# Milotic: usage, win rate, builds, partners and matchups

> Milotic in Pokemon Champions VGC, measured from tournament match records: usage, win rate under a fitted prior, the most played build, teammates and head to head.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Corpus | Reg M-C |
| Data published | 2026-09-28 |
| This document | https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon/milotic.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/milotic/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `milotic` |
| Types | Water |
| Usage rank | #16 |
| Usage | 12.1% |
| Teams | 1,356 |
| Win rate | 49.2% |
| Decided matches | 13,302 |

Win rate is a posterior mean under a prior fitted to the field, credited to every species on
the team rather than to this one alone. Build shares below are of the teams carrying this
species **that published a list**, which at most events is the cut and not the field.

## Most played build

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Moves | Coil, Hypnosis, Muddy Water, Protect |
| Item | Leftovers |
| Ability | Competitive |
| Nature | Calm |
| Share of lists | 8.5% |
| Win rate | 53.1% |
| Decided matches | 1,337 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Protect | 77.4% | 49.2% |
| Scald | 65.3% | 48.9% |
| Ice Beam | 58.1% | 49.4% |
| Icy Wind | 47.1% | 48.8% |
| Muddy Water | 34.6% | 49.3% |
| Coil | 32.7% | 50.1% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leftovers | 55.5% | 48.3% |
| Sitrus Berry | 29.9% | 50.9% |
| Psychic Seed | 5.8% | 50.8% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Competitive | 98.1% | 49.2% |
| Marvel Scale | 1.1% | 49.4% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Calm | 37.6% | 51.5% |
| Modest | 31.6% | 49.0% |

## Teammates

Share is of this species' own rosters: how often, when someone runs this, they run that.

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rillaboom | 56.5% | 766 | 49.9% |
| Salamence | 45.4% | 616 | 50.7% |
| Sneasler | 36.6% | 497 | 49.4% |
| Gholdengo | 34.7% | 471 | 51.7% |
| Tyranitar | 26.3% | 357 | 51.1% |

## Head to head

Teams carrying this species, against teams carrying the opponent, over decided matches.
A cell is a team record, not a one-on-one simulation.

### Beats

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lucario | 54.1% | 629 |
| Baxcalibur | 53.9% | 399 |
| Gardevoir | 53.8% | 1,060 |

### Loses to

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Raichu | 43.8% | 2,387 |
| Archaludon | 45.9% | 1,719 |
| Gengar | 46.2% | 760 |

## Related

- Every species: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon.md
- Archetypes this could belong to: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/teams.md
- The same species on the ladder: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/ladder.md
- Live JSON for this species: https://us-central1-sucker-punch-71328.cloudfunctions.net/api/pokemon/builds?name=milotic

## Freshness and provenance

- Rendered at deploy time from the published snapshots. Snapshot stamp: 2026-09-28.
- The boards behind them republish daily, so a figure here can trail the live data by a deploy.
- The read that is never behind is the JSON API: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/api.md.
- Tournament data and ladder data are separate populations and are never blended.
- Estimator, denominators and floors: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/method.md.
- Attribution: Sucker Punch, https://suckerpunch.gg.