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Ninetales

209 appearances (Regulation M-B)
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Unranked
167
Speed #77
Forms: Ninetales [Alolan Form]
Ninetales
Fire
HP 73
Atk 76
Def 75
Sp.Atk 81
Sp.Def 100
Speed 100
Total 505
Weight 43.9 lbs.
Flash Fire
Fire-type moves do not work on the Pokémon. Instead, they give the Pokémon the Flash Fire status.
Drought
Summons harsh sunlight for 5 turns when the Pokémon enters a battle.

Type effectiveness

Weakness · 2×
Water Ground Rock
Resistance · ½×
Fire Grass Ice Bug Steel Fairy

Meta Builds

Meta Popular

Builds ranked by competitive performance — higher placement at larger events scores more.

#1
Drought Choice Scarf
100.0 52.0% WR · 117 teams
Fake Tears Heat Wave Overheat Solar Beam
Stat Alignment: 85% Modest, 14% Timid
Team
Ninetales
Ninetales
Drought · Choice Scarf
100%
Whimsicott
Whimsicott
Prankster · Focus Sash
100%
Pyroar
Pyroar
Unnerve · Pyroarite
99%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability · Life Orb
97%
Farigiraf
Farigiraf
Armor Tail · Sitrus Berry
95%
Floette
Floette
Flower Veil · Floettite
83%
r/VGC Regulation M-B Kickoff Cup · Snorlaxpikachu1 (#1) · 9–1
Pyroar
Pyroar
Ability Unnerve
Item Pyroarite
Nature Timid
Heat Wave Overheat Solar Beam Protect
Whimsicott
Whimsicott
Ability Prankster
Item Focus Sash
Nature Timid
Moonblast Tailwind Sunny Day Protect
Ninetales
Ninetales
Ability Drought
Item Choice Scarf
Nature Modest
Overheat Heat Wave Solar Beam Fake Tears
Farigiraf
Farigiraf
Ability Armor Tail
Item Sitrus Berry
Nature Bold
Thunderbolt Twin Beam Trick Room Helping Hand
Basculegion
Basculegion
Ability Adaptability
Item Life Orb
Nature Adamant
Wave Crash Last Respects Aqua Jet Protect
Floette
Floette
Ability Flower Veil
Item Floettite
Nature Modest
Moonblast Dazzling Gleam Light of Ruin Protect
#2
Drought Life Orb
65.3 47.8% WR · 5 teams
Heat Wave Overheat Protect Solar Beam
Stat Alignment: 100% Timid
Team
Ninetales
Ninetales
Drought · Life Orb
100%
Pyroar
Pyroar
Unnerve · Pyroarite
100%
Whimsicott
Whimsicott
Prankster · Focus Sash
100%
Grimmsnarl
Grimmsnarl
Prankster · Light Clay
100%
Annihilape
Annihilape
Defiant · Leftovers
100%
Sylveon
Sylveon
Pixilate · Fairy Feather
80%
Champions Collective #12 · ArgyleVGC (#16) · 4–3
Ninetales
Ninetales
Ability Drought
Item Life Orb
Nature Timid
Heat Wave Solar Beam Overheat Protect
Pyroar
Pyroar
Ability Unnerve
Item Pyroarite
Nature Timid
Heat Wave Solar Beam Overheat Protect
Whimsicott
Whimsicott
Ability Prankster
Item Focus Sash
Nature Modest
Tailwind Sunny Day Moonblast Encore
Sylveon
Sylveon
Ability Pixilate
Item Fairy Feather
Nature Modest
Hyper Voice Hyper Beam Protect Quick Attack
Grimmsnarl
Grimmsnarl
Ability Prankster
Item Light Clay
Nature Careful
Light Screen Reflect Spirit Break Parting Shot
Annihilape
Annihilape
Ability Defiant
Item Leftovers
Nature Adamant
Rage Fist Drain Punch Protect Bulk Up

Tournament Stats

Submissions that don't match in-game data (typos, renamed moves or abilities) are discarded during import, so the counts here can differ from the total appearance count above.

