Ninetales-Alola counters

Gen 9 VGC 2026 Regulation F Best of 3 · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Ninetales-Alola
#0038 Ninetales-Alola
IceFairy
USAGE 2.2% #40
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 99.4% Moonblast 92.7% Blizzard 87.9% Icy Wind 60.0% Helping Hand 30.5% Encore 14.7% Protect 7.3% Fake Tears 3.5%
Items
Light Clay 54.0% Covert Cloak 44.3% Focus Sash 0.8% Life Orb 0.7% Choice Scarf 0.1% Icy Rock 0.0% Rocky Helmet 0.0% Focus Band 0.0%
Abilities
Snow Warning100.0%Snow Cloak0.0%
Tera Types
Water 46.7% Fire 42.2% Ghost 10.2% Ice 0.5% Steel 0.2% Electric 0.1% Ground 0.0% Grass 0.0%
Common Teammates
Articuno78.0%Landorus55.3%Rillaboom46.0%Kingambit44.5%Ogerpon-Cornerstone38.0%Ogerpon-Wellspring29.4%Arcanine-Hisui21.2%Raging Bolt20.3%

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 #40 with 2.21% usage. Sorted by reliability score.