Competitive Information for Ninetales [Ruby/Sapphire]
Fire
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Flash Fire ability are immune to Fire attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Ninetales? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Ninetales is pretty popular Fire-typed Pokemon. It's common to find yourself dealing with Ninetales when battling in the 3rd generation meta. Ninetales is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Ninetales is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Silk Scarf
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Dig
- Protect
- Toxic
Physical Sweeper Ninetales (Flash Fire)
Ninetales is popular Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In the dark days before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Flash Fire, Ninetales's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Dig is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Ninetales this turn).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Item: Charcoal / White Herb
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Protect
- Toxic
- Roar
Special Sweeper Ninetales (Flash Fire)
Ninetales is an interesting Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. In the dark days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. White Herb will reset Ninetales's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Overheat). With Flash Fire, Ninetales's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Ninetales this turn).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
♦ Roar is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Ninetales? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Item: Silk Scarf
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Dig
- Protect
- Toxic
Doubles Physical Sweeper Ninetales (Flash Fire)
Ninetales is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Keep in mind back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Flash Fire, Ninetales's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Dig is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Ninetales this turn).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Item: Charcoal
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Overheat
- Protect
- Toxic
- Roar
Doubles Special Sweeper Ninetales (Flash Fire)
Ninetales is popular Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Don't forget before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Flash Fire, Ninetales's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Ninetales's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Ninetales this turn).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
♦ Roar is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Ninetales learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Ninetales can perform in Ruby/Sapphire. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive RS Move and Ability Combos for Ninetales
- Moves: Mimic + Imprison
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Hypnosis, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Ninetales's stats
- Howl
Most notable and possible best moves for Ninetales
- Howl
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Ninetales in Ruby and Sapphire
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