[VGC 2017] Milotic ( Defensive / Offensive ) Movesets

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Milotic

Type:
Base Stats: 95 HP / 60 Attack / 79 Defense /  100 Special Attack / 125 Special Defense / 81 Speed
Weaknesses:   x2 x2  
Resistances:  x0.5   x0.5  x0.5  x0.5
Immunities: None
Ability 1 - Marvel Scale  -  Raised the Defense stat by 50% when hit with a non-volatile status. 
Ability 2: Competitve - Raise the Special Attack stat by 2 stage every time the user is inflicted with a negative stat modifier, but not to self.
Hidden Ability: Cute Charm - Has a chance to infatuate the target upon making contact.

Defensive

Milotic @ Sitrus Berry / Leftovers / Maranga Berry / "Terrain" Seeds
Ability: Competitive  
Level: 50  
EVs: 244 HP / 228 Def / 36 SpD  
Bold Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Scald  
- Ice Beam 
- Recover  
- Protect / Toxic

Milestones: 
- Survive Leaf Blade or Thunderbolt from Kartana / Xurkitree respectively
- OHKOs most Intimidate user with a +2 Competitive boosts (Ex. Arcanine, Krookodile, or Salamence)
- Survives Tectonic Rage (Groundium Z EQ) from Garchomp 
-Modest Psychic from Tapu Lele is a 3HKO with Sitrus Berry.

Here's is a standard physically defensive Milotic intended to take on most of the strongest hits in the VGC 17 format. Scald is listed as a utility STAB to snag potential burns against physical attackers while make Milotic more difficult to take down. Ice Beam is strong enough to hit Pokemon like Garchomp, Salamence, Tapu Bulu, and other Pokemon hard though keep in mind some of these Pokemon won't necessary be OHKO without the Competitive boost. The last two move are a toss-up between Recover, Protect, or Toxic. To elaborate, Protect is useful to scout for attacks and potential gain Leftovers recovery. Recover is self-explanatory as it can virtually replenishes about 50% of Milotic's total health, which is amazing for longevity purposes. Toxic is a potential option to slash on either one of Milotic's attacks since this allows it to "stall" potential walls who are bulky such as Porygon2, Gastrodon, defensive Arcanine, or even opposing Milotics. 

The item choice for defensive Milotic is entirely up to the player to select from. Sitrus Berry allow Milotic to replenish about 25% of its HP every time its health drops at half. If passive recovery is your strong suit, Leftovers will gradually replenish about 1/16th of Milotic's HP every turn. Maranga Berry is an interesting item selection which increase the Special Defense of Milotic every time it gets hit by a special attack. Considering Milotic has a naturally high special defense stat, the Maranga Berry can supplement this rather especially with recovery. Similar to Maranga Berry, Terrain Seeds can bolster either the Defense or Special Defense of a Pokemon depending on either its respective terrain. 

 

Milotic @ Adrenaline Orb  
Ability: Competitive  
Level: 50  
EVs: 116 HP / 4 Def / 236 SpA / 4 SpD / 148 Spe  
Modest Nature  
- Scald / Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam  
- Hidden Power [Electric]  / Hidden Power [Grass] / Recover
- Protect

Milestones:
- Outspeeds base 110s after Adrenaline Orb boosts
-OHKOs Garchomp with Ice Beam
-Can take EQs from Garchomp
-OHKOs Gastrodon / Gyarados with either HP Grass / Electric after Competititve boost

This Milotic set takes advantage of the recent new item called the Adrelaline Orb, which has the in-battle effect of raising the Speed stat by one stage if "hit" by an Intimidate user. Given Milotic's main purpose is to deter Intimidate spam, if this already bulky Water-type gets the +2 in Special Attack and Speed stat, it has a good chance to sweep unprepared teams easily. Note EV Spread of this Milotic is heavily favored into the Special Attack (with Modest) and of course Speed to take advantage of the Adrenaline Orb boosts. If hit by an Intimidate, Milotic will reach an actual speed from 120 to 180 to outspeed all base 110s, and any potential "speed creep" mons at  that same speed tier. The choice of Water-type STAB is dependent on the player's choice as Hydro Pump deals more damage though can miss while Scald can potentially burn targets, but is weaker. Ice Beam here is listed to hit Grass-, Dragon-, and Flying-types for Super Effective damage with a greater chance to OHKO some of them with the heavy Special Attack investment. The last move is a toss up between HP Electric, HP Grass, and Recover based on certain matchups. If the team is rather weak to Gyarados, HP Electric can be opted to net some heavy damage, if not OHKO most variants. HP Grass is listed to ensure Milotic won't be walled by Gastrodon who can potentially Toxic Stall it down thanks to Storm Drain. The last option aside Protect is Recover to ensure Milotic can stick around throughout the matchup to maintain offensive pressure. 

For a list of all potential offensive achievements Milotic can do at +2 Special Attack with its heavy Special Attack investments, here's a list down below: