Alolan Ninetales
IceFairy
Best attacking moveset: Charm and Weather Ball Ice, worth 9.5 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Alolan Ninetales can learn 18 combinations. Charm with Weather Ball Ice does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.
Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.
Type matchups
| Fast attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charm | Fairy | 20 | 1.5s | +11 |
| Feint Attack | Dark | 11 | 1.0s | +10 |
| Powder Snow | Ice | 6 | 1.0s | +15 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blizzard | Ice | 130 | 3.0s | -100 |
| Dazzling Gleam | Fairy | 100 | 3.5s | -50 |
| Ice Beam | Ice | 95 | 3.5s | -50 |
| Psyshock | Psychic | 60 | 2.5s | -33 |
| Weather Ball Ice | Ice | 55 | 1.5s | -33 |
| Chilling Water Legacy | Water | 65 | 3.5s | -33 |
Shiny
Shiny availability is tracked for Ninetales as a species, on the Ninetales page.
Other forms
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 2,610 at level 50, 2,309 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 1,319 CP at level 20, or 1,649 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 1,251 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 170 attack · 193 defense · 177 stamina |
What it costs
| Second charged move | 50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy |
|---|---|
| Buddy distance | 3 km per Candy |
| Purify a Shadow one | 3,000 Stardust and 3 Candy |
| Size | 1.1 m and 19.9 kg |
Best moveset against each type
Alolan Ninetales does not have one best moveset, it has 6. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Dragon, Fighting, Dark.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Dragon | Charm + Weather Ball Ice | 15.2 |
| Fighting | Charm + Dazzling Gleam | 14.6 |
| Dark | Charm + Dazzling Gleam | 14.6 |
| Powder Snow + Weather Ball Ice | 14.6 | |
| Ground | Powder Snow + Weather Ball Ice | 14.6 |
| Grass | Powder Snow + Weather Ball Ice | 14.6 |
| Ghost | Feint Attack + Weather Ball Ice | 11.1 |
| Psychic | Feint Attack + Weather Ball Ice | 11.1 |
| Poison | Powder Snow + Psyshock | 9.7 |
| Normal | Charm + Weather Ball Ice | 9.5 |
| Rock | Charm + Weather Ball Ice | 9.5 |
| Bug | Charm + Weather Ball Ice | 9.5 |
| Electric | Charm + Weather Ball Ice | 9.5 |
| Fairy | Charm + Weather Ball Ice | 9.5 |
| Water | Charm + Dazzling Gleam | 9.2 |
| Ice | Charm + Dazzling Gleam | 9.2 |
| Fire | Feint Attack + Chilling Water | 8.8 |
| Steel | Feint Attack + Weather Ball Ice | 7.0 |
Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Alolan Ninetales is actually for.
Counters: what beats Alolan Ninetales
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Metagross | SteelPsychic | Bullet Punch + Meteor Mash Legacy | 41.5 |
 Tinkaton | FairySteel | Fairy Wind + Gigaton Hammer Legacy | 38.4 |
 Lucario | FightingSteel | Bullet Punch + Meteor Mash | 38.3 |
 Dialga | SteelDragon | Metal Claw + Iron Head | 36.7 |
 Genesect | BugSteel | Metal Claw + Magnet Bomb | 35.9 |
 Blacephalon | FireGhost | Incinerate + Mind Blown Legacy | 35.0 |
 Archaludon | SteelDragon | Metal Claw + Flash Cannon | 34.4 |
 Excadrill | GroundSteel | Metal Claw + Iron Head | 34.2 |
 Zacian | FairySteel | Metal Claw + Iron Head | 34.0 |
 Zamazenta | FightingSteel | Metal Claw + Iron Head | 34.0 |
Ranked by damage per second against Alolan Ninetales's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.