Ninetales counters

Gen 5 OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Ninetales
#0038 Ninetales
Fire
USAGE 1.8% #48
ABILITYDrought
BASE STATS
HP 73
ATK 76
DEF 75
SPA 81
SPD 100
SPE 100
BST505
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGroundRock
½×
FireGrassIceBugSteelFairy
Moves
Will-O-Wisp 93.3% Flamethrower 90.6% Sunny Day 65.4% Roar 28.9% Solar Beam 27.5% Pain Split 23.5% Protect 20.5% Toxic 15.0%
Items
Leftovers 83.6% Chesto Berry 9.4% Life Orb 3.5% Air Balloon 1.9% Focus Sash 0.6% Heat Rock 0.4% Eject Button 0.3% Choice Specs 0.2%
Abilities
Drought99.4%Flash Fire0.6%
Common Teammates
Chansey54.4%Cresselia39.5%Excadrill34.4%Darmanitan32.7%Victini31.2%Latios29.3%Donphan29.2%Xatu26.6%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #48 with 1.82% usage. Sorted by reliability score.