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This is a strategy guide for using Alolan Ninetales in competitive play for the games Pokemon Sword and Shield. Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, and Held Items to use with Alolan Ninetales, as well as its strengths and weak points.
Alolan Ninetales - Related Guides | |
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Evolution and Learnset | Build for Ranked Battle |
List of Contents
Pokemon | Type 1 | Type 2 |
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Abilities | ||
Snow Cloak | Raises evasion in a hailstorm. | |
Snow Warning (Hidden) | The Pokemon summons a hailstorm in battle. |
Type | |
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Takes 4x damage | |
Takes 2x damage | |
Takes 0.5x damage | |
Takes 1/4x damage |
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Takes 0x damage |
HP | Attack | Defense | Sp. Atk | Sp. Def | Speed |
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73 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 100 | 109 |
Best Natures | ||
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Timid +(Spd, -Atk) |
Modest (+SpAtk, -Atk) |
Nature | Timid (+Spd, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | HP 4 / Sp.Atk. 252 / Spd. 252 |
Final Stat Values | HP 149 / Atk. 78 / Def. 95 / Sp.Atk. 133 / Sp.Def. 120 / Spd. 177 |
Ability | Snow Warning |
Held Item |
Light Clay
Focus Sash |
Moveset | ・
Aurora Veil
・ Freeze-Dry ・ Encore ・ Sheer Cold |
These values are from base stats and ideal EVs, excluding external factors.
Battle with a supportive approach by using hailstorms to your advantage to reduce incoming damage. With the Ability Snow Warning, Ninetales will be able to automatically start Hail, and with its high Speed, it can set up Aurora Veil to reduce the damage of incoming physical and special attacks.
Additionally, by raising your Sp. Atk EVs, you can deal heavy attacks along with weather damage after using Aurora Veil.
If you equip Focus Sash, you'll be able to survive at least one attack, regardless of super effectivity, so Alolan Ninetales will be guaranteed a chance to set up Aurora Veil.
In the case of Light Clay, although it loses the survival guarantee of Focus Sash, Alolan Ninetales will be able to maintain the protection of Aurora Veil – in cases where you want to prioritize a longer Aurora Veil, using this item is recommended, as Alolan Ninetales' high Speed generally allows it to hit first and pull off Aurora Veil anyway, so there are plenty of situations where Light Clay can serve its purpose.
Blizzard | An alternate choice for Freeze-Dry. Has perfect accuracy in Hail, so good for if you want to prioritize damage. |
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Icy Wind | Gives potential support for teammates. |
Moonblast | An attacking move option. However, its similar effectiveness to Ice-type moves makes its usefulness limited. |
Dark Pulse | For hitting Ice and Steel types that its normal movepool has trouble with. |
Disable | A support move for limiting the opponent's options. |
Nature | Modest (+SpAtk, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | HP 4 / Sp.Atk. 252 / Spd. 252 |
Final Stat Values | HP 149 / Def. 95 / Sp.Atk. 146 / Sp.Def. 120 / Spd. 161 |
Ability | Snow Warning |
Held Item | Focus Sash |
Moveset | ・
Aurora Veil
・ Nasty Plot ・ Blizzard ・ Moonblast |
These values are from base stats and ideal EVs, excluding external factors.
Freeze-Dry | An Ice-type option. For dealing with Water-type opponents. |
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Dark Pulse | An option for a steady-damage attacking move. Ice and Fairy are both strong against Dragon and weak against Fire and Steel, so it provides some needed variety. |
A strong Psychic-type move that attacks the user's defense. | |
Hypnosis | A utility condition move that puts the opponents to sleep. Be wary of the low accuracy. |
Alolan Ninetales has an excellent ability and set of moves. Particularly, you can set the weather to your advantage with the Hidden Ability, Snow Warning, which summons a hailstorm in battle. You can then use moves such as Aurora Veil to protect your team and create an environment that works to your advantage.
Alolan Ninetales is the fastest Pokemon with a weather-changing Ability. However, this has the potential downside that if it first in your party and the opposing Pokemon is slower and also has a weather-affecting ability, the effect of Snow Warning will be canceled. On the other hand, this Speed also allows Alolan Ninetales to use a variety of support moves effectively, so using its Speed to your advantage is key.
Weakness |
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Fire and Steel-type Pokemon are super effective against Alolan Ninetails, dealing a whopping 4x damage. Even if it uses Aurora Veil, it has weak durability due to its low HP and Defense stats.
Bullet Punch is a great choice for a Steel-type move, as it will always go first, so you can aim for a KO before Ninetales has a chance to use Aurora Veil.
Pokemon | Description |
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Cinderace | Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Can KO Alolan Ninetales due to the Speed and Type advantage. Moveset & Best Build for Cinderace |
Metagross | Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Bullet Punch can OTK Alolan Ninetails due to the 4x effectiveness Moveset & Best Build for Metagross |
Heatran | Ranking: ★★★★☆ ・Can take Alolan Ninetales' attacks due to the type advantage Moveset & Best Build for Heatran |
Alolan Ninetales is heavily reliant on the weather, so changing the weather to anything other than hailstorm will render it unable to use most of its main tricks.
Pokemon | Description |
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Tyranitar | Ranking: ★★★★☆ ・Its Special Defense is increased by Sandstorm, so it may be able to set up on Alolan Ninetales Moveset & Best Build for Tyranitar |
Torkoal | Ranking: ★★★★☆ ・Its typing allows it to withstand Alolan Ninetales' learnable moves Moveset & Best Build for Torkoal |
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