Ninetales-Alola counters

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

Ninetales-Alola
#0038 Ninetales-Alola
IceFairy
USAGE 4.9% #40
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 99.9% Encore 78.4% Freeze-Dry 76.1% Moonblast 60.7% Blizzard 40.2% Snowscape 31.7% Nasty Plot 6.3% Chilling Water 1.7%
Items
Light Clay 87.3% Choice Scarf 9.8% Icy Rock 2.2% Red Card 0.3% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.2% Focus Sash 0.1% Life Orb 0.0% Rocky Helmet 0.0%
Tera Types
Water 50.4% Ice 24.9% Ghost 13.3% Steel 8.2% Poison 1.4% Dark 0.9% Ground 0.3% Dragon 0.2%
Common Teammates
Salamence-Mega34.9%Ceruledge29.3%Kyurem28.2%Kingambit24.0%Hatterene23.0%Gholdengo19.9%Great Tusk18.7%Samurott-Hisui18.1%
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Checks & Counters

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Ranked #40 with 4.85% usage. Sorted by reliability score.