Is Milotic Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Feebas at max Beauty. Water with AbilityMarvel Scale boosting Defense when statused. One of the best Water-types in the franchise. Handles Blaine and Red's Charizard. Worth the Feebas investment.
Milotic has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Milotic has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Milotic has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Milotic trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's typing presses Milotic's defenses.
Milotic has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Milotic trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Milotic trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Milotic resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Misty's typing presses Milotic's defenses.
Milotic trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Milotic trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Milotic has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Milotic trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Milotic resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Milotic has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Milotic trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Milotic has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Milotic has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Milotic has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Milotic trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Trade
Milotic cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- LV 13WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- LV 29WaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- LV 37WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Clair
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Clair in the Dragon's Den after the Dragon Shrine test
How to Get Milotic in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Milotic comes from feeding a Feebas enough Poffins to max out its Beauty, then leveling it up once. With no wild Milotic to catch, that grooming process is the entire route to one.
How to Obtain Milotic in HGSS
- Step 1Obtain FeebasCARTRIDGE TRADEfrom Diamond & PearlAvailableCatch in Diamond & Pearl via Old rod · Mt. Coronet · Random spawn (4 tiles), then trade to the current game via link cable.CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom PlatinumAvailableCatch in Platinum via Super rod · Mt. Coronet · Random spawn (4 tiles), then trade to the current game via link cable.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Ruby & SapphireNot TradeableAppears in Ruby & Sapphire via Old rod · Route 119 · Random spawn (6 tiles). Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom EmeraldNot TradeableAppears in Emerald via Old rod · Route 119 · Random spawn (6 tiles). Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Black & WhiteNot TradeableAppears in Black & White via Super rod · Route 1. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Black 2 & White 2Not TradeableAppears in Black 2 & White 2 via Super rod · Route 1. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire via Old rod · Route 119 · North area, under bridge during the day. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Sun & MoonNot TradeableAppears in Sun & Moon via Super rod · Brooklet Hill · Shaking spot. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.
- Step 2Milotic ✓
How to Get Shiny Milotic in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Milotic evolves from a well-groomed Feebas, so breed that base form Masuda-style and raise its Beauty. Compare Shiny Milotic odds across every game
Shiny distribution event
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Milotic Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here 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.
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 HeartGold & SoulSilver 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
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Silph Co Gift) | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Milotic View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x72-85% Shock Wave 2x24-29% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Raikou Electric | B | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town 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.
HGSS Milotic Best Moveset
Defensive Water type at 95 HP and 125 Sp. Def with AbilityMarvel Scale boosting Defense by 50% when statused. The moveset absorbs hits from both sides and recovers with MoveRecover. 100 Sp. Atk fires special Water attacks between defensive turns. 81 Speed is fast for a tank.
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
All 22 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It’s said that a glimpse of a MILOTIC and its beauty will calm any hostile emotions you’re feeling.
Milotic Event Distributions
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Milotic is a one-time Mystery Gift event Pokemon rather than a repeat giveaway.
Pokemon Summer Festival 2010 MiloticHeartGoldSoulSilverAlways shiny
Milotic HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver, Milotic plays as a support. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Surf is the primary attack.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Milotic pairs best with Flygon. Flygon has Decent synergy and covers what Milotic can't handle on its own.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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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