The best Ninetales Tera Raid Build in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV) has the Drought ability, and the Heat Rock held item. Read on to learn what the best Ninetales Tera Raid Build is and how to use it.

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Best Ninetales Tera Raid Build

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Fire Tera Special Attacker Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Ninetales	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑Sp. Atk, ↓Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 4		Sp. Atk: 252		Sp. Def: 252
Ability	Moveset
Drought	・ Weather Ball ・ Fake Tears ・ Nasty Plot ・ Sunny Day
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

Amazing Sun setter. Synergizes well with Past Paradox Pokemon. Access to Fake Tears and Nasty Plot makes it a decent attacker. Weather Ball becomes a 100 BP Fire type move under Sun.

The best ability for Ninetales in Tera Raid Battles is Drought. This will power up Ninetales' Fire type moves while also lowering damage dealt by Water type moves. With the use of Weather Ball, Ninetales effectively has a 100 BP Fire Type move under Sun.

Ninetales also gets access to Nasty Plot and Fake Tears, amazing buffing moves that will allow Ninetales to consistently deal damage.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting a Ninetales with a Fire Tera Type to boost the damage of Ninetales' Weather Ball. As a Special Attacker, a Modest Nature would be best to ensure it hits as hard as possible with its special moves.
Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards bulky offense. Max out your Sp.Def and Sp.Atk EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into HP. Give it a Shell Bell to help Ninetales recover HP when it attacks.

Tera Raid Strategy

Start the Tera Raid by setting up your buffs with Nasty Plot and Fake Tears gauge the Raid Boss' behavior to see how it likes to clear buffs and react accordingly.

Make sure to use Sunny Day again once it runs out and then deal damage with Weather Ball while also building up Tera Orb Charge. When you have enough Tera Orb charge, terastallize into a Fire-type and keep using Weather Ball to damage the Tera Raid boss' shield and finish it off!

Sample Damage Calculations

Super Effective Damage Dealt by Ninetales
(-6 Sp. Def, Steel Tera, 128 Sp. Def) 7600 HP (Max HP x25)	Weather Ball(+6 Sp. Atk, Sun, Fire Tera) 4,642 ~ 5,462 (61 ~ 71.8%)

These calculations were done using our Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Effective Counter Against Grass, Bug, Ice and Steel Type Tera Raids

Super Effective (2x)
Not Very Effective (x0.5)
No Effect (x0)	None

This Tera Raid Build for using Ninetales is an effective counter to Grass, Bug, Ice, and Steel Type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Ground, Rock or Water Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different build, as Ninetales will be weak to these Types.

Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

Support Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Ninetales	Tera Type			Nature
				Calm (↑Sp. Def, ↓Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 4		Sp. Atk: 252		Sp. Def: 252
Ability	Moveset
Drought	・ Sunny Day ・ Helping Hand ・ Fake Tears ・ Weather Ball
Held Item
Heat Rock

Summary

Amazing Sun setter. Synergizes well with Past Paradox Pokemon. Access to Fake Tears and Helping Hand makes it an amazing choice as a Sp Atk support. Can deal decent damage with Weather Ball.

The best ability for Ninetales in Tera Raid Battles is Drought. This will power up the team's Fire type moves while also lowering damage dealt by Water type moves. With the use of Weather Ball, Ninetales effectively has a 100 BP Fire Type move under Sun.

This build focuses on helping out allies' damage with Fake Tears and Helping Hand to deal the most damage that they could.If you don't need to do so, you also have an option to attack instead with Weather Ball.

Best Tera Type

We also recommend getting a Ninetales with a Fire Tera Type but as you're most likely not Terastallizing if you're running support. As a Support, a Calm Nature would be best to ensure it can take Special Attack hits.
Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards bulky offense. Max out your Sp.Def and Sp.Atk EVs, while adding the remaining EVs into HP. Give it a Heat Rock to stretch out the amount of turns Sun is up.

Tera Raid Strategy

This Build focuses setting up Sun with Drought and Sunny Day. This will help out other Fire type attackers and other Pokemon that could benefit from having Sun up.

You can then debuff the Raid boss by using Fake Tears to shred its Sp.Def. You can also use Cheers to help out the party with buffs or healing.

After your debuffs have been set, you can pivot into an attacking role in order to help dish out damage with Weather Ball.

Alternative Moves

Ninetales is an amazing Pokemon moveset lets it focus on supporting ally Pokemon. Here's some moves we could recommend that could help in certain types of raids.

How to Make Best Ninetales Tera Raid Build

How to Make Best Ninetales Tera Raid Build
Catch Vulpix at Timeless Woods Use Mints to change its nature. Use an Ability Patch to Change Its Ability. EV Train Ninetales Hyper Train at Montenevera. Level up to 100. Give Ninetales a Held Item.

Catch Vulpix at Timeless Woods

You can catch a Vulpix with a Fire Tera Type at Timeless Woods.

Make sure to bring a Pokemon that has False Swipe and can inflict a status effect to make it easier to catch.

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Evolve it With A Fire Stone

You then need to evolve Vulpix with a Fire Stone. The Fire Stone can be bought at Mesagoza's Delibird Presents.

Item Name	Location	Price
Fire Stone	Mesagoza Delibird Presents	₽3,000

Use Tera Shards to Change Tera Type

If the Ninetales build you are following requires it to have a different Tera type, you will need to have 50 Tera Shards of the type you need, and bring it to Medali to have your Pokemon's Tera Type changed.

How to Change Tera Type

Use Mints to Change Its Nature

If it has a different nature, you can use Mints to change Ninetales' Nature.

