Is Miltank Good in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Playthrough?
Underground Normal-type. AbilityScrappy lets Normal and Fighting moves hit Ghosts, which matters against Fantina. Decent bulk and Speed. Not essential but functional as a mid-game team member.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's typing presses Miltank's defenses.
Miltank trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Miltank resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Miltank trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Miltank trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catch Miltank on Route 209 (Poké Radar, Lv 16, rare).
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Miltank Locations
Miltank starts showing up in mid-game routes at decent spawn rates across 10 encounter spots. The list below is sorted so you can pick what fits your current progress without scrolling through everything.
Best Locations to Catch Miltank in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
Which version you're playing matters for Miltank. 7 special and walking spots at Lv. 16-63 spread across Shining Pearl and Brilliant Diamond, and some routes only appear in one cartridge. Check the version badges below.
Miltank Weakness
Fighting moves hit Miltank for super-effective damage. The upside? Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread. Miltank's physical bulk (base 105 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
What is Miltank Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Miltank
 Machop Fighting | C | |
Machop Fighting | C | |
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Lucario can KO Miltank with Close Combat (110-130%).
 Lucario FightingSteel | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityInnerfocus ItemLife Orb NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Miltank View Lucario builds →Extreme Speed24-29% Close Combat 2x110-130%KO Aura Sphere 2x66-78% | ||
Miltank Evolutions
No evolution chain to worry about here. Miltank is a standalone Pokemon with a massive partner pool for breeding through one egg group. Eggs come out average hatch time. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
BDSP Miltank Best Moveset
Crashed from A-tier as 80 Attack at 100 Speed behind Normal TermStab couldn't break through in a format with dedicated physical walls. AbilityThick Fat halves Fire and Ice damage, AbilityScrappy hits Ghosts with Normal moves, and hidden AbilitySap Sipper absorbs Grass. 95/105/70 bulk is real. E-tier because the offensive output doesn't threaten enough despite the defensive tools.
Best Build
Miltank best EVs are Defense and Sp. Def
Hazard Setter Moveset
- Milk Drink
- Body Slam
- Power Up Punch
- Stealth Rock
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Coverage runs deep. Miltank can hit 13 types beyond STAB, including Rock and Psychic. The offense anchors on Giga Impact and Hyper Beam while TMs handle everything else.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is said that kids who drink Miltank’s milk grow up to become hearty, healthy adults.
Miltank Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Guide
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Sap Sipper changes the entire equation for Miltank. The 490 BST doesn't tell the full story. Ranked C-Tier as a pivot. Milkdrink with Rocky Helmet is the standard set.
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, watch for Hitmonlee (Fighting) when using Miltank. They all hit it super-effectively with STAB. Only 1 weakness means fewer dedicated counters to worry about.
Sap Sipper is what you want on Miltank. Every competitive set worth running is built with that ability in mind. The alternatives (Thick Fat, Scrappy) work on paper but Sap Sipper is what makes Miltank worth using.
Base 100 Speed lets it outrun most of the field. On offense, Miltank is a physical attacker with base 80 Attack. Defensively? Enough bulk to take a hit or two. Best used as a pivot.
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, run Milkdrink, Body Slam, Poweruppunch, and Stealth Rock on Miltank. Milkdrink is the most common pick at 0% usage. This set covers the pivot role with a mix of damage and utility.
Game Availability
Available in 16 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Miltank spans 9 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in most mainline games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
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 7LGPE
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