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Ninetales-Alola.

Gen 9 Ubers usage profile · rank #103
august 2026 · 78.0K battles
Ninetales-Alola
firePokédex entry
Usage · August 2026
0.2%
Ninetales-Alola is ranked #103 in Gen 9 Ubers, carried by 2,195 teams
TierD · outside the top 60
Ladder rank#103 of 211
Raw count2,195
Viability ceiling83
Month on month-0.11pp
13 month peak1.2%
FormatGen 9 Ubers
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#102 Landorus
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#104 Talonflame
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sets and counters from 78.0K battles
Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 505
HP
73
Atk
76
Def
75
SpA
81
SpD
100
Spe
100
Usage over time0.2% 0.11pppeak 1.2% · Jun '26
0.40.71.01.3Aug '25Sep '25Nov '25Jan '26Mar '26May '26Jul '26Aug '26
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history

Most used set

61.6% of Ninetales-Alola teams
HP
252
Atk
0
Def
252
SpA
4
SpD
0
Spe
0
NatureBold
AbilitySnow Warning · 99.8%
ItemHeavy-Duty Boots · 61.6%
Tera typePoison · 61.6%
Moves
Moonblast99.2%
Aurora Veil99.2%
Encore82.5%
Pain Split66.3%

Alternative spreads

over 5% usage
Timid252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe11.6%
Timid248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 Spe10.6%

Moves

7 tracked
Moonblast99.2%
Aurora Veil99.2%
Encore82.5%
Pain Split66.3%
Blizzard20.5%
Freeze-Dry11.6%
Disable8.4%

Items

Heavy-Duty Boots61.6%
Light Clay36.0%

Tera types

Poison61.6%
Water16.6%
Ice9.0%
Fire8.4%

Abilities

Snow Warning99.8%
Snow Cloak0.2%

EV spreads

top 6
Bold252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA61.6%
Timid252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe11.6%
Timid248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 Spe10.6%
Timid252 SpA / 252 Spe8.4%
Bold252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe3.8%

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 78,012 battles in August 2026. Ninetales-Alola sits at rank #103 with 0.2% usage, which puts it in D tier, down 0.11 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.

Related
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