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Ninetales-Alola

Gen 9 Ubers usage profile · rank #126
september 2026 · 67.3K battles
Ninetales-Alola
firePokédex entry ↗
Usage · September 2026
0.1%
Ninetales-Alola is ranked #126 in Gen 9 Ubers, carried by 1,834 teams
TierD · outside the top 60
Ladder rank#126 of 230
Raw count1,834
Viability ceiling86
Month on month-0.06pp
13 month peak1.2%
FormatGen 9 Ubers
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sets and counters from 67.3K battles
Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 505
HP
73
Atk
76
Def
75
SpA
81
SpD
100
Spe
100
Usage over time0.1%▼ 0.06pppeak 1.2% · Jun '26
0.40.71.01.3Sep '25Oct '25Dec '25Feb '26Apr '26Jun '26Aug '26Sep '26
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history

Most used set

27.4% of Ninetales-Alola teams
HP
252
Atk
0
Def
252
SpA
4
SpD
0
Spe
0
NatureBold
AbilitySnow Warning · 100.0%
ItemLight Clay · 67.7%
Tera typeWater · 34.4%
Moves
Aurora Veil96.7%
Moonblast79.7%
Encore67.2%
Blizzard44.7%

Alternative spreads

over 5% usage
Timid248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 Spe26.7%
Timid252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe14.8%

Moves

8 tracked
Aurora Veil96.7%
Moonblast79.7%
Encore67.2%
Blizzard44.7%
Pain Split40.8%
Freeze-Dry20.9%
Roar20.1%
Hypnosis13.0%

Items

Light Clay67.7%
Heavy-Duty Boots27.6%

Tera types

Water34.4%
Poison27.4%
Ice15.8%
Fire12.2%
Steel9.8%

Abilities

Snow Warning100.0%
Snow Cloak0.0%

EV spreads

top 6
Bold252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA27.4%
Timid248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 Spe26.7%
Timid252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe14.8%
Timid128 HP / 128 SpA / 252 Spe9.7%
Timid252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe6.0%
Bold252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe4.4%

Top teammates

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Best Ninetales-Alola build for Gen 9 Ubers

The set above is the one Gen 9 Ubers players run most often, taken from 67,302 battles in September 2026. Ninetales-Alola sits at rank #126 with 0.1% usage, which puts it in D tier, down 0.06 points on the month before.

These are usage numbers, not a recommendation from a council. A move at 90% is close to mandatory; anything under 30% is a tech pick that answers a specific matchup. Read the spreads the same way: the top spread is the safe default, and the alternatives usually trade bulk for speed or the other way round.

The checks and counters table is generated from real games rather than a type chart, so it accounts for items, Tera choices, and how often the matchup ends in a switch instead of a knockout.

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