Ninetales
Fire
Best attacking moveset: Fire Spin and Overheat, worth 10.3 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Ninetales can learn 27 combinations. Fire Spin with Overheat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feint Attack | Dark | 11 | 1.0s | +10 |
| Fire Spin | Fire | 13 | 1.0s | +9 |
| Ember Legacy | Fire | 10 | 1.0s | +10 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat Wave | Fire | 95 | 3.0s | -100 |
| Overheat | Fire | 160 | 4.0s | -100 |
| Psyshock | Psychic | 60 | 2.5s | -33 |
| Scorching Sands | Ground | 90 | 3.0s | -50 |
| Solar Beam | Grass | 180 | 5.0s | -100 |
| Weather Ball Fire | Fire | 55 | 1.5s | -33 |
| Energy Ball Legacy | Grass | 90 | 4.0s | -50 |
| Fire Blast Legacy | Fire | 140 | 4.0s | -100 |
| Flamethrower Legacy | Fire | 65 | 2.0s | -50 |
Shiny
Yes. Shiny Ninetales has been released. Players have found it from: wild, raid, research, evolution, photobomb.
Other forms
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 2,577 at level 50, 2,279 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 1,302 CP at level 20, or 1,628 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 1,235 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 169 attack · 190 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
Ninetales does not have one best moveset, it has 7. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Bug, Steel, Grass.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Bug | Fire Spin + Overheat | 16.4 |
| Steel | Fire Spin + Overheat | 16.4 |
| Grass | Fire Spin + Overheat | 16.4 |
| Ice | Fire Spin + Overheat | 16.4 |
| Ground | Fire Spin + Solar Beam | 12.1 |
| Poison | Fire Spin + Scorching Sands | 11.4 |
| Electric | Fire Spin + Scorching Sands | 11.4 |
| Ghost | Feint Attack + Overheat | 11.3 |
| Psychic | Feint Attack + Overheat | 11.3 |
| Rock | Feint Attack + Solar Beam | 11.1 |
| Water | Feint Attack + Solar Beam | 11.1 |
| Fire | Feint Attack + Scorching Sands | 10.5 |
| Fighting | Fire Spin + Psyshock | 10.5 |
| Normal | Fire Spin + Overheat | 10.3 |
| Fire Spin + Overheat | 10.3 | |
| Dark | Fire Spin + Overheat | 10.3 |
| Fairy | Fire Spin + Overheat | 10.3 |
| Dragon | Feint Attack + Scorching Sands | 7.8 |
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 Ninetales is actually for.
Counters: what beats Ninetales
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Inteleon | Water | Water Gun + Hydro Cannon Legacy | 25.9 |
 Kyogre | Water | Waterfall + Origin Pulse Legacy | 25.9 |
 Glimmora | RockPoison | Rock Throw + Meteor Beam | 25.5 |
 Groudon | Ground | Mud Shot + Precipice Blades Legacy | 25.3 |
 Rampardos | Rock | Smack Down + Rock Slide | 25.3 |
 Kingler | Water | Bubble + Crabhammer | 24.5 |
 Eternatus | PoisonDragon | Poison Jab + Dynamax Cannon Legacy | 24.4 |
 Greninja | WaterDark | Water Shuriken + Hydro Cannon Legacy | 24.4 |
 Gigalith | Rock | Lock On + Meteor Beam Legacy | 24.2 |
 Excadrill | GroundSteel | Mud Slap + Earthquake | 24.1 |
Ranked by damage per second against Ninetales's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.