Most Common Teammates

Pyroar
Pyroar
Fire Normal
87.1% usage · WR 48.7%
Whimsicott
Whimsicott
Grass Fairy
78.5% usage · WR 50.0%
Farigiraf
Farigiraf
Normal Psychic
71.8% usage · WR 51.1%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Water Ghost
69.4% usage · WR 50.5%
Floette
Floette
Fairy
58.4% usage · WR 52.3%
Sylveon
Sylveon
Fairy
16.3% usage · WR 43.4%
Garchomp
Garchomp
Dragon Ground
11.0% usage · WR 40.6%
Venusaur
Venusaur
Grass Poison
6.7% usage · WR 38.5%

Most Common Moves

Heat Wave
182 (87.1%)
Solar Beam
165 (78.9%)
Overheat
146 (69.9%)
Fake Tears
145 (69.4%)
Protect
46 (22.0%)
Weather Ball
24 (11.5%)
Will-O-Wisp
24 (11.5%)
Helping Hand
24 (11.5%)
Psyshock
9 (4.3%)
Scorching Sands
8 (3.8%)

Most Common Items

Choice Scarf Choice Scarf
155 (74.2%)
Heat Rock Heat Rock
12 (5.7%)
Charcoal Charcoal
8 (3.8%)
Life Orb Life Orb
6 (2.9%)
Focus Sash Focus Sash
6 (2.9%)
Sitrus Berry Sitrus Berry
6 (2.9%)
No item
5 (2.4%)
Shuca Berry Shuca Berry
3 (1.4%)
Charti Berry Charti Berry
2 (1.0%)
Mental Herb Mental Herb
2 (1.0%)

Most Common Abilities

Drought
202 (99.0%)
Flash Fire
2 (1.0%)

Most Common Stat Points Ranked Season

Season 4 — Doubles ladder — separate from the tournament stats. Full breakdown →

UseHPAtkDefSpASpDSpe
37.8% 2··32·32
13.6% ··132132
5.1% ··232·32
4.8% ···32232
4.4% 1·132·32
2.6% ···32·32

Learnable Moves

Move Type Cat. Pow Acc PP
Agility Psychic Status - 101 20
Attract Normal Status - 100 16
Baby-Doll Eyes Fairy Status - 100 20
Baton Pass Normal Status - 101 20
Body Slam Normal Physical 85 100 16
Burning Jealousy Fire Special 70 100 8
Calm Mind Psychic Status - 101 20
Charm Fairy Status - 100 20
Confuse Ray Ghost Status - 100 12
Dark Pulse Dark Special 80 100 16
Dig Ground Physical 80 100 12
Disable Normal Status - 100 20
Double-Edge Normal Physical 120 100 16
Encore Normal Status - 100 8
Endure Normal Status - 101 12
Energy Ball Grass Special 90 100 12
Extrasensory Psychic Special 80 100 20
Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20
Fake Tears Dark Status - 100 20
Fire Blast Fire Special 110 85 8
Fire Spin Fire Special 35 85 16
Flail Normal Physical 1 100 16
Flame Charge Fire Physical 50 100 20
Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100 16
Flare Blitz Fire Physical 120 100 16
Foul Play Dark Physical 95 100 16
Giga Impact Normal Physical 150 90 8
Healing Wish Psychic Status - 101 12
Heat Wave Fire Special 95 90 12
Helping Hand Normal Status - 101 20
Hex Ghost Special 65 100 12
Howl Normal Status - 101 20
Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90 8
Hypnosis Psychic Status - 60 20
Move Type Cat. Pow Acc PP
Imprison Psychic Status - 101 12
Inferno Fire Special 100 50 8
Iron Tail Steel Physical 100 75 16
Memento Dark Status - 100 12
Mystical Fire Fire Special 75 100 12
Nasty Plot Dark Status - 101 20
Night Shade Ghost Special 1 100 16
Overheat Fire Special 130 90 8
Pain Split Normal Status - 101 20
Payback Dark Physical 50 100 12
Power Swap Psychic Status - 101 12
Protect Normal Status - 101 8
Psych Up Normal Status - 101 12
Psyshock Psychic Special 80 100 12
Quick Attack Normal Physical 40 100 20
Rest Psychic Status - 101 8
Roar Normal Status - 101 20
Round Normal Special 60 100 16
Safeguard Normal Status - 101 20
Scorching Sands Ground Special 70 100 12
Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100 16
Sleep Talk Normal Status - 101 12
Snarl Dark Special 55 95 16
Snore Normal Special 50 100 16
Solar Beam Grass Special 120 100 12
Spite Ghost Status - 100 12
Stored Power Psychic Special 20 100 12
Substitute Normal Status - 101 12
Sunny Day Fire Status - 101 8
Tail Slap Normal Physical 25 85 12
Weather Ball Normal Special 50 100 12
Will-O-Wisp Fire Status - 85 16
Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 80 90 16

Notable Placements

#1
Snorlaxpikachu1 9-1-0
r/VGC Regulation M-B Kickoff Cup · Jun 18, 2026
Pyroar Pyroar Pyroar Pyroarite Whimsicott Whimsicott Whimsicott Focus Sash Ninetales Ninetales Ninetales Choice Scarf Farigiraf Farigiraf Farigiraf Sitrus Berry Basculegion Basculegion Basculegion Life Orb Floette Floette Floette Floettite
#4
Bartho 8-2-0
Coupe Critique Champions #3 - 150€ prize · Jun 21, 2026
Pyroar Pyroar Pyroar Pyroarite Whimsicott Whimsicott Whimsicott Focus Sash Ninetales Ninetales Ninetales Choice Scarf Farigiraf Farigiraf Farigiraf Sitrus Berry Basculegion Basculegion Basculegion Life Orb Floette Floette Floette Floettite
#5
Ludikrik 7-2-0
Coupe Critique Champions #3 - 150€ prize · Jun 21, 2026
Pyroar Pyroar Pyroar Pyroarite Whimsicott Whimsicott Whimsicott Focus Sash Ninetales Ninetales Ninetales Choice Scarf Farigiraf Farigiraf Farigiraf Sitrus Berry Basculegion Basculegion Basculegion Life Orb Floette Floette Floette Floettite
#11
Gouillou 6-2-0
MMHM x Stellar Novas Tour #2 · Jun 23, 2026
Pyroar Pyroar Pyroar Pyroarite Whimsicott Whimsicott Whimsicott Focus Sash Ninetales Ninetales Ninetales Choice Scarf Farigiraf Farigiraf Farigiraf Sitrus Berry Basculegion Basculegion Basculegion Life Orb Floette Floette Floette Floettite
#11
DarthGlacies 5-3-0
Tenki's Cart Weekly #108 - Reg MB · Jul 09, 2026
Pyroar Pyroar Pyroar Pyroarite Farigiraf Farigiraf Farigiraf Sitrus Berry Aerodactyl Aerodactyl Aerodactyl Aerodactylite Venusaur Venusaur Venusaur Wide Lens Ninetales Ninetales Ninetales Choice Scarf Sylveon Sylveon Sylveon Life Orb
#14
OPaint 5-3-0
GG´s Jade Shell Badge (Champions) · Jun 28, 2026
Pyroar Pyroar Pyroar Pyroarite Whimsicott Whimsicott Whimsicott Focus Sash Ninetales Ninetales Ninetales Choice Scarf Farigiraf Farigiraf Farigiraf Sitrus Berry Basculegion Basculegion Basculegion Life Orb Gardevoir Gardevoir Gardevoir Gardevoirite
#14
Wiezel 8-4-0
Yosh Tournament #2 ( Rp 3.000.000+ ) · Jul 03, 2026
Pyroar Pyroar Pyroar Pyroarite Whimsicott Whimsicott Whimsicott Focus Sash Basculegion Basculegion Basculegion Life Orb Ninetales Ninetales Ninetales Choice Scarf Farigiraf Farigiraf Farigiraf Sitrus Berry Floette Floette Floette Floettite
#16
ArgyleVGC 4-3-0
Champions Collective #12 · Jul 01, 2026
Ninetales Ninetales Ninetales Life Orb Pyroar Pyroar Pyroar Pyroarite Whimsicott Whimsicott Whimsicott Focus Sash Sylveon Sylveon Sylveon Fairy Feather Grimmsnarl Grimmsnarl Grimmsnarl Light Clay Annihilape Annihilape Annihilape Leftovers
#16
hugovgc87 5-3-0
VGC Trainer School; champions m/b #1 · Jul 05, 2026
Pyroar Pyroar Pyroar Pyroarite Whimsicott Whimsicott Whimsicott Focus Sash Ninetales Ninetales Ninetales Choice Scarf Farigiraf Farigiraf Farigiraf Sitrus Berry Basculegion Basculegion Basculegion Life Orb Sylveon Sylveon Sylveon Fairy Feather