Ninetales counters

Gen 9 Alphabet Cup · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Ninetales
#0038 Ninetales
Fire
USAGE 1.3% #83
ABILITYDrought
BASE STATS
HP 73
ATK 76
DEF 75
SPA 81
SPD 100
SPE 100
BST505
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGroundRock
½×
FireGrassIceBugSteelFairy
Moves
Volt Switch 94.8% V-create 56.8% Nuzzle 51.5% Solar Beam 42.0% Flamethrower 41.5% Volt Tackle 26.0% Healing Wish 24.1% Overheat 12.9%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 59.0% Choice Band 34.2% Eject Pack 4.7% Focus Sash 1.0% Life Orb 0.6% Choice Specs 0.4% Leftovers 0.0% Clear Amulet 0.0%
Abilities
Drought100.0%Flash Fire0.0%
Common Teammates
Lilligant-Hisui52.3%Great Tusk48.1%Roaring Moon42.6%Hatterene41.3%Venusaur39.9%Toxapex37.8%Swampert24.5%Persian-Alola24.5%

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 #83 with 1.28% usage. Sorted by reliability score.