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milotic
#350

Milotic

Tender Pokémon

Water

Its lovely scales are described as rainbow colored. They change color depending on the viewing angle.

Base Stats

HP 95
Attack 60
Defense 79
Sp. Atk 100
Sp. Def 125
Speed 81
Total 540

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

milotic Milotic Level Up

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Tender Pokémon
Height 6.2 m
Weight 162.0 kg
Base Exp 189
Growth Rate Slow Then Very Fast
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Water1 ,Dragon

Sprites

milotic Front Front
milotic Back Back
milotic Front Shiny Front Shiny
milotic Back Shiny Back Shiny
milotic Front ♀ Front ♀
milotic Back ♀ Back ♀
milotic Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
milotic Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
milotic Official Art Official Art
milotic Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 1.8%
Physically Defensive
Moves
Haze / Dragon Tail
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 248
Def 252
Spe 8

Strategy Overview

The UnderUsed tier is filled to the brim with bulky Water-types, and all of them fill some sort of niche the others lack; Blastoise has the valuable Rapid Spin, Slowbro and Slowking boast Fighting-type resistances and nearly endless recovery with Regenerator, Suicune has more overall bulk than all its competitors, and Empoleon and Swampert have unique typings and access to Stealth Rock. It's getting harder to see the niche Milotic holds, but it alone has access to instant recovery and spectacular Special Defense with a pure Water typing. This means that it fills a role similar to Slowking's, but it trades Regenerator for a neutrality to Heracross's Megahorn and Yanmega's Bug Buzz. Also, unlike many bulky Water-types, it has a decent base Speed. Despite having a rather weak Defense, Milotic can still be used on any team needing a check to several of the tier's top threats, but if you're looking for a hard counter, you should look elsewhere.

Most Used Moves

Recover
100.0%
Scald
99.8%
Refresh
82.5%
Toxic
30.5%
Ice Beam
17.3%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
98.4%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc