So...Milotic got trolled over in the latest games again. Despite having been one of the most popular and powerful pokemon back in gen 3, Milotic did not gain anything significant from this new generation at all. The much anticipated mega evolution gave Milotic a miss and I believe quite a lot of people are terribly upset over it as well.
The only thing(s) Milotic got are some new moves, namely Coil and Disarming Voice. Now, with the latter being a fairy typed move, most people would have hoped that Milotic gained a new secondary fairy typing but no it did not. I seriously have no idea what the hell is gamefreak doing. But anyway, the only thing is Milotic is now finally able to stat-boost by itself after what seemed like an eternity.
A new moveset foreseeable is:
Milotic
Leftovers
Nature: Calm/Sassy
Ability: Competitive
248HP/ 128 Def/ 132 Sp Def
- Scald/ Hydro Pump
- Recover
- Dragon Tail/ Mirror Coat
- Coil
I know this looks gimmicky but Milotic is a very solid mixed wall after 1-2 coils. To put things into perspective, conkeldurr only does 15% with drain punch after Milotic sets up. Scald is preferred because of its ability to burn and possibly for Milotic to then stall its opponents out with recover. Hydro Pump won't miss again after you use coil but its pathetic pp and lack of secondary effect kinda sucks. Coming off an uninvested sp attack seems pointless anyway. Dragon tail prevents opposing pokemon from setting up and rack up entry hazard damage, whilst Mirror Coat takes advantage of its phenomenal special defense.
With coil patching up its physical side, you can run a lot of sp def EVs to make Milotic as bulky as possible. I prefer running some defense EVs so that Milotic won't die so easily even before setting up with Coil. The best teammates for it are for instance, Ferrothorn, Celebi or Roserade with their ability to set up entry hazards and for Milotic to shuffle the opponents around with. Competitive is preferred because of defoggers and has the potential of letting Milotic hit harder. With a ton of sp def evs, even mega manectric's volt switch does not 2HKO.
In all, this is quite a fun set that has its downsides as well: dragon tail simply does not bypass fairies and substitutes. Breloom and Clefable remains extremely dangerous threats with the former being able to either put it to sleep and set up subs or straight up attack with bullet seed, and the latter with its magic guard and calm mind whilst Milotic remains helpless against it since clefable can't be phazed out with dragon tail. Thus, dedicated counters against those two are sorely needed (think Talonflame/ Scizor/ Heatran etc). So, I'm not saying this is OU material but just that it has the potential to become the best mixed wall or tank ever in pokemon with a pure water typing and instant recovery. It's there to be a stumbling block and wear down opponents by shuffling them and rack up entry hazard damage (at least that's how I see it being played, if at all). Feel free to pump in more sp def evs anyway.
I just wished Milotic got a secondary typing or mega evolution instead :(