Competitive Information for Alolan Ninetales [Sun/Moon]
Ice / Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Ninetales-alola? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Ninetales is a wonderful Ice and Fairy-typed Pokemon. It's a normal sight to see Ninetales out in the 7th generation battlefield. Ninetales is weak to Fire, Poison, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Light Clay / Icy Rock
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 248 Hp / 8 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Moonblast
- Freeze-Dry / Blizzard
- Aurora Veil
- Hypnosis
Support Ninetales-Alola (Popular/Trending)
Ninetales is a pretty decent Support. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Ninetales is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all ice attacks while the Hail remains active. Aurora Veil halves damage done to the user by physical and special moves for five turns; In doubles, Aurora Veil protects the user and all allies, but only reduces damage by a third rather than half. The catch is Aurora Veil can only be used during Hail. Luckily, Snow Warning lets you keep the veil up pretty consistently. If a Light Clay is held when Aurora Veil is used, it will extend the duration of it from 5 to 8 turns.
♦ Freeze-Dry is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. super effective on water).
♦ Blizzard is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze foes. can't miss in hail).
♦ Aurora Veil is a status move (for 5 turns, damage to allies is halved. hail only).
♦ Hypnosis is a status move (causes the target to fall asleep).
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Item: Icy Rock / Normalium Z
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 84 Hp / 252 Atk / 172 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Secret Power
- Foul Play / Payback
- Aqua Tail
- Zen Headbutt
Physical Sweeper Ninetales-Alola (Snow Warning)
Ninetales is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Ninetales is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all ice attacks while the Hail remains active.
♦ Secret Power is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Ninetales moves after the target).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Icy Rock / Icium Z
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 84 Hp / 252 SpA / 172 Spe
Moveset:
- Blizzard / Ice Beam
- Moonblast / Dazzling Gleam
- Psyshock / Extrasensory
- Dark Pulse
Special Sweeper Ninetales-Alola (Snow Warning)
Ninetales is a sensational Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Ninetales is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all ice attacks while the Hail remains active.
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Moonblast is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Light Clay
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 128 Def / 252 SpA / 128 SpD
Moveset:
- Aurora Veil
- Dazzling Gleam
- Protect
- Blizzard
Ninetales-Alola Special Tank (Veil Attacker)
Ninetales is an outstanding Special Tank. It's designed to take a nice amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Ninetales is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all ice attacks while the Hail remains active. This build is basically to create a decent wall against opponents in doubles for an attacker alongside it to bash the enemies. Aurora Veil to have damage, and light flag to extend it. Obviously show warning so you can use Aurora veil, and protect in case the opposing team tries to take you out. I also put in its two best stab moves for doubles, which attack both targets. The defense and so defense are to make it able to take a bit and still get up Aurora Veil.Aurora Veil halves damage done to the user by physical and special moves for five turns; In doubles, Aurora Veil protects the user and all allies, but only reduces damage by a third rather than half. The catch is Aurora Veil can only be used during Hail. Luckily, Snow Warning lets you keep the veil up pretty consistently. If a Light Clay is held when Aurora Veil is used, it will extend the duration of it from 5 to 8 turns.
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Ninetales this turn).
♦ Blizzard is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze foes. can't miss in hail).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Ninetales-alola? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Item: Icy Rock / Normalium Z
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 84 Hp / 252 Atk / 172 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Secret Power
- Foul Play / Payback
- Aqua Tail
- Zen Headbutt
Doubles Physical Sweeper Ninetales-Alola (Snow Warning)
Ninetales is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Ninetales is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all ice attacks while the Hail remains active.
♦ Secret Power is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Ninetales moves after the target).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Icy Rock / Icium Z
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 84 Hp / 252 SpA / 172 Spe
Moveset:
- Blizzard / Icy Wind
- Dazzling Gleam / Moonblast
- Psyshock / Extrasensory
- Dark Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Ninetales-Alola (Snow Warning)
Ninetales is an awesome Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Ninetales is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all ice attacks while the Hail remains active.
♦ Icy Wind is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Moonblast is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Ninetales-alola 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-alola can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Ninetales-alola
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Ability: Snow warning + Move: Blizzard
- Ability: Snow warning + Move: Aurora veil
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Baby-Doll Eyes, Ice Shard
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Hypnosis, Toxic
Moves that boost Ninetales-alola's stats
- Agility
- Calm Mind
- Howl
- Nasty Plot
Most notable and possible best moves for Ninetales-alola
- Aurora Veil
- Blizzard
- Encore
- Freeze-Dry
- Hail
- Hidden Power
- Hidden Power Fire
- Hidden Power Ground
- Howl
- Hypnosis
- Ice Beam
- Moonblast
- Protect
- Rest
- Safeguard
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Ninetales-alola in Sun and Moon
- Timid Nature ( 248/0/0/8/0/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 252/0/0/4/0/252/ )
- Optimize Ninetales-alola's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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