Competitive Information for Milcery [Sword/Shield]
Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Milcery? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Milcery is a notable Fairy-typed Pokemon. Milcery is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Milcery can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Milcery's only type-related weaknesses are Poison and Steel.
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Aroma Veil
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 Def
Moveset:
- Facade / Tackle
- Fling
- Recover
- Acid Armor
Physical Sweeper Milcery (Aroma Veil)
Milcery is popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Milcery's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Aroma Veil, protects user/allies from attract disable encore heal block taunt and torment. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. With a Silk Scarf equipped to it, Milcery's normal-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Tackle is a physical 40-base power Normal-type move that deals damage.
◆ Fling is a physical 0-base power Dark-type move (flings your Milcery's item at the target. Power varies).
◆ Recover is a status move (heals your Milcery by 50% of its max hp).
◆ Acid Armor is a status move (raises your Milcery's defense by 2 stages).
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Aroma Veil
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 156 Hp / 100 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Draining Kiss
- Round / Snore
- Stored Power
- Recover
Special Sweeper Milcery (Aroma Veil)
Milcery is an awesome Special Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Round or Snore) and boosts Milcery's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Milcery's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Aroma Veil, protects user/allies from attract disable encore heal block taunt and torment.
◆ Draining Kiss is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Fairy-type move (Milcery recovers 75% of the damage dealt).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Milcery must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Stored Power is a special 20-base power Psychic-type move (+ 20 power for each of your Milcery's stat boosts).
◆ Recover is a status move (heals your Milcery by 50% of its max hp).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Milcery? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Aroma Veil
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 Def
Moveset:
- Facade / Tackle
- Fling
- Recover
- Acid Armor
Doubles Physical Sweeper Milcery (Aroma Veil)
Milcery is popular Physical Sweeper for double battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Milcery's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Aroma Veil, protects user/allies from attract disable encore heal block taunt and torment. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. With a Silk Scarf equipped to it, Milcery's normal-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Tackle is a physical 40-base power Normal-type move that deals damage.
◆ Fling is a physical 0-base power Dark-type move (flings your Milcery's item at the target. Power varies).
◆ Recover is a status move (heals your Milcery by 50% of its max hp).
◆ Acid Armor is a status move (raises your Milcery's defense by 2 stages).
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Aroma Veil
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 156 Hp / 100 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Draining Kiss
- Round / Snore
- Stored Power
- Recover
Doubles Special Sweeper Milcery (Aroma Veil)
Milcery is popular Special Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Round or Snore) and raises Milcery's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Milcery's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Aroma Veil, protects user/allies from attract disable encore heal block taunt and torment.
◆ Draining Kiss is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Fairy-type move (Milcery recovers 75% of the damage dealt).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Milcery must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Stored Power is a special 20-base power Psychic-type move (+ 20 power for each of your Milcery's stat boosts).
◆ Recover is a status move (heals your Milcery by 50% of its max hp).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Milcery 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 Milcery can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Milcery
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Baby-Doll Eyes
Moves that boost Milcery's stats
- Acid Armor
- Aromatic Mist
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Milcery
- Protect
- Rest
- Stored Power
Common Effort Values for Milcery in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Milcery's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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