Use a Modest Mint for the Fire Tera attacker build, while you can use a Calm Mint for the Support build.

The easiest way to get Mints is by buying them from the Chansey Supply shop at Mesagoza for ₽20,000 each.

How to Change a Pokemon's Nature

Use an Ability Patch to Change Its Ability

If the build you are following requires it to have its Hidden Ability, you can use an Ability Patch to give Ninetales its Hidden Ability.

Ability Patch Location and How to Get

EV Train Ninetales

EV train Ninetales according to the build's EV spread using Vitamins, Mochis, or the traditional way with Power Items and battling Pokemon with the right EV yield.

Vitamins can be bought at any Chansey Supply shop and it will cost you ₽530,000 to fully train a Pokemon. Meanwhile, Mochi can be obtained through the Ogre Oustin' Minigame.

Fire and Support Tera Builds

If you have the money for it, you can just buy 26 Iron (for Def) or Zinc, 26 Calcium (for Sp. Atk), and an HP Up (for HP). All of these items can be bought at a Chansey Supply shop and it will cost you ₽530,000 in total. You can also use Mochis in place of the Vitamins.

Alternatively, you can use Power Items that you can buy at a Delibird Presents shop for ₽10,000 each. Have your Pokemon hold the respective Power Item while defeating the Pokemon listed below.

Held Item	Number of Pokemon to Defeat	Defeat Any of These Pokemon
Power Weight (For HP EVs)	1 in Total (To get remaining 4 HP EVs)	・Azurill ・Lechonk ・Paldean Wooper Location: South of Los Platos
Power Lens (For Special Attack EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 Special Attack EVs)	・Psyduck ・Toxel ・Hatenna Location: South Province (Area 4)
Power Band (For Special Defense EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 Special Defense EVs)	・Hoppip ・Swablu Location: South Province (Area 1)
Power Belt (For Defense EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 Defense EVs)	・Nacli Location: South Province (Area 3)

Hyper Train at Montenevera

After EV training it, head to Montenevera and talk to the man with an Abomasnow near the Pokemon Center. He will hyper train your Pokemon using Bottle Caps.

A Bottle Cap can be bought at the Delibird Presents shops for ₽20,000 after getting 6 Gym Badges. 1 Bottle Cap is needed for each stat that will be maxed out.

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Level Up to 100

Next, level it up to 100 to maximize its stats. The easiest way to do this is by farming Exp candies from Tera Raid Battles.

How to Level Up Fast: EXP Farming Guide

Give Ninetales a Held Item

You can also give your Ninetales a Held Item to help it when facing off against various Raid Pokemon.

Learn how to find the recommended held item and price from the table below!

Item Name	Location	Price
Shell Bell	Levincia Delibird Presents	₽20,000
Heat Rock	Cascarrafa Delibird Presents	₽8,000

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Ninetales Tera Raid Moveset Guide

Learn Moves Through Level Up

The table below includes all the moves Ninetales learns through level up needed for our recommended builds. Choose the moves depending on the build you are trying to make.

Level	Move	Type
Base	Nasty Plot

You can have Ninetales remember moves by going to the "Moves and Stats" menu and pressing A.

How to Relearn Moves

Get Other Moves From TMs

The table below includes all the moves Ninetales learns from TMs needed for our recommended builds. Choose the moves depending on the build you are trying to make.

TM / Move Name	How to Get Materials
TM002 Charm	Under a tree southwest of the Artazon (West) Pokemon Center in South Province (Area Three) Required League Points: 400 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Azurill Fur x3 ・Teddiursa Claw x3
TM003 Fake Tears	Near a large rock south of Cortondo in South Province (Area Two) Required League Points: 400 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Bonsly Tears x3 ・Teddiursa Claw x3
TM030 Snarl	Found near a tree, East section of Artazon City Required League Points: 800 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Maschiff Fang x3 ・Squawkabilly Feather x3
TM107 Will-O-Wisp	On top of the elevated platform north of Levincia in East Province (Area Three) Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Salandit Gas x3 ・Shuppet Scrap x3
TM130 Helping Hand	Located in South Province (Area Three), on a cliff overlooking a Pokemon Center. Requires Koraidon's/Miraidon's High Jump ability to reach it. Required League Points: 400 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Eevee Fur x1
TM140 Nasty Plot	Located in Mesagoza - Staff Room: Talk to Ms. Raifort after completing all history lessons and catching all four Treasures of Ruin. Required League Points: 5000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Meowth Fur x3 ・Spiritomb Fragment x3 ・Tatsugiri Scales x3
TM168 Solar Beam	Found before the mouth of the river going east between West Province (Area Two) and Casseroya Lake, at the lake's riverside. Required League Points: 12000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Bounsweet Sweat x5 ・Tropius Leaf x3 ・Foongus Spores x3
TM193 Weather Ball	Readily available in the Kitakami TM Machine Required League Points: 1500 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Vulpix Fur x3 ・Petilil Leaf x3

List of TMs and Locations

Give Ninetales Howl from Arcanine as an Egg Move

1	Catch a Growlithe or Arcanine, then make them remember the move Howl.
2	Buy a Mirror Herb at Delibird Presents in Cascarrafa. The item costs ₽30,000 so make sure you have enough money.
3	Remove everyone from your party except for Ninetales and Arcanine. There should only be two Pokemon in your party.
4	Delete one of Ninetales's moves, then let it hold the Mirror Herb.
5	Have a picnic with Ninetales and Arcanine. Wait for a few minutes, then pack up. Check Ninetales' summary to see that it now has Howl!

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