Ninetales counters

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

Ninetales
#0038 Ninetales
Fire
USAGE 6.2% #29
ABILITYFlash Fire
BASE STATS
HP 73
ATK 76
DEF 75
SPA 81
SPD 100
SPE 100
BST505
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGroundRock
½×
FireGrassIceBugSteelFairy
Moves
Healing Wish 99.3% Encore 98.3% Will-O-Wisp 97.2% Fusion Flare 96.0% Blue Flare 3.3% Scorching Sands 2.8% Solar Beam 1.7% Armor Cannon 0.6%
Items
Heat Rock 99.5% Choice Specs 0.5% Choice Scarf 0.0% Eject Pack 0.0%
Abilities
Flash Fire0.0%
Common Teammates
Landorus-Therian99.3%Toxapex96.0%Kingambit96.0%Scovillain96.0%Blaziken96.0%Raging Bolt3.3%Walking Wake2.3%Heatran2.3%

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 #29 with 6.24% usage. Sorted by reliability score.