Is Alcremie Good in Sword & Shield Playthrough?
Opal's ace and the Fairy Gigantamax of choice. G-Max Finale heals all allies when it lands. 110 Special Attack with AbilitySweet Veil preventing team sleep. Handles Piers and Raihan with Fairy. 121 Special Defense absorbs special hits. A sweet team support Fairy that contributes offensively while keeping allies healthy.
Milcery trades roughly evenly with Milo's team.
Alcremie trades roughly evenly with Nessa's team.
Kabu's typing presses Alcremie's defenses.
Alcremie has the type edge here and should clean up Bea's team.
Alcremie trades roughly evenly with Opal's team.
Alcremie trades roughly evenly with Gordie's team.
Alcremie has the type edge here and should clean up Piers's team.
Alcremie trades roughly evenly with Raihan's team.
Bede's team hits Alcremie's weaknesses hard.
Alcremie trades roughly evenly with Leon's team.
Catch Milcery on Route 4 (walking, Lv 13-15). All Weather.
Usually ready to evolve before you reach Nessa, at typical party pace.
How to Get Alcremie in Sword & Shield
No wild encounters for Alcremie. The 2-stage line runs through Milcery, which you can catch at solid rates from the locations below. Evolve through a special method once you've got the levels.
How to Obtain Alcremie in SwSh
The path to Alcremie starts with Milcery at Lv. 13-28 via walking encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
Step 1Catch MilceryRoute 4Lv.13-15GrassRate 20%All WeatherGiant's MirrorLv.26-28GrassRate 32%Heavy FogBridge FieldLv.26-28GrassRate 30%Heavy Fog
Step 2Alcremie ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Alcremie egg.
Alcremie Weakness
Poison and Steel moves hit Alcremie for super-effective damage. The upside? Dragon-type moves can't touch it at all. Alcremie's special bulk (base 121 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Poison, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Bug, Dark |
| 0x (Immune) | Dragon |
What is Alcremie Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Alcremie
 Salazzle PoisonFire | B | |
 Toxtricity ElectricPoison | C | |
 Perrserker Steel | C | |
 Excadrill GroundSteel | B | |
 Garbodor Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Alcremie View Garbodor builds →Belch 2x56-67% Metal Claw 2x34-41% | ||
Salazzle PoisonFire | B | |
Toxtricity ElectricPoison | C | |
Perrserker Steel | C | |
Excadrill GroundSteel | B | |
 Corviknight Steel | A | |
Excadrill GroundSteel | B | |
Salazzle PoisonFire | B | |
Toxtricity ElectricPoison | C | |
Perrserker Steel | C | |
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Excadrill GroundSteel | B | |
Salazzle PoisonFire | B | |
Toxtricity ElectricPoison | C | |
 Copperajah Steel | B | |
Perrserker Steel | C | |
Excadrill GroundSteel | B | |
Salazzle PoisonFire | B | |
Toxtricity ElectricPoison | C | |
Copperajah Steel | B | |
Perrserker Steel | C | |
Toxtricity ElectricPoison | C | |
 Eternatus PoisonDragon | S | |
Obtain MethodEnergy Plant Interact Encounter | ||
Excadrill GroundSteel | B | |
Salazzle PoisonFire | B | |
 Bisharp DarkSteel | B | |
Toxtricity ElectricPoison | C | |
Eternatus PoisonDragon | S | |
Obtain MethodEnergy Plant Interact Encounter | ||
Excadrill GroundSteel | B | |
Salazzle PoisonFire | B | |
 Metagross SteelPsychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Alcremie View Metagross builds →Meteor Mash 2x119-141%KO | ||
Toxtricity ElectricPoison | C | |
Eternatus PoisonDragon | S | |
Obtain MethodEnergy Plant Interact Encounter | ||
Excadrill GroundSteel | B | |
Salazzle PoisonFire | B | |
Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
In Sword & Shield, Salazzle's Sludge Bomb hits Alcremie for 69-81%.
 Ferrothorn GrassSteel | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityIron Barbs ItemLeftovers NatureImpish Moves
Damage vs Alcremie View Ferrothorn builds →Knock Off10-12% | ||
Salazzle PoisonFire | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityCorrosion ItemFocus Sash NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Alcremie View Salazzle builds →Flamethrower34-40% Sludge Bomb 2x69-81% | ||
Alcremie Evolutions
Alcremie evolved from Milcery's chain using a unique condition. It's a non-standard trigger, so check the details below. Breed this form to get Milcery eggs (average hatch time). The evolution from Milcery pushed Alcremie to 495 total stats. Sp.Atk saw the largest single gain at +60. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Alcremie to get Milcery eggs using 46 partners from the Indeterminate and Fairy egg groups. Notable egg moves include Baby-Doll Eyes, Last Resort.
SwSh Alcremie Best Moveset
110 Sp. Atk and 121 Sp. Def with Fairy TermStab give the moveset special offense and special bulk. Gigantamax Alcremie adds a unique Fairy move. AbilityAroma Veil from the hidden slot blocks Taunt for the team. E-tier because 64 Speed is slow and 65/75 physical stats fold to physical pressure.
Best Build
Alcremie best EVs are Sp. Atk and Sp. Def
Special Tank Moveset
- Recover
- Draining Kiss
- Acid Armor
- Dazzling Gleam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool is slim, so TMs matter here. Alcremie's Normal and Fighting coverage and more all comes from technical machines, built on top of Misty Explosion and Play Rough for same-type damage. Energy Ball and Giga Impact are the payoff moves.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The moment it evolved, it took on a sweet and tart flavor. This is because of the way its cells spontaneously shifted during evolution.
The cells that compose its cream fluctuated suddenly during evolution, giving the cream a sweet and tart flavor.
Alcremie Sword & Shield Guide
In Sword & Shield, Alcremie works as a support with 495 BST behind it. C-Tier on our list: a niche pick in Sword & Shield's meta. Recover with Pechaberry is the standard set.
Sweet Veil prevents friendly Pokémon from sleeping. That's the one you want on Alcremie. Aroma Veil is the hidden ability. Niche, but it has its uses.
Alcremie is a special attacker with base 110 Sp. Atk. Enough bulk to take a hit or two, too. Speed tells the real story. At base 64 Speed, it won't be moving first often. Fits the support role.
In Sword & Shield, run Recover, Drainingkiss, Acidarmor, and Dazzling Gleam on Alcremie. Recover is the most common pick at 0% usage. This set covers the support role with a mix of damage and utility.
Game Availability
Available since Sword & Shield, Alcremie appears in 2 games spanning 3 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Gigantamax form in Generation 8.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwShDebutGigantamax
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves