Ninetales

Ninetales Fire

Gen 9 RU · Rank #50 · 2.94% usage

What beats Ninetales in Gen 9 RU? Based on Smogon's 2026-04 usage stats, these Pokémon are the most effective checks and counters. The KO Rate (D) column shows how often Ninetales is KO'd or forced out by each checker. Higher percentages mean stronger counters.

#CheckerEncountersKO Rate (P)KO Rate (D)
1 Vaporeon Vaporeon 22 50.0% 10.66%
2 Overqwil Overqwil 21 38.1% 10.60%
3 Feraligatr Feraligatr 23 56.5% 10.34%
4 Tornadus Tornadus 24 50.0% 10.21%
5 Venusaur Venusaur 23 60.9% 10.18%
6 Rhyperior Rhyperior 25 52.0% 9.99%
7 Grimmsnarl Grimmsnarl 27 59.3% 9.46%
8 Tentacruel Tentacruel 28 50.0% 9.45%
9 Torkoal Torkoal 30 53.3% 9.11%
10 Kingdra Kingdra 28 64.3% 9.06%
11 Flygon Flygon 28 71.4% 8.54%
12 Cloyster Cloyster 33 63.6% 8.37%
13 Kilowattrel Kilowattrel 34 38.2% 8.33%
14 Espeon Espeon 24 79.2% 8.29%
15 Lycanroc-Dusk Lycanroc-Dusk 30 73.3% 8.07%
16 Porygon-Z Porygon-Z 38 57.9% 8.01%
17 Necrozma Necrozma 27 77.8% 8.00%
18 Toxtricity Toxtricity 38 60.5% 7.93%
19 Araquanid Araquanid 30 80.0% 7.30%
20 Mienshao Mienshao 40 72.5% 7.06%
21 Magnezone Magnezone 36 22.2% 6.93%
22 Ninetales-Alola Ninetales-Alola 37 21.6% 6.77%
23 Gardevoir Gardevoir 55 52.7% 6.73%
24 Torterra Torterra 52 63.5% 6.68%
25 Registeel Registeel 51 29.4% 6.38%
26 Barraskewda Barraskewda 69 58.0% 5.94%
27 Diancie Diancie 63 66.7% 5.94%
28 Breloom Breloom 71 53.5% 5.92%
29 Gastrodon Gastrodon 71 39.4% 5.80%
30 Suicune Suicune 70 62.9% 5.78%

KO Rate (D): % of Ninetales's appearances where this checker KO'd or forced it out. KO Rate (P): % of this checker's appearances where it KO'd or forced out Ninetales. Encounters: number of times they met in battle.