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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Milotic in competitive play for the games Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, Tera Type, and Held Items to use with Milotic, as well as its strengths and weaknesses.
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Kitakami #159 | Type | |
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Milotic | ||
Abilities | ||
Marvel Scale Competitive Cute Charm (Hidden) |
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Ability Name | Description | |
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Marvel Scale | Increases the user's Defense by 50% when afflicted with a status condition. | |
Competitive | Increases the user's Special Attack by two stages when the user's stats get lowered. | |
Cute Charm (Hidden) |
Has a 30% chance to cause the opponent to be infatuated with the user if the opponent makes physical contact with the user. |
Stat | Value | Rank |
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HP | 95 | 132 |
Atk | 60 | 589 |
Def | 79 | 319 |
SpAtk | 100 | 155 |
SpDef | 125 | 34 |
Speed | 81 | 298 |
Total | 540 | 146 |
Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
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HP | 202 | 202 | 170 | 170 | 155 |
Atk | 123 | 112 | 80 | 72 | 58 |
Def | 144 | 131 | 99 | 89 | 75 |
SpAtk | 167 | 152 | 120 | 108 | 94 |
SpDef | 194 | 177 | 145 | 130 | 117 |
Spd | 146 | 133 | 101 | 90 | 77 |
Best Natures | ||
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Modest (+Sp. Atk, -Atk) |
Bold (+Def, -Atk) |
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Defensive Attacker | ★★★★ |
Nature | Bold (+Def, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | HP 252 / Def 252 / Sp. Atk 4 |
Final Stat Values | HP 202 / Def 144 / Sp. Atk 121 / Sp. Def 145 / Spe 101 |
Ability | Marvel Scale |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Flame Orb |
Moveset | ・
Scald
・ Ice Beam ・ Haze ・ Recover |
Immense Defense stat once Marvel Scale is active. Cannot be setup on because of Haze. Can fish for burns with STAB Scald. |
Ability | Held Item | |
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Marvel Scale | Flame Orb |
The Ability chosen for Milotic for this build is Marvel Scale. In a physical meta, having this ability increase your Defense stat while you have a status effect active is preferred over its other abilities.
The item chosen for Milotic for this build is Flame Orb. This guarantees that Milotic will get burned and activate Marvel Scale.
Scald | Ice Beam |
Haze | Recover |
Scald is its best Water-type STAB move because it also has a chance to burn the target. This is useful in the current meta because a burned target will have the damage of their physical attacks halved.
Ice Beam is its best coverage option, being able to threaten Grass-types that it is weak to.
Haze allows Milotic to counter Pokemon that set up on it by resetting their stat boosts.
Recover will heal Milotic for half of its max HP, allowing it to stay in battle longer.
Fairy Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Immune to: | (0x) |
Fairy is the best Tera Type for this build because it is generally a good defensive typing.
Best Fairy Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle
A full 252 EVs are put into its HP and Defense stats to heavily increase its physical bulk, especially when Marvel Scale is active. The extra 4 EVs are placed into Special Attack to slightly increase its damage output.
A Bold nature is preferred to further increase its already amazing Defense stat.
Flip Turn | Switches Milotic out of bad matchups. |
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Dragon Tail | Switches the opponent out if it hits. Useful for cycling chip damage with hazards like Stealth Rock. |
Damage Dealt by Milotic |
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Item: Leftovers | Scald 132-156 (62.2 - 73.5%) Guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery |
Ability:
Multiscale
Item:
Rocky Helmet
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Ice Beam 68-82 (34.3 - 41.4%) Guaranteed 2HKO even without Multiscale |
Damage Received by Milotic |
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Ability:
Mold Breaker
Item:
Hearthflame Mask
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Wood Hammer 194-230 (96 - 113.8%) 75% Chance to OHKO Mold Breaker ignores Marvel Scale's Defense Boost |
Ability:
Embody Aspect
Item:
Hearthflame Mask
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Wood Hammer 194-230 (96 - 113.8%) 75% Chance to OHKO |
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Put Milotic in a position where it won't get knocked out before it can activate the Defense boost from Marvel Scale. Milotic needs to wait one turn before it gets burned from Flame Orb which activates Marvel Scale.
Have teammates that can increase Milotic's survivability, or offensive Pokemon that can deal good damage for Milotic since it doesn't have offensive investment.
Screens Lead | Bulky Attacker | Physical Attacker |
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Alolan Ninetales | Milotic | Urshifu Single-Strike Style |
Having a screens support like Alolan Ninetales that can further increase Milotic's bulk is ideal. Also, having a teammate that can deal massive damage like Single Strike Urshifu can help secure a lategame win with Milotic, since the opposing Pokemon are already weakened and it'll be difficult for them to knock out Milotic.
Pokemon | Description |
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Ogerpon (Hearthflame Mask) | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Once Terastallized, can OHKO Milotic with Wood Hammer. ・Can use Knock Off to remove Flame Orb. ▶️ Hearthflame Ogerpon Best Movesets |
Chien-Pao | Ranking: ★★★★
・Resists Milotic's attacks. ・Threatens an OHKO with Tera Electric Tera Blast. ▶️ Chien-Pao Best Movesets |
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