Ninetales-Alola counters

Gen 9 Championsvgc2026regmbbo3 · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Ninetales-Alola
#0038 Ninetales-Alola
IceFairy
USAGE 7.4% #21
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 99.1% Protect 94.9% Freeze-Dry 85.2% Encore 56.7% Aurora Veil 29.6% Icy Wind 11.5% Moonblast 11.2% Disable 8.4%
Items
Never-Melt Ice 64.2% Focus Sash 18.9% Light Clay 10.0% Life Orb 3.3% Choice Scarf 2.9% Occa Berry 0.2% Sitrus Berry 0.2% Icy Rock 0.0%
Abilities
Snow Warning99.5%Snow Cloak0.5%
Common Teammates
Kingambit62.5%Incineroar53.4%Basculegion52.8%Blaziken-Mega43.6%Gengar-Mega31.2%Garchomp30.7%Sneasler27.2%Sinistcha20.6%

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 #21 with 7.41% usage. Sorted by reliability score.