Competitive Information for Milotic [Ruby/Sapphire]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Milotic? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Milotic is a marvelous Water-typed Pokemon. Milotic are common Pokemon to see in the RS metagame. Milotic can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Milotic's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Marvel Scale
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Ice Beam
- Surf
- Recover / Refresh
- Toxic
Physical Wall Milotic (Popular/Trending)
Milotic is a wonderful Physical Wall. It's meant to take a mighty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Milotic last longer regaining it's it's HP every turn. With Marvel Scale, if Milotic is statused its defense is 1.5x.
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Water-type move (hits foes. power doubles against dive).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Milotic by 50% of its max hp).
♦ Refresh is a status move (Milotic cures its burn, poison, or paralysis).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Item: Mystic Water
Ability: Marvel Scale
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Waterfall
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Dragon Breath / Twister
- Protect
Special Sweeper Milotic (Marvel Scale)
Milotic is a wonderful Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Remember prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Marvel Scale, if Milotic is statused its defense is 1.5x.
♦ Waterfall is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Milotic this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Milotic? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Item: Mystic Water
Ability: Marvel Scale
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Waterfall
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Twister / Dragon Breath
- Protect
Doubles Special Sweeper Milotic (Marvel Scale)
Milotic is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Don't forget before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Marvel Scale, if Milotic is statused its defense is 1.5x.
♦ Waterfall is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Milotic this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Milotic learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Milotic can perform in Ruby/Sapphire. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive RS Move and Ability Combos for Milotic
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Marvel scale + Item: Flame orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Hypnosis
Most notable and possible best moves for Milotic
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Recover
- Refresh
- Rest
- Surf
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Milotic in Ruby and Sapphire
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/252/0/0/4/ )
- Bold Nature ( 248/0/212/0/0/48/ )
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