Ninetales counters

Gen 9 Championsvgc2026regmb · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Ninetales
#0038 Ninetales
Fire
USAGE 1.6% #67
ABILITYDrought
BASE STATS
HP 73
ATK 76
DEF 75
SPA 81
SPD 100
SPE 100
BST505
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGroundRock
½×
FireGrassIceBugSteelFairy
Moves
Heat Wave 95.8% Fake Tears 78.1% Solar Beam 77.4% Overheat 71.9% Sunny Day 12.1% Energy Ball 9.5% Weather Ball 9.1% Protect 8.8%
Items
Choice Scarf 89.5% Heat Rock 3.1% Charcoal 2.1% Shuca Berry 1.9% Focus Sash 1.9% Life Orb 0.4% Sitrus Berry 0.4% Expert Belt 0.2%
Abilities
Drought99.9%Flash Fire0.1%
Common Teammates
Pyroar-Mega93.1%Whimsicott87.9%Farigiraf82.3%Basculegion78.3%Floette-Mega74.4%Garchomp10.9%Sylveon9.2%Staraptor-Mega4.8%

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 #67 with 1.57% usage. Sorted by reliability score.