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Milotic Tender Pokémon ミロカロス Milokaross #350 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Water Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Marvel Scale or Competitive Cacophony Cacophony Cute Charm Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 60 (14.8%)
Breeding Egg Groups Water 1 and Dragon Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 20'04" 6.2 m Milotic 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 357.1 lbs. 162.0 kg Milotic 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 213 Gen. III-IV Unknown IV 189 V+	Leveling rate Erratic
EV yield Total: 2 Milotic 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 2 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Pink	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Milotic (Japanese: ミロカロス Milokaross) is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation III.

It evolves from Feebas when leveled up with its Beautiful condition high enough, or (from Generation V onward) when traded holding a Prism Scale.

Biology

Milotic floating

Milotic is an aquatic, serpentine Pokémon with a primarily cream-colored body. It has red eyes with long, pinkish antennae above them. Additionally, there are long, hair-like fins above its eyes, which begin thin and thicken towards the tips. These eyebrows extend to almost half of Milotic's body length and will be longer on the female than the male. On top of its relatively small head is a straight spike. Running down either side of its neck are three black dots, similar to gills. Its lower body is a pattern of blue and pink, diamond-shaped scales outlined with black. The tail consists of four large, blue fins with pink ovals in their centers. Each of the tail fins overlaps the next slightly, causing it to resemble a fan. Milotic's scales are said to change color depending on the viewing angle, which has so far only been depicted in Pokémon Battle Revolution.

Milotic is said to be the most beautiful of all Pokémon. In fact, it is said to have inspired many artists in their works. When there are fights going on, it has the power to calm angry feelings and end arguments by releasing a wave of energy. In addition, it can move by floating in the air as shown in the anime. It lives at the bottom of large lakes.

In the anime

In the main series

Milotic in the anime

Sugimori reference sheet for the anime

Major appearances

Milotic debuted in Win, Lose or Drew!, under the ownership of Robert. He used it for the Hoenn Grand Festival, where the Tender Pokémon helped him to fulfill his goal of becoming a Top Coordinator.

In The Great Eight Fate!, Juan's Milotic was used against Ash for their Gym battle in the following episode, being his strongest and last Pokémon. Milotic was able to defeat Swellow with a combination of Hydro Pump and Twister before losing to Pikachu's Thunder.

In Queen of the Serpentine, Lucy used a Milotic during her battle against Ash at the Battle Pike. It defeated Donphan before losing to Pikachu when he used Volt Tackle in one of its Twisters. It reappeared in a flashback in A Pyramiding Rage!.

In Malice in Wonderland!, a wild Mismagius created an illusion in which a Feebas owned by Johanna evolved into a Milotic while battling Dawn's Piplup during the world's greatest Coordinator playoff.

Wallace also owns a Milotic that appeared over the course of the Wallace Cup arc, starting in Our Cup Runneth Over!. It partook in the opening of the competition in Staging a Heroes' Welcome!, and when Dawn was awarded the Aqua Ribbon in Strategy with a Smile!. It also appeared in a fantasy in Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure!.

Lusamine's Milotic appeared in Rescuing the Unwilling! and 10,000,000 Reasons to Fight!. When Nihilego possessed Lusamine, it was forced to attack Ash and his classmates before Nihilego was defeated.

In The Cuteness Quotient!, Jinny's Feebas evolved into a Milotic during a battle against Meowth. After blasting Team Rocket off, it helped its Trainer win the Friendship Festival.

In JN044, Oleana used a Milotic in her battle against Goh and Raboot. In JN045, it was defeated.

Minor appearances

A Milotic appeared in the boss fantasy in A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine!.

In Arceus and the Jewel of Life, Palmer used a Milotic during his battle against Cynthia and her Garchomp.

A Milotic appeared in the opening sequence of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

A wild Milotic appeared in Alola to New Adventure!.

In Yo, Ho, Ho! Go, Popplio!, Lillie hooked a Milotic while fishing and struggled to reel it in. Ash jumped across to help, only for Milotic to jump out of the sea and hit him, sending him flying into the ocean.

A Milotic appeared on television in Night of a Thousand Poses!.

A Milotic appeared in a fantasy in A Test in Paradise!.

In The Cuteness Quotient!, a Milotic was an image on Professor Cerise's screen.

A Milotic appeared in JN046.

Pokédex entries

In Pokémon: Twilight Wings

In Early-Evening Waves, Nessa encountered a Milotic during a photoshoot. Upon seeing it, Nessa decided to take a ride on its back, which helped boost her modeling career in the process. She also recognized it as the evolved form of a Feebas that she had met as a child.

