Milotic & Scovillain VGC Team Building Guide
Summary
The Pokémon Champions | VGC Battles & Tournaments server explores a creative new team concept featuring Milotic and Mega Scovillain. This discussion focuses on optimizing team synergy by using Milotic's Surf to trigger Marvel Scale and heal Toxicroak via Dry Skin. Community members are analyzing damage calculations, move sets, and defensive spreads to ensure this unique rain-based strategy remains competitive in the current VGC meta.
I built this team by myself today; I think the concept has potential, but I have some questions regarding spreads and movesets—specifically for Milotic and Toxicroak.
The main idea is to use Surf with Milotic—an area-of-effect move—to intentionally hit my own Scovillain. This would trigger a burn, activating Milotic's ability and boosting its physical defense and it also allows me to get milotic another ítem instead of te usual flame orb that is not in the game.
To handle Electric types, I have Manectric with Lightning Rod; for Grass types, I have Scovillain, Toxicroak, and Pelipper.
Regarding the Milotic set: I’m unsure whether to run Coil and Hypnosis—as that might conflict with Mega Scovillain’s Spicy Extract (since I can't burn and put the opponent to sleep simultaneously)—or to go with something like Icy Wind or Ice Beam paired with Life Dew.
I chose Metagross as a secondary Mega because I think it performs well in the rain.
I included Toxicroak because of its Dry Skin ability, which synergizes well with Milotic's Surf and the rain itself; however, I’m undecided between a bulkier build or a hyper-offense approach.
Mega Scovillain with Leech Seed seems like a solid choice if I run Coil; perhaps Giga Drain could work if I don't use Hypnosis?
For speed control, I chose Pelipper with Tailwind.
I’d appreciate some feedback.
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I did not do any testing yet btw
Have you run calc how much dmg milotic surf to scovillain? If u hit him hard enough, your scovillain will die without contributing much to the team
If u want to heal toxicroak with milotic surf, u want a bit bulk on toxicroak to survive enemy hit
I was thinking about giving toxicroak bulk i will try it
How much though?
I does not do much because i trained it a little bit more in the special side
If you want i do the calc
https://youtu.be/VPoWzOKI024?si=A0fqwUm8pzRdstC4
Might give you some inspiration
I looked at it today
Ur inspired by this team? Hahaha
I like d it a lot
Im so frustrated Milo does not get calm mind
It is a majestic creature
The issue with your team is u can only spam surf while toxicroak is around... It's kinda a waste if slot imo 🤔
Yeah i know
But i do not want a lot of water tupes
Types*
Heliosk rather than magnetric?
But i want Lightning rod
Maybe precios format
Ah I forget
Previous
Because of raichu y mainly
I think u need to tested it maybe in showdown to know what Mon to replace
Im testing
I believe the hypnosis coil combo is much better with milotic
Im not using toxicroak a lot
Manectric is goated against archaludon
I need a good answer for garchomp and i wanna replace toxicroak
The bad thing is the surf spam idea is dead
🤣 itsoke failure means u discover 1 more thing that doesn't work
Are you using Metagross a lot?
