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Pokémon · #38

Ninetales-Alola

IceFairy Legal in M-C

Ninetales-Alola is #44 on the ladder, on 3.0% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 73
Atk 67
Def 75
SpA 81
SpD 100
Spe 109

Base stat total 505

Stat Point planner

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78
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177

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe · Timid Nature

Types and weaknesses

IceFairy
Weak ×4
Steel
Weak ×2
FirePoisonRock
Resists ×½
IceBugDark
Immune
Dragon

Abilities

Snow Cloak
If Snow is active, this Pokemon's evasiveness is 1.25×. · used by 1%
Snow Warning
On switch-in, this Pokemon summons Snow. · used by 99%

Speed tier

Most common
177 (Timid, 32 Spe SP, 93% of spreads)
With Choice Scarf
265 (held by 15%)
Fastest
177 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
129 (0 SP)
Slowest
116 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 177, it outspeeds 34 of the other 49 Pokémon in the top 50, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Maushold 179
  2. Mega Metagross 178
  3. Mega Staraptor 178
  4. Ninetales-Alola (this) 177
  5. Pawmot 172
  6. Sneasler 172
  7. Mega Floette 169
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #44 · on 3.0% of teams · 168,774 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Blizzard 92.5%
  2. Aurora Veil 70.4%
  3. Protect 68.5%
  4. Freeze-Dry 48.4%
  5. Encore 39.4%
  6. Moonblast 36.1%
  7. Icy Wind 28.2%
  8. Disable 4.1%
  9. Dazzling Gleam 4.0%
  10. Helping Hand 1.6%

Items

  1. Light Clay 32.6%
  2. Focus Sash 29.6%
  3. Never-Melt Ice 16.1%
  4. Choice Scarf 15.3%
  5. Life Orb 2.3%
  6. Occa Berry 1.8%

Abilities

  1. Snow Warning 98.9%
  2. Snow Cloak 1.1%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 177 20.1%
  2. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 177 16.9%
  3. Timid 1/0/1/32/0/32 · Spe 177 12.1%
  4. Timid 0/0/7/27/0/32 · Spe 177 3.7%
  5. Timid 31/0/0/3/0/32 · Spe 177 2.7%
  6. Timid 5/0/0/32/0/29 · Spe 173 2.6%
  7. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 161 1.9%
  8. Timid 32/0/2/0/0/32 · Spe 177 1.9%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 55.5%
  2. Sneasler 36.2%
  3. Incineroar 34.3%
  4. Mega Baxcalibur 28.3%
  5. Kingambit 23.1%
  6. Gholdengo 15.8%
  7. Mega Salamence 15.3%
  8. Mega Raichu Y 14.5%
  9. Basculegion 14.3%
  10. Arcanine-Hisui 11.1%
  11. Ceruledge 10.7%
  12. Milotic 10.4%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #38 · on 4.0% of teams · 168,774 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Blizzard 90.0%
  2. Aurora Veil 75.5%
  3. Protect 67.2%
  4. Moonblast 45.7%
  5. Freeze-Dry 44.2%
  6. Encore 30.0%
  7. Icy Wind 22.0%
  8. Dazzling Gleam 6.5%
  9. Disable 4.5%
  10. Howl 2.1%

Items

  1. Light Clay 43.1%
  2. Focus Sash 22.6%
  3. Choice Scarf 14.8%
  4. Never-Melt Ice 11.7%
  5. Life Orb 2.3%
  6. Icy Rock 0.9%

Abilities

  1. Snow Warning 98.6%
  2. Snow Cloak 1.4%

Spreads

  1. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 177 20.7%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 177 18.1%
  3. Timid 0/0/7/27/0/32 · Spe 177 6.0%
  4. Timid 32/0/0/2/0/32 · Spe 177 3.8%
  5. Timid 31/0/0/3/0/32 · Spe 177 3.5%
  6. Timid 1/0/1/32/0/32 · Spe 177 3.2%
  7. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 161 2.8%
  8. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 177 1.8%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 42.5%
  2. Mega Baxcalibur 33.5%
  3. Incineroar 32.9%
  4. Sneasler 32.0%
  5. Kingambit 15.7%
  6. Gholdengo 15.2%
  7. Milotic 13.7%
  8. Basculegion 12.2%
  9. Mega Salamence 11.7%
  10. Indeedee-F 11.0%
  11. Mega Lucario Z 9.5%
  12. Mega Raichu Y 9.4%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #36 · on 4.6% of teams · 168,774 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Blizzard 88.9%
  2. Aurora Veil 80.6%
  3. Protect 64.9%
  4. Moonblast 46.4%
  5. Freeze-Dry 41.0%
  6. Encore 27.0%
  7. Icy Wind 18.6%
  8. Dazzling Gleam 10.3%
  9. Disable 3.6%
  10. Helping Hand 2.5%

Items

  1. Light Clay 45.5%
  2. Focus Sash 21.5%
  3. Choice Scarf 12.1%
  4. Never-Melt Ice 10.9%
  5. Life Orb 2.1%
  6. Icy Rock 1.9%

Abilities

  1. Snow Warning 98.3%
  2. Snow Cloak 1.7%

Spreads

  1. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 177 24.1%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 177 16.9%
  3. Timid 0/0/7/27/0/32 · Spe 177 4.8%
  4. Timid 31/0/0/3/0/32 · Spe 177 4.0%
  5. Timid 32/0/0/2/0/32 · Spe 177 4.0%
  6. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 161 2.8%
  7. Timid 1/0/1/32/0/32 · Spe 177 2.2%
  8. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 177 2.1%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 35.9%
  2. Mega Baxcalibur 33.6%
  3. Incineroar 29.6%
  4. Sneasler 29.4%
  5. Kingambit 13.9%
  6. Gholdengo 12.6%
  7. Milotic 11.8%
  8. Basculegion 11.6%
  9. Indeedee-F 10.8%
  10. Sinistcha 10.1%
  11. Mega Salamence 9.8%
  12. Mega Lucario Z 9.7%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 91 of 4,641 teams (2.0%) · win rate 43.2% (95% interval 38.7%–47.8%, n = 451 games) · 4 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Mega Baxcalibur +25.3 pp n = 47,696 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 28% of Ninetales-Alola teams; Mega Baxcalibur is on 3% of all teams (9.71× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Ceruledge +8.4 pp n = 17,991 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Ninetales-Alola teams; Ceruledge is on 2% of all teams (4.78× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Rillaboom +9.0 pp n = 93,754 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 56% of Ninetales-Alola teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (1.19× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Raichu Y +1.9 pp n = 24,455 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Ninetales-Alola teams; Mega Raichu Y is on 13% of all teams (1.16× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Incineroar +2.6 pp n = 57,822 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 34% of Ninetales-Alola teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (1.08× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Sneasler -0.9 pp n = 61,130 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 36% of Ninetales-Alola teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.98× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Arcanine-Hisui -0.5 pp n = 18,683 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Ninetales-Alola teams; Arcanine-Hisui is on 12% of all teams (0.96× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Kingambit -2.1 pp n = 39,037 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 23% of Ninetales-Alola teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.92× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Milotic -1.4 pp n = 17,586 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Ninetales-Alola teams; Milotic is on 12% of all teams (0.88× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Gholdengo -3.3 pp n = 26,700 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Ninetales-Alola teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (0.83× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Basculegion -6.3 pp n = 24,152 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Ninetales-Alola teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.70× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Salamence -12.8 pp n = 25,789 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Ninetales-Alola teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.54× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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