Ninetales-Alola counters

Gen 9 VGC 2026 Reg F · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Ninetales-Alola
#0038 Ninetales-Alola
IceFairy
USAGE 4.7% #29
ABILITYSnow Warning
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 98.4% Blizzard 76.8% Moonblast 65.2% Helping Hand 44.0% Icy Wind 32.0% Encore 25.5% Protect 19.5% Freeze-Dry 14.6%
Items
Light Clay 80.8% Covert Cloak 10.0% Focus Sash 4.3% Rocky Helmet 1.9% Choice Scarf 0.6% Mental Herb 0.5% Expert Belt 0.4% Icy Rock 0.3%
Abilities
Snow Warning99.9%Snow Cloak0.1%
Tera Types
Fire 55.8% Ghost 26.1% Water 12.3% Ice 2.3% Steel 1.7% Poison 0.9% Fairy 0.3% Dark 0.2%
Common Teammates
Raging Bolt62.5%Articuno58.5%Ogerpon-Wellspring41.3%Arcanine-Hisui35.9%Landorus31.7%Dondozo20.9%Tatsugiri20.6%Urshifu-Rapid-Strike17.4%
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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 #29 with 4.73% usage. Sorted by reliability score.