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Ninetales

Rank 113

Ninetales build and set

Fire
Usage
0.4%—
Brought
73.5%
Leads
35.3%
Win rate
—
Not enough data

5,298 battles · 24 h · updated 7 min ago

Recommended build

Ninetales

Fire

Drought

Modest+SpA −Atk

  • FireSpecialHeat Wave
  • NormalStatusProtect
  • FireSpecialOverheat
  • DarkStatusFake Tears
HP
148
0
Atk
86
0
Def
96
1
SpA
146
32
SpD
121
1
Spe
152
32

Item, ability and moves: the most revealed in VGC 2026 Reg M-C over 7 days

Nature and SP: Smogon, September 2026

Showdown paste

Ninetales
Ability: Drought
Level: 50
EVs: 1 Def / 32 SpA / 1 SpD / 32 Spe
Modest Nature
- Heat Wave
- Protect
- Overheat
- Fake Tears

Spreads (Smogon)

Source: Smogon, September 2026 (1,760+ cutoff)

  1. Modest

    +SpA−Atk

    22.8%Most used
    • HP0
    • Atk0
    • Def1
    • SpA32
    • SpD1
    • Spe32
  2. Timid

    +Spe−Atk

    13.8%
    • HP1
    • Atk0
    • Def0
    • SpA32
    • SpD1
    • Spe32
  3. Modest

    +SpA−Atk

    12.3%
    • HP1
    • Atk0
    • Def1
    • SpA32
    • SpD0
    • Spe32

Abilities

Not enough data

Moves

Revealed in 25 games

Not enough data

Items

Revealed in 5 games

Not enough data

Ninetales is on 0.4% of VGC 2026 Reg M-C teams (24 h), ranking 113. It usually teams up with Whimsicott and Rillaboom. It is brought in 74% of its games and leads in 35%.