Ninetales counters

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

Ninetales
#0038 Ninetales
Fire
USAGE 2.3% #61
ABILITYDrought
BASE STATS
HP 73
ATK 76
DEF 75
SPA 81
SPD 100
SPE 100
BST505
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGroundRock
½×
FireGrassIceBugSteelFairy
Moves
Encore 95.6% Healing Wish 95.0% Will-O-Wisp 88.0% Flamethrower 54.8% Overheat 38.2% Solar Beam 8.9% Weather Ball 4.2% Energy Ball 3.5%
Items
Heat Rock 98.9% Life Orb 0.7% Choice Specs 0.2% Leftovers 0.1% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.0% Choice Scarf 0.0% Wide Lens 0.0% Assault Vest 0.0%
Abilities
Drought99.9%Flash Fire0.1%
Tera Types
Ghost 57.1% Grass 28.5% Flying 6.1% Fire 4.7% Ground 1.5% Fairy 0.7% Normal 0.6% Dark 0.4%
Common Teammates
Venusaur83.6%Entei48.5%Scovillain42.8%Comfey36.5%Espeon35.7%Maushold26.9%Noivern26.0%Swampert16.9%
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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 #61 with 2.31% usage. Sorted by reliability score.