Ninetales-Alola counters

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

Ninetales-Alola
#0038 Ninetales-Alola
IceFairy
USAGE 7.4% #31
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 92.3% Freeze-Dry 79.6% Nasty Plot 55.4% Encore 45.7% Aurora Veil 45.1% Tera Blast 29.2% Blizzard 23.8% Chilling Water 6.7%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 40.7% Icy Rock 38.0% Choice Specs 7.3% Covert Cloak 4.8% Life Orb 4.5% Eject Button 2.8% Leftovers 1.0% Focus Sash 0.5%
Tera Types
Water 48.5% Ghost 19.5% Dark 11.9% Fairy 5.5% Ice 4.7% Ground 2.6% Steel 2.2% Fire 2.1%
Common Teammates
Sandslash-Alola43.8%Rhydon40.7%Cramorant22.4%Salazzle14.9%Rotom-Heat13.6%Scrafty13.0%Bruxish12.6%Wo-Chien12.4%

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 #31 with 7.43% usage. Sorted by reliability score.