Ninetales
Rank #50 · 3.3% usage · June 2026 · Smogon OU (Gen 9 singles) ladder · cutoff 1695+ battles
Usage trend
Moves
- Encore96.8%
- Healing Wish91.4%
- Will-O-Wisp76.9%
- Overheat65.3%
- Weather Ball23.0%
- Scorching Sands21.4%
- Flamethrower12.9%
- Solar Beam4.4%
- Memento2.5%
- Nasty Plot2.1%
- Roar1.5%
- Sunny Day0.9%
- Fire Blast0.2%
- Hex0.1%
- Shadow Ball0.1%
Items
- Heat Rock98.0%
- Choice Specs1.5%
- Heavy-Duty Boots0.2%
- Eject Pack0.1%
- Eject Button0.1%
- Life Orb0.0%
- Choice Scarf0.0%
- Leftovers0.0%
- Sitrus Berry0.0%
- Focus Sash0.0%
- Rocky Helmet0.0%
- Mental Herb0.0%
- Blunder Policy0.0%
- Charcoal0.0%
- Smooth Rock0.0%
Abilities
- Drought99.9%
- Flash Fire0.1%
Teammates
- Walking Wake18.7%
- Great Tusk17.5%
- Raging Bolt9.0%
- Ceruledge8.7%
- Hatterene8.4%
- Venusaur6.3%
- Kingambit5.1%
- Cresselia4.3%
- Slither Wing3.9%
- Zarude1.9%
- Iron Moth1.8%
- Cinderace1.6%
Spreads
- Timid 0/0/0/252/4/25216.6%
- Timid 252/0/4/0/0/25216.5%
- Timid 248/0/20/0/0/24013.3%
- Timid 0/0/4/252/0/25212.5%
- Timid 192/0/0/72/0/2449.6%
- Timid 248/0/0/8/0/2524.4%
- Timid 252/0/0/4/0/2523.3%
- Timid 16/0/0/252/0/2403.0%
- Timid 248/0/8/0/0/2522.5%
- Timid 0/0/16/252/0/2401.9%
Checks & Counters
- Ogerpon (Cornerstone)score 78.4 · KOs or forces out 93.5%
- Walking Wakescore 75.4 · KOs or forces out 89.5%
- Garchompscore 72.4 · KOs or forces out 87.2%
- Raging Boltscore 70.0 · KOs or forces out 81.1%
- Ceruledgescore 69.1 · KOs or forces out 85.7%
- Dragapultscore 67.8 · KOs or forces out 79.4%
- Darkraiscore 66.2 · KOs or forces out 80.7%
- Zamazentascore 64.9 · KOs or forces out 75.8%
- Ogerpon (Wellspring)score 63.6 · KOs or forces out 76.0%
- Gliscorscore 63.0 · KOs or forces out 73.6%
Representative set
Ninetales @ Heat Rock Ability: Drought EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Encore - Healing Wish - Will-O-Wisp - Overheat