Ninetales-Alola counters

Gen 8 National Dex · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Ninetales-Alola
#0038 Ninetales-Alola
IceFairy
USAGE 3.6% #53
BASE STATS
HP 73
ATK 67
DEF 75
SPA 81
SPD 100
SPE 109
BST505
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Steel
2×
FirePoisonRock
½×
IceBugDark
0×
Dragon
Moves
Aurora Veil 99.5% Moonblast 96.7% Freeze-Dry 93.2% Hypnosis 83.4% Encore 13.0% Toxic 3.8% Blizzard 3.6% Nasty Plot 2.8%
Items
Light Clay 91.0% Icy Rock 8.5% Leftovers 0.3% Choice Scarf 0.1% Focus Sash 0.1% Psychium Z 0.0% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.0% Never-Melt Ice 0.0%
Common Teammates
Landorus-Therian86.5%Kommo-o84.4%Beedrill-Mega80.5%Greninja78.2%Magnezone71.7%Heatran13.1%Arctozolt9.9%Diancie-Mega9.6%

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 #53 with 3.64% usage. Sorted by reliability score.