Competitive Information for Alolan Ninetales [Sword/Shield]
Ice / Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Ninetales-alola? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Ninetales is a pretty decent Ice and Fairy-typed Pokemon. It's pretty usual to see Ninetales show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Ninetales can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Ninetales is weak to Fire, Poison, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Light Clay
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Moonblast / Dazzling Gleam
- Aurora Veil / Blizzard
- Encore
- Protect
Special Sweeper Ninetales-Alola (Popular/Trending)
Ninetales is an awesome Special Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Ninetales from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Ninetales is sent out onto the field. This damages all non-Ice Pokemon every turn 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.
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Aurora Veil is a status move (for 5 turns, damage to allies is halved. Hail only).
◆ Blizzard is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze foes. Can't miss in hail).
◆ Encore is a status move (target repeats its last move for its next 3 turns).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Ninetales this turn).
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Item: Icy Rock / Babiri Berry
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 84 Hp / 252 Atk / 172 Spe
Moveset:
- Triple Axel / Avalanche
- Zen Headbutt / Body Slam
- Aqua Tail
- Foul Play / Payback
Physical Sweeper Ninetales-Alola (Snow Warning)
Ninetales is a stupendous Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Babiri Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Steel-type attack. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Ninetales is sent out onto the field. This damages all non-Ice Pokemon every turn while the Hail remains active. Equipping Icy Rock helps extend the hailstorm weather effects this Pokemon creates from 5 turns to 8 instead. Zen Headbutt was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Avalanche is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Ninetales is damaged by the target).
◆ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
◆ 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).
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Item: Icy Rock / Babiri Berry
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 84 Hp / 252 SpA / 172 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Blizzard / Weather Ball
- Moonblast / Dazzling Gleam
- Extrasensory / Psyshock
- Dark Pulse / Foul Play
Special Sweeper Ninetales-Alola (Snow Warning)
Ninetales is a fabulous Special Sweeper for single battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. The Babiri Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Steel-type attack. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Ninetales is sent out onto the field. This damages all non-Ice Pokemon every turn while the Hail remains active. Equipping Icy Rock helps extend the hailstorm weather effects this Pokemon creates from 5 turns to 8 instead.
◆ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
◆ 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).
◆ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
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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 popular Special Tank for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take a good 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 damages all non-Ice Pokemon every turn 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 Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Item: Icy Rock / Babiri Berry
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 84 Hp / 252 Atk / 172 Spe
Moveset:
- Triple Axel / Avalanche
- Zen Headbutt / Body Slam
- Aqua Tail
- Foul Play / Payback
Doubles Physical Sweeper Ninetales-Alola (Snow Warning)
Ninetales is an outstanding Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Babiri Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Steel-type attack. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Ninetales is sent out onto the field. This damages all non-Ice Pokemon every turn while the Hail remains active. Equipping Icy Rock helps extend the hailstorm weather effects this Pokemon creates from 5 turns to 8 instead. Zen Headbutt was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Avalanche is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Ninetales is damaged by the target).
◆ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
◆ 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).
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Item: Icy Rock / Babiri Berry
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 84 Hp / 252 SpA / 172 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Blizzard / Icy Wind
- Dazzling Gleam / Moonblast
- Dark Pulse / Foul Play
- Extrasensory / Psyshock
Doubles Special Sweeper Ninetales-Alola (Snow Warning)
Ninetales is a pretty decent Special Sweeper for double battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. The Babiri Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Steel-type attack. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Ninetales is sent out onto the field. This damages all non-Ice Pokemon every turn while the Hail remains active. Equipping Icy Rock helps extend the hailstorm weather effects this Pokemon creates from 5 turns to 8 instead.
◆ 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).
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
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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 Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Ninetales-alola
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Nasty plot + Stored power
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Stored power + Psych up
- 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: Endure, Protect, Ice Shard, Baby-Doll Eyes
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Toxic, Hypnosis
Moves that boost Ninetales-alola's stats
- Agility
- Calm Mind
- Howl
- Nasty Plot
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Ninetales-alola
- Aurora Veil
- Blizzard
- Dazzling Gleam
- Encore
- Freeze-Dry
- Howl
- Ice Beam
- Ice Shard
- Icy Wind
- Moonblast
- Protect
- Psyshock
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stored Power
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Ninetales-alola in Sword and Shield
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252 )
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