Is Milotic Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilityMarvel Scale boosts Defense when statused. Transfer-only Water from Hoenn. If imported, Milotic is one of the best Water-types available in any game. Bulky, fast on Special, and status moves backfire against it. Cynthia uses one for a reason.
Roark's Pokemon outpace and outclass Feebas here.
Gardenia's team hits Feebas's weaknesses hard.
Milotic has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Milotic trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Milotic trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Milotic resists most of Byron's coverage and hits back hard.
Milotic trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Milotic trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Milotic has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Milotic resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Milotic has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Milotic trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Milotic has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Milotic resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Milotic has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Milotic trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Feebas
Catch Feebas in Mt. Coronet (Good Rod fishing, Lv 10-20). Only found in 4 random squares.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lake Acuity
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Route 212
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- After Fantina
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Ravaged Path
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Feebas to Milotic
Feebas evolves into Milotic when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Maylene.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- LV 29WaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- LV 37WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Milotic in Diamond & Pearl
Milotic has no wild encounter in Diamond or Pearl. Raise a Feebas with maxed Beauty using blue Poffins, then level it up, the tender Pokemon only coming from that well-groomed base.
Catch Feebas at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Milotic.
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
- 1Catch Feebas
- 2Evolve MiloticBeauty 170+
Badge 2How to Obtain Milotic in DP
Feebas is your first catch on the way to Milotic. You'll find fishing encounters from Lv. 10-20 across 6 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Milotic ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Feebas egg.
How to Get Shiny Milotic in Diamond & Pearl
Milotic evolves from a well-groomed Feebas, so hatch that shiny the Masuda way first, then raise its Beauty. Compare Shiny Milotic odds across every game
VGC 2009 Shiny Milotic (Lv 50)
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Milotic Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Milotic in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Milotic Weakness
Type-wise, Milotic takes extra damage from Electric and Grass. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Milotic's special bulk (base 125 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Milotic Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Milotic
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
Milotic Evolutions
Milotic is what Feebas becomes. Breed it for Feebas eggs (average hatch time). A decent partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Feebas pushed Milotic to 540 total stats. Sp.Atk saw the largest single gain at +90. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Milotic to get Feebas eggs easily using 30 partners from the Dragon and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Confuse Ray, Dragon Breath, Haze and 6 more.
DP Milotic Best Moveset
Defense jumps 50% when statused through AbilityMarvel Scale, making Milotic physically bulkier than the base stats suggest. 100 Sp. Atk and 125 Sp. Def power special Water attacks while absorbing special hits, and MoveRecover keeps HP topped off. The moveset blocks a huge portion of the field and is very difficult to remove.
Best Build
Milotic best EVs are Defense and HP
Wall Moveset
- Recover
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Haze
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Confuse Ray and Dragon Breath give Milotic options it can't learn any other way, and Normal and Dragon coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Hydro Pump and Aqua Tail.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
29 of 30 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
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Milotic Event Distributions
In Diamond & Pearl, Milotic is an occasional Mystery Gift target, offered in a small run of events.
Toll! Ein goldenes MILOTIC!DiamondPearlAlways shiny
Strongest Class Gift MiloticDiamondPearlNot shiny
Milotic Diamond & Pearl Guide
Milotic is obtained by trade-evolving Feebas. Catch a Feebas first, then trade. The Prism Scale must be held during the trade. Bring one over from a sibling Gen 3 game if needed.
In Diamond & Pearl, Milotic plays as a support. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Surf is the primary attack.
In Diamond & Pearl, Milotic pairs best with Flygon. Flygon has Decent synergy and covers what Milotic can't handle on its own.
In Diamond & Pearl, Bold is the go-to nature for Milotic. That's +Defense / -Attack. Pair it with 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD EVs. Fits the support role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Milotic appears in 16 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through wild encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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