Ninetales-Alola counters

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

Ninetales-Alola
#0038 Ninetales-Alola
IceFairy
USAGE 5.5% #25
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
Blizzard 95.7% Protect 74.6% Freeze-Dry 69.7% Aurora Veil 52.3% Encore 36.7% Moonblast 31.5% Icy Wind 17.8% Disable 6.7%
Items
Never-Melt Ice 28.8% Light Clay 27.5% Focus Sash 24.9% Choice Scarf 11.2% Life Orb 3.5% Occa Berry 1.8% Focus Band 0.4% Babiri Berry 0.4%
Abilities
Snow Warning98.7%Snow Cloak1.3%
Common Teammates
Incineroar37.5%Garchomp35.2%Raichu-Mega-Y29.8%Basculegion28.8%Kingambit26.1%Sinistcha23.4%Sneasler20.9%Whimsicott18.0%
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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 #25 with 5.55% usage. Sorted by reliability score.