While Pokémon Sword and Shield and other recent entries in the franchise have been divisive in part for their lower difficulty levels, that's not always a bad thing. The games have also received some quality-of-life changes that make certain Pokémon easier to take hold of and evolve than they take been in the past. A perfect example of this is the Generation 3 Fish Pokémon Feebas.

Originally ane of the most hard Pokémon to detect, Feebas' evolutionary method was also unique -- and potentially frustrating. Yet, due to gameplay and mechanical changes, this has been made much easier over the years. At present, in Sword and Shield, Feebas and Milotic are easier to obtain than ever.

Feebas

feebas encounter

Similar to the infamous Magikarp, Feebas is a weak Water-type Pokémon with an impressive evolution. Different Magikarp, which is ridiculously common, Feebas is hard to find. Virtually fishing spots provide only a 1% chance of finding a Feebas, and even in places where information technology is more common similar the Crown Tundra's Ballimere Lake, that take chances only jumps to 5%. While information technology can announced as a Dynamax Raid, the chances of encountering information technology are only 2%.

Notwithstanding, this is an improvement. In Gen III, it was found on Route 119 -- merely but on half dozen fishing tiles, which were randomized and would change whenever the trendy phrase in Dewford Town changed. In Generation 4, it could exist found inside Mt. Coronet on four angling tiles that changed daily. Later games made Feebas easier to find, but all the same rare, only for its outset two generations, Feebas might equally well have been an urban fable.

In one case captured, Feebas is very much like Magikarp. Its stats are terrible, and information technology only learns a handful of moves -- including the useless Splash -- and its Abilities are Swift Swim and Oblivious, with Adaptability as a Hidden Ability. It can acquire some useful moves using TMs and TRs or through breeding, only it's all-time to evolve your Feebas as shortly as possible.

Milotic

milotic encounter

To evolve a Feebas into Milotic, players will take to trade i that is holding a Prism Calibration. One can be found hidden in the h2o on Route two subsequently obtaining the Rotom Bike. Information technology can also be found in the Wild Expanse'southward South Lake Miloch, where it'll regenerate.

Like Feebas bears similarities to Magikarp, Milotic bears similarities to Gyarados, having similar stats and beingness a serpentine Water Pokémon that evolves from a weak fish. However, this is where the similarities end, as Milotic's design and singular Water-typing are its own. Its Abilities are Marvel Scale and Competitive with a Hidden Power of Cute Charm, and while Gyarados seems congenital for devastation Milotic is congenital for beauty -- which makes sense considering it was originally associated with Generation III and 4's Pokémon Contests.

Different nearly previous generations, Milotic tin can be found in the wild in Sword and Shield. It has the same encounter rates in Dynamax Raid dens of 2%. It can also be found in foggy weather in the Lake of Outrage and Southward Lake Miloch, as well as Behemothic's Bed in the Crown Tundra DLC. One spawns like each day, meaning information technology is easier than ever to obtain a Milotic, whether that's throguh evolving a Feebas or simply catching one.

How This Has Changed

finding a prism scale

Initially, Feebas could only evolve if it leveled up after maxing out its Beauty stat. This meant making the best blue Pokéblocks (Poffins in Gen Four) possible and hoping Feebas' nature means it favors that kind. However, Generation 5 changes this, as there were no contests and the secondary stats associated with them were removed.

From here on, Feebas could be evolved using the current method of trading information technology while holding a Prism Scale. The original method returned for the Gen 3 remakesOmega Scarlet and Alpha Sapphire, but it did so alongside the new method, pregnant even a Feebas that hated blue Pokéblocks could evolve. This makes the evolutionary line unique, equally it is the only one that can exist evolved through multiple methods to obtain the aforementioned result in one game. While Feebas and Milotic are still amidst the rarest Water-type Pokémon around, they are much easier to obtain now than they were when they were introduced.

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