Ninetales

#38 (Kanto)

Pokémon type

Fire

Stronger attack types vs. Ninetales

160%

63%

Weaker attack types

Best moveset for Ninetales

The best moves for Ninetales are Fire Spin and Weather Ball when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS and is also the best moveset for PVP battles.

Offense

Fire Spin

15.6dps

Weather Ball

44dps

Defense

Fