Miltank (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Sap Sipper / Scrappy
EVs: 40 HP / 252 Atk / 216 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Double Edge / Return
- Earthquake
- Milk Drink
- Heal Bell / Punishment
Role: Bulky Attacker / Tank
What it Does: Miltank can use its excellent defenses, great speed, good attack, reliable recovery and two of its amazing abilities to become a very effective, self sustaining tank. Miltank also has the rare Sap Sipper ability, making it a great counter to Lilligant and Tangrowth, Scrappy makes Miltank very hard to wall, and gives the cow a valuable weapon against ghosts, especially when heal bell can cure her of a burn. Double Edge is Miltank's best STAB attack, and even coming off +0 80 attack, it can still do some serious damage to many opponents, OHKOing the likes of Gallade and doing 70%+ to Nidoqueen. Return is also an option if you dislike the recoil from Double Edge, but the power is often missed, and Miltank has Milk Drink to recover off the majority of the recoil. Earthquake is Miltank's best coverage move, and hits the majority of Pokemon that resist Earthquake for Super Effective damage, if you decide to use Scrappy, then these two moves are pretty much perfect coverage together. Milk Drink is Miltank's biggest selling point, when combined with base 100 Speed, Miltank can keep itself healthy throughout the majority of the match, and many pokemon will struggle to knock it out. Milk Drink is also very important for recovering off the recoil from Double Edge and Life Orb. Lastly, Heal Bell also helps keep Miltank Healthy, curing it and its teammates from any pokemon afflicted with a status problem, making Miltank that much harder to take down, if you think you need it, Punishment is also an option to hit Ghosts such as Rotom and Cofagrigus as hard as possible if your running Sap Sipper, it helps a lot against OTR varients of cofagrigus by turning its nasty plot boosts into some extra power.
Good Teammates: Entry hazards are a good way to support any offensive Pokemon, and Miltank is no exception. With a modest base 80 attack, Miltank really appreciates the extra damage to secure some OHKOs on pokemon such as Kabutops, Crawdaunt, Roselia, and Lilligant. Uxie, Steelix, Pineco, Smeargle, and Omastar are all great teammates for the cow, setting up hazards without much trouble, and in Uxie's case, tanking Fighting-type moves for Miltank. Miltank also has trouble with Cofagrigus, who can use Mummy to cancel out Scrappy, and set up a Nasty Plot on her. Spiritomb and Drapion are good teammates for this reason, they can both handily deal with the coffin, freeing up miltank for a sweep, Spiritomb can also tank on the majority of fighting-types in the tier, making sure miltank has as little trouble as possible when it comes to attacking. Overall, Anything that Resists Fighting-type moves or can set up/block entry hazards is a good teammate for Miltank.
What Counters It: Miltank is very hard to straight up counter, but there are a lot of Pokemon that can at least check the old bess. Rhydon is probably the best counter available to RU, it can take multiple Earthquakes and smack Miltank back with a powerful Earthquake. Ferroseed can counter varients with scrappy, setting up hazards and recovering all damage with leech seed, but loses horribly to Sap Sipper varients. Cofagrigus can also wear down miltank, cancelling out scrappy with mummy and setting up a trick room on her. Gurdurr can also take Miltank, not being 2HKOed by Double Edge, while also using Drain Punch to KO Miltank and get all its health back. Most Fighting-types can check Miltank, even though they will take a lot from Double Edge on the switch. Most Pokemon that can take a hit from Miltank and KO back can also check Miltank, if you dont have any of these, your best hope is to wear the cow down with the combined recoil from Double Edge and Life Orb.
Additional Info: How the fuck is a cow so fast