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Milotic, a Water type Pokémon, official artwork

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Milotic: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Milotic is a straightforward attacker, led by its Sp. Def (125) and Sp. Atk (100), with a base stat total of 540. Competitively it is viable in lower tiers. In the VGC ladder it sits at 7.1% usage.

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What is Milotic weak to?

How much damage Milotic takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toElectricGrass
0.5×ResistsFireIceSteelWater

Milotic takes super-effective damage from Electric, Grass. It resists Fire, Ice, Steel, Water.

Best moveset for Milotic

The most-used moves on Milotic in VGC (official doubles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):

  • ProtectNormal-22.3%
  • ScaldWater8014.8%
  • Muddy WaterWater9013.3%
  • CoilPoison-12.1%
  • HypnosisPsychic-12%
  • Icy WindIce5511.6%

Best nature for Milotic

Calm. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Calm with 32/0/27/0/5/2 EVs (42.5% of sets).

Abilities

  • Marvel ScaleIf this Pokemon has a non-volatile status condition, its Defense is multiplied by 1.5.
  • CompetitiveThis Pokemon's Sp. Atk is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
  • Cute Charm30% chance of infatuating Pokemon of the opposite gender if they make contact.

Evolution line

Feebas
Milotic

Best teammates for Milotic

Pokémon most often paired with Milotic on successful VGC (official doubles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:

Full learnset (61 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
BlizzardIce11070%Special
Hydro PumpWater11080%Special
Aqua TailWater9090%Physical
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
Muddy WaterWater9085%Special
SurfWater90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dragon PulseDragon85100%Special
Alluring VoiceFairy80100%Special
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
ScaldWater80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
WaterfallWater80100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Skitter SmackBug7090%Physical
AvalancheIce60100%Physical
Breaking SwipeDragon60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Dragon TailDragon6090%Physical
Flip TurnWater60100%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
Water PulseWater60100%Special
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
Chilling WaterWater50100%Special
Draining KissFairy50100%Special
Weather BallNormal50100%Special
Disarming VoiceFairy40-Special
TackleNormal40100%Physical
TwisterDragon40100%Special
Water GunWater40100%Special
WhirlpoolWater3585%Special
Scale ShotDragon2590%Physical
Triple AxelIce2090%Physical
WrapNormal1590%Physical
FlailNormal?100%Physical
Aqua RingWater--Status
AttractNormal-100%Status
CoilPoison--Status
Confuse RayGhost-100%Status
Dragon CheerDragon--Status
Dragon DanceDragon--Status
EndureNormal--Status
HazeIce--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
ImprisonPsychic--Status
Life DewWater--Status
Light ScreenPsychic--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Psych UpNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RecoverNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
SafeguardNormal--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SplashNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status