Ninetales-Alola counters

Gen 9 UU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Ninetales-Alola
#0038 Ninetales-Alola
IceFairy
USAGE 4.0% #42
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
Aurora Veil 99.6% Freeze-Dry 74.1% Encore 62.7% Snowscape 53.1% Moonblast 41.6% Roar 36.1% Blizzard 20.5% Misty Terrain 5.1%
Items
Light Clay 98.3% Icy Rock 1.0% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.3% Wise Glasses 0.1% Rocky Helmet 0.1% Focus Sash 0.1% Never-Melt Ice 0.0% Light Ball 0.0%
Tera Types
Steel 49.3% Water 38.3% Ghost 3.7% Dark 3.5% Ice 3.5% Fire 1.1% Electric 0.2% Fairy 0.2%
Common Teammates
Manaphy62.0%Thundurus-Therian53.9%Revavroom48.4%Conkeldurr37.6%Slither Wing36.8%Bisharp28.1%Weavile27.2%Latios19.9%
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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 #42 with 4.03% usage. Sorted by reliability score.