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Ninetales

Fox Pokémon

Fire

NINETALES casts a sinister light from its bright red eyes to gain total control over its foe’s mind. This POKéMON is said to 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

Weak to
ground 2xrock 2xwater 2x
Resistant to
bug ½xsteel ½xfire ½xgrass ½xice ½x

Abilities

Flash Fire

Held Items

Rawst Berry 100%Charcoal 5%

Evolution Chain

vulpix Vulpix
→
ninetales Ninetales Fire Stone

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: 0.3%
UURUOU
Grudge
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 100
SpA 252
Spe 156

Strategy Overview

As you can imagine Ninetales is fragile but useful. Your team members will sure appreciate the support of sleep, burn, and Grudge.

Most Used Moves

Will-O-Wisp
100.0%
Hidden Power Grass
100.0%
Flamethrower
89.3%
Roar
84.0%
Fire Blast
10.7%
Substitute
10.7%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
89.3%
Petaya Berry
10.7%
Charcoal
0.1%

Common Teammates

Kangaskhan 60.6%Hitmontop 55.3%Feraligatr 44.6%Nidoking 44.6%Meganium 28.8%Tentacruel 16.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc