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ninetales
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Ninetales

Fox Pokémon

Fire

Its nine tails are said to be imbued with a mystic power. It can live for a thousand years.

Base Stats

HP 73
Attack 76
Defense 75
Sp. Atk 81
Sp. Def 100
Speed 100
Total 505

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Fox Pokémon
Height 1.1 m
Weight 19.9 kg
Base Exp 177
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 25% ♂ / 75% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

ninetales Front Front
ninetales Back Back
ninetales Front Shiny Front Shiny
ninetales Back Shiny Back Shiny
ninetales Official Art Official Art
ninetales Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 0.0%
Lure
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 72
SpA 216
Spe 220
Nasty Plot
Moves
Fire Blast / Flamethrower
Hypnosis / Hidden Power Rock
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Double Status
Moves
Energy Ball / Pain Split
Fire Blast / Overheat
Item
Wide Lens
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 184
SpD 104
Spe 220
Choice Specs
Item
Choice Specs
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 36
SpA 252
Spe 220

Strategy Overview

While there is no shortage of Fire-types in UU, Ninetales has some unique attributes that help it stand out from the crowd. It boasts one of the largest movepools of any Fire-type, including assets like Nasty Plot, Hypnosis, and Energy Ball. This movepool, combined with Ninetales's decent bulk and Special Attack, allows it to overcome the biggest threats to UU Fire-types: bulky Water-types such as Slowbro and Milotic. These unique characteristics enable Ninetales to step out of the shadows of its more popular Fire-type brethren and take center stage as a powerful special attacker or status inducer.

Most Used Moves

Nasty Plot
100.0%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
100.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc