Ninetales

Ninetales's niche comes from its sun-setting capabilities, as Ninetales is otherwise offensively weak, very vulnerable to entry hazards, and loses to common Pokemon like Keldeo, Reuniclus, Starmie, and Latios. Sun teams have generally good matchups against rain teams due to sun removing the offensive prowess of many Pokemon found on rain teams, namely Keldeo and Thundurus-T and the fact Ninetales can burn Politoed and remove its rain with Sunny Day. Sun also lets dangerous Pokemon like Volcarona become even more dangerous thanks to the power boost from sun, lack of sand wearing them down, and opposing weather setters that usually check it being weakened or removed. However, Sun is generally not common in the metagame due to its shaky matchup against sand teams despite Ninetales being able to burn Tyranitar. Ninetales's utility outside of setting sun is also non-existent.