sponging Fire- and Electric-types fairly well. While this strategy isstill effective in BW, players generally prefer the new and improvedcombination of Jellicent and Ferrothorn. Furthermore, Gen 5 bringssome completely new threats to the table, capable of tearing throughSkarmBliss with ease. Jellicent and Ferrothorn are preferred due totheir better type synergy, superior movepools, and Jellicent’s abilityto block Rapid Spin. Due to her significantly higher bulk, Blisseyalso faces stiff competition from Eviolite Chansey, making it muchless common. Here’s an example of a very successful stall team fromGen 4. It demonstrates how SkarmBliss can be used with other defensivePokemon. Using Tentacruel and Celebi to switch into Fire- andElectric-type moves aimed at Skarmory, and Fighting-type moves aimedat Blissey, david stone’s team was highly successful. A combination ofSpikes, Toxic Spikes, Stealth Rock, and constant switching took itstoll on the opponent. This is helped by Skarmory’s Whirlwind, Celebi’sPerish Song, and in some cases, Hippowdon’s Roar. It’s important tonote that not only does the team wall all the major threats of themetagame, each teammate provides support that forwards the goal ofstall.

I don’t really see why this would be banned in Double Battles. I’ll explain my reasoning later on.

For singles, the SkarmBliss combo is a potent, although dying team combo. Blissey has incredible Special Defense while Skarmory has incredible Defense. Working in tandem they can absorb both spectrums with ease and wall out the foe. Unfortunately, this has become less viable as the overall power of Pokemon has increased (see Guts Conkeldurr) as well as the introduction of Psyshock.

As for Doubles, I see no idea why this would be banned. It is not very viable as your opponent can easily target the one that will be more impacted by your attack. I would not consider using it in Doubles.

Blissey alone can be useful in Doubles though. While you still have to keep it away from physical attacks, it has a large support movepool consisting of moves such as Heal Bell, Gravity, and Heal Pulse that can prove helpful.