Ninetales counters

Gen 9 Champions OU (alt) · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Ninetales
#0038 Ninetales
Fire
USAGE 1.3% #79
ABILITYDrought
BASE STATS
HP 73
ATK 76
DEF 75
SPA 81
SPD 100
SPE 100
BST505
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGroundRock
½×
FireGrassIceBugSteelFairy
Moves
Will-O-Wisp 87.8% Healing Wish 84.8% Encore 80.7% Weather Ball 53.5% Overheat 44.5% Solar Beam 18.1% Scorching Sands 14.9% Flamethrower 8.0%
Items
Heat Rock 92.4% Eject Pack 7.3% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.2% Focus Sash 0.1% Terrain Extender 0.0% Red Card 0.0% Expert Belt 0.0% Leftovers 0.0%
Abilities
Drought100.0%Flash Fire0.0%
Tera Types
Ghost 40.6% Fire 35.1% Grass 12.4% Ground 5.2% Bug 3.1% Fairy 1.7% Dragon 1.5% Flying 0.2%
Common Teammates
Great Tusk93.8%Walking Wake85.0%Raging Bolt64.5%Blaziken-Mega61.5%Hatterene45.6%Venusaur19.3%Delphox-Mega17.8%Iron Moth14.0%
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Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

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Ranked #79 with 1.25% usage. Sorted by reliability score.