In the GOTCHA! music video

A Milotic briefly appeared in GOTCHA!, under the ownership of Wallace.

In the manga

Milotic in Pokémon Adventures

In the Ash & Pikachu manga

A Milotic appeared in The Enchanting Pokémon Soul!, under the ownership of Robert.

Like her anime counterpart, Lucy owns a Milotic. It appeared in An Infinite Bond!!.

In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga

A Milotic appeared in PDP21.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Main article: Feefee

In It All Ends Now VII, Ruby's Feebas evolved into a Milotic after Ruby declared that she had inner beauty.

In Moving Past Milotic, Emerald encountered a wild Milotic in the 21st room of the Battle Pike but he simply ran away from it due to the fact that it was a wild Pokémon. Lucy sends out her Milotic against Emerald's Starmie later in the chapter.

Cynthia has a Milotic that was first used against Cyrus in the Team Galactic HQ. It first appeared in Shunning Spiritomb.

A Milotic appeared in a flashback as one of the Pokémon trained by the International Police in Innocent Scientist.

Lusamine's Milotic first appeared in Unleashing the Incredible Z-Move.

In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga

Enta's Feebas evolved into Milotic after a battle with Tucker in Introducing the Frontier Brains!.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Mitsumi's Milotic debuted in The Battle Rages On, where it was seen battling Jupiter in Lake Acuity.

In the TCG

Main article: Milotic (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

A female Milotic can appear in the background of the Unova Pokémon League stage of the 3DS version. However, it does not interact with the stage like Reshiram or Zekrom would. Shaymin and Whimsicott might also appear.

Trophy information

NA: Have you ever noticed how anyone who's seen a Milotic just can't seem to describe how beautiful it is? Words just can't do it justice. Even that says a lot about its appearance, doesn't it? If you really wanted to compliment someone, you could say "You're looking Milotic this fine day!"

PAL: Have you ever noticed how anyone who's seen a Milotic just can't seem to describe how beautiful it is? Maybe words can't do it justice. We'll have to add "Milotic" to the dictionary as a brand-new word. But then...how would you define it? Maybe you'd need an illustrated dictionary...

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Milotic appears as a Spirit.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Games	Event	Language	Location	Level	Distribution period
RS	Pokémon Center New York Campaign 4 Milotic	English	United States	35	August 7 to 13, 2004
DP	Strongest Milotic	Japanese	Japan	50	December 15, 2007 to January 14, 2008
Pt	2008 TCG World Championships Milotic	Japanese	Japan	50	October 12, 2008 to January 25, 2009
DPPt	Video Game Championships 2009 Milotic	English	United States	50	May 9 to June 13, 2009
DPPt	Video Game Championships 2009 Milotic	English	United Kingdom	50	May 30, 2009
DPPt	Video Game Championships 2009 Milotic	German	Germany	50	June 13, 2009
DPPt	Video Game Championships 2009 Milotic	French	France	50	June 20, 2009
HGSS	Summer Festival Milotic	Korean	South Korea	50	July 21 to 25, 2010
BW	JR Kyushu Train Station Milotic	Japanese	Japan	50	April 2 to 22, 2012
BWB2W2	Pokémon Game Show Wallace's Milotic	Japanese	Japan	58	August 17 to 18, 2013

Wild Area News

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Events*		Flame Orb (100%)	Sitrus Berry (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: III - IV - V - VI - VII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM08 TM08 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM09 TM09 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM17 TM17 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM19 TM19 Safeguard Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 25 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM27 TM27 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM31 TM31 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM33 TM33 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM35 TM35 Hail Ice Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM36 TM36 Whirlpool Water Special 03535 085}}85% 15 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM40 TM40 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM41 TM41 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM44 TM44 Imprison Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM45 TM45 Dive Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM46 TM46 Weather Ball Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 10 TM53 TM53 Mud Shot Ground Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM55 TM55 Brine Water Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM64 TM64 Avalanche Ice Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM81 TM81 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM97 TM97 Brutal Swing Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM99 TM99 Breaking Swipe Dragon Physical 06060 100}}100% 15 TR01 TR01 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TR03 TR03 Hydro Pump Water Special 110110 080}}80% 5 TR04 TR04 Surf Water Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TR05 TR05 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR06 TR06 Blizzard Ice Special 110110 070}}70% 5 TR16 TR16 Waterfall Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR31 TR31 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100100 075}}75% 15 TR45 TR45 Muddy Water Water Special 09090 085}}85% 10 TR51 TR51 Dragon Dance Dragon Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR62 TR62 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 08585 100}}100% 10 TR74 TR74 Iron Head Steel Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TR84 TR84 Scald Water Special 08080 100}}100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Milotic Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Milotic Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VIII Other generations: III - IV - V - VI - VII - IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Confuse Ray Ghost Status — 100% 10 Dragon Breath Dragon Special 60 100% 20 Haze Ice Status — —% 30 Hypnosis Psychic Status — 60% 20 Mirror Coat Psychic Special — 100% 20 Mist Ice Status — —% 30 Tickle* Normal Status — 100% 20

