Ninetales

Ninetales serves as RU's premier sun setter due to its superb offensive utility in support of the weather-based attackers ran alongside it, usually consisting of Chlorophyll users like Venusaur and Hisuian Lilligant, as well as strong Fire-types like Entei and Armarouge. Additionally, its decent bulk and Speed allow it to consistently use its ability to set up sun multiple times throughout a match. Ninetales's weakness to Stealth Rock, caused by its inability to run Heavy-Duty Boots, is made up for through utility options in Encore, which discourages setup and recovery; Will-O-Wisp, which cripples physical attackers; and Healing Wish, which restores damaged sweepers and wallbreakers to a healthy state. While Ninetales provides assistance to its allies through sun, the opposite can also be true, as it gives a boost moves used by already threatening foes like Entei's Sacred Fire and Armarouge's Armor Cannon. The tier is no stranger to weather either, with all forms of it having some semblance of viability, which creates strife in Ninetales's job to keep up sun for the majority of a game.