No love for this sexy fish from ADV?
Its new move pool may not have gotten the best upgrades but it'll have to suffice. I originally liked how the things that Milotic counters had problems switching into it(hence why it's considered a counter), but now with D/P things that Milotic originally countered, like CSmence and TTar(thanks to Sandstream) now have balls of steel now that Milotic can't kick as easily.
Abilities:
Marvel Scale- When Milotic is inflicted with a status condition, it's defense is increased by 1.5.
Stats:
95/60/79/100/125/81
Move pool:
Notables in italics.
Offensive:
Surf
Ice Beam
and uhhh... Hidden Power and Dragon Breath?
Support Movepool
Hypnosis
Recover
Toxic
Rain Dance
Rest
Sleep Talk
Mirror coat
Light Screen
Confuse Ray
Haze
Aqua ring
Tickle
Movesets:
Set 1@Leftovers
Surf
Ice Beam
Recover
Hypnosis
The old ADV standard, hypnosis is deadlier now with a 10% increase in accuracy. Not as versatile anymore as it can't come into Salamence as easily since a STAB + CS Draco meteor w/ MaxSAtk + Modest nearly OHKO's it(and even if it wasn't this extreme it'd probably still 2HKO). Definitely not good especially if Milotic has been taking earlier hits.
Set 2@Leftovers
Rest
Sleep Talk
Ice Beam
Surf
Another standard, not much to say here.
Set 3@Leftovers
Recover
Light Screen
Surf
Ice Beam
>_> Light Screen might be more useful w/ all the Special Sweepers around now.
Set 4@ Flame Orb
Calm: 252 hp / xDef / 16 SAtk / xSDef / 8Spd
Surf/HP Electric
Ice Beam
Recover
Hypnosis/Mirror Coat/Light Screen/Toxic/Aqua Ring
Did I tell you how much I love gimmicks?
Poison Orb for the auto Marvel Scale makes Gyarados and Rhyperior all around sad
Leaves room for more SDef EVs to deal with CSMence if needed, the (S)Defense spreads depends on your team's weakness.
MaxAtk Garchomp/MaxSatk CSMence can only 2HKO it still unfortunately.
This thing's a team player, the constant 1/8 off Milotic's HP(no leftovers also) will total up like crazy and would need constant support.
HP Electric for Gyarados if you're paranoid although Surf is probably the better choice w/ STAB and such.
Last move is pretty much filler, you could aqua ring for a pseudo craptastic leftovers but it's probably just better to put things to sleep.
All in all, I still think it's gimmicky but it might work.