Ninetales-Alola counters

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

Ninetales-Alola
#0038 Ninetales-Alola
IceFairy
USAGE 8.3% #23
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
Moonblast 94.4% Freeze-Dry 65.5% Encore 57.8% Aurora Veil 53.6% Nasty Plot 43.6% Blizzard 39.8% Tera Blast 13.2% Hex 9.6%
Items
Icy Rock 49.0% Heavy-Duty Boots 31.5% Choice Specs 6.1% Life Orb 5.7% Covert Cloak 4.4% Focus Sash 1.5% Eject Button 0.9% Leftovers 0.4%
Tera Types
Water 58.0% Ghost 21.2% Ice 6.3% Dark 5.2% Steel 2.8% Fairy 2.8% Fighting 1.6% Ground 0.9%
Common Teammates
Sandslash-Alola52.2%Rhydon38.9%Qwilfish28.3%Beartic25.0%Mesprit24.7%Cramorant23.3%Venomoth22.4%Salazzle14.0%

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 #23 with 8.26% usage. Sorted by reliability score.