Ninetales-Alola counters

Gen 9 Champions OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Ninetales-Alola
#0038 Ninetales-Alola
IceFairy
USAGE 1.6% #68
ABILITYSnow Warning
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 93.7% Moonblast 90.8% Encore 78.0% Freeze-Dry 72.5% Blizzard 46.7% Nasty Plot 5.0% Roar 3.3% Snowscape 2.2%
Items
Babiri Berry 25.9% Leftovers 21.8% Never-Melt Ice 13.0% Focus Sash 11.6% Mental Herb 10.6% Choice Scarf 8.5% Occa Berry 2.9% Bright Powder 2.7%
Abilities
Snow Warning99.4%Snow Cloak0.6%
Tera Types
Ice 0.0%
Common Teammates
Glimmora54.6%Ceruledge50.3%Dragonite43.8%Scizor-Mega39.6%Hydreigon36.7%Garchomp29.5%Kingambit29.3%Blastoise-Mega21.3%
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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 #68 with 1.62% usage. Sorted by reliability score.