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Milotic in Generation VIII Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Milotic in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Milotic Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Milotic Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

By transfer from another generation

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball RS Acquisition: Evolve			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 4 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Waterfall Lake Phrases 51%-100% HP Everyone seems to find my appearance captivating. 26%-50% HP Oh-oh... Only half my HP remains... 1%-25% HP I'm near fainting... I hope I faint while I still look good... Level up I've leveled up. It seems to have enhanced my beauty!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 4 Recruit rate: -12% IQ group: H
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 2.2 seconds Base HP: 58 Base Attack: 81 Base Defense: 60 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Battle Trozei Water Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Water Attack Power: 70 - 110 5 #186 Stabilize+ Sometimes erases two of the foe's disruptions on the board.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 216 Base Attack: 192 Base Defense: 219 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 5 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Waterfall, Dragon Tail Charged Attacks: Surf, Blizzard, Hyper Beam

Evolution

Unevolved Feebas  Water

+ Trade holding Prism Scale → Level up with high (170+) Beauty

First evolution Milotic  Water

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

For other sprites and images, please see Milotic images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• In the official Prima Strategy Guide for Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Milotic's Ability was mistakenly listed as Torrent.
• Milotic seems to be a counterpart of Gyarados. Both are the serpentine evolved forms of weak fish Pokémon, and both appear in times of conflict, Milotic to calm, Gyarados to destroy. Both have base stat totals of 540, sharing the same HP, Defense, and Speed stats with Attack, Special Attack and Special Defense stats sharing the same values but in a different arrangement.
  • Milotic may also be a version of Gyarados oriented to Pokémon Contests, since it was introduced in the third generation where Pokémon Contests debuted. This is fortified by Milotic's emphasis being on its beauty, while Gyarados' emphasis is on its power. In addition, Milotic is strongly associated with Pokémon Contests in the anime; all known male Top Coordinators have a Milotic as their signature Pokémon.
• Milotic is tied with Gyarados for the greatest increase in base stat total after evolving, at 340 points.
• In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, it is possible to evolve Feebas into Milotic without trading, even though no Poffin can be obtained and used in the game. This is done by visiting the Haircut brothers in Goldenrod City or by talking to Daisy in order to groom Feebas, which not only helps to raise its friendship, but also raises its Beauty. This is subtly stated by the brothers and Daisy in the games, but cannot be checked unless the Feebas is traded to Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum. However, this cannot raise Feebas's Beauty if its sheen is too high.
• In the core series games, Milotic is the only Pokémon with multiple ways of evolving from its pre-evolution in the same game that does not have different forms for each method.

Origin

Milotic appears to be based on a sea serpent combined with a mermaid due to its hairlike fins, pale upper body, and scaly lower body. Milotic's feminine appearance and history of being depicted in art indicate that it might also be inspired by Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. Additionally, its long body and red fins are reminiscent of an oarfish. Its tail fin resembles a hand fan, and its colorful scales resemble stained glass.

Name origin

Milotic may be a combination of Venus de Milo (a sculpture known for being an example of beauty) and aquatic, melodic, exotic, or lotic.

Milokaross may be a combination of Venus de Milo and καλλονή kalloni (Greek for beauty), χάρις charis (Greek for beauty, elegance, charm, or grace), or Charites.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ミロカロス Milokaross From Milo, καλλονή kalloni, or Χάρις charis French Milobellus From Venus de Milo and bella Spanish Milotic Same as English name German Milotic Same as English name Italian Milotic Same as English name Korean 밀로틱 Milotic Transliteration of English name Mandarin Chinese 美納斯 / 美纳斯 Měinàsī From 美 měi and 維納斯 Wéi​nà​sī Cantonese Chinese

More languages Hindi माईलोटिक Milotic Transliteration of English name Thai มิโลคารอส Milokaross Transcription of trademarked Japanese name

Related articles

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