Ninetales-Alola counters

Gen 9 Monocolor · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Ninetales-Alola
#0038 Ninetales-Alola
IceFairy
USAGE 19.1% #3
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 100.0% Moonblast 100.0% Freeze-Dry 100.0% Encore 99.2% Tera Blast 0.8% Chilling Water 0.0% Blizzard 0.0% Nasty Plot 0.0%
Items
Light Clay 100.0% Choice Specs 0.0% Icy Rock 0.0% Focus Sash 0.0%
Tera Types
Ice 76.5% Ghost 22.7% Fighting 0.8% Water 0.0% Steel 0.0%
Common Teammates
Garchomp100.0%Iron Jugulis98.5%Iron Crown88.8%Sandslash-Alola88.3%Primarina88.3%Manaphy11.1%Thundurus-Therian10.3%Gyarados10.3%
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Checks & Counters

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Ranked #3 with 19.06% usage. Sorted by reliability score.