Competitive Information for Miltank [X/Y]
Normal
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Sap Sipper ability are immune to Grass attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Miltank? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Miltank is a notable Normal-typed Pokemon. It's a common sight to see Miltank out in the 6th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Miltank's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Sap Sipper
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 12 SpD / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Earthquake
- Hammer Arm
- Iron Head
Physical Sweeper Miltank (Sap Sipper)
Miltank is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Miltank from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Miltank's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Sap Sipper, Miltank's attack is raised 1 stage if hit by a grass move; grass immunity.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Miltank's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
Link (click to copy):
https://hohoushome.com/b/gs10af1
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Careful (+SpD, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Heal Bell
- Milk Drink
- Earthquake
- Fire Punch
Miltank Double Wall (Moohealer)
Miltank is a spectacular Double Wall. It is meant to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Miltank last longer regaining it's health every turn. With Thick Fat, fire/ice-type moves against Miltank deal damage with a halved attacking stat.
♦ Milk Drink is a status move (heals your Miltank by 50% of its max hp).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
Link (click to copy):
https://hohoushome.com/b/gs11af1
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Miltank? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Sap Sipper
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 12 SpD / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Hammer Arm
Doubles Physical Sweeper Miltank (Sap Sipper)
Miltank is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Miltank from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Miltank's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Sap Sipper, Miltank's attack is raised 1 stage if hit by a grass move; grass immunity.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Miltank's speed by 1 stage).
Link (click to copy):
https://hohoushome.com/b/gd10af1
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Miltank 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 Miltank can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Miltank
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Swagger + Punishment
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Miltank's stats
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Power-Up Punch
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Miltank
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Miltank in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Miltank's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
Related Videos
Here are various how-to-use and competitive moveset analysis video guides for Miltank in X/Y. These featured videos will most likely contain additional strategies and combos not listed on our site. Disclaimer: All videos belong to their respective owners along with the views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the videos. They belong solely to the author and not to us.
We currently do not have any competitive video guides for Miltank in X/Y
Want to have your Competitive Pokemon videos sponsored on our site? Contact us!
Some builds on this page have been hidden, click here to display them
Here are the best movesets for Miltank. Top rated Miltank X/Y movesets. You can find Miltank builds X/Y. Miltank movesets X/Y are listed here. VGC Miltank Competitive Movesets can be found here. Find various EV spreads, find the best nature for Miltank in X/Y along with competitive movesets. Basic info and Movesets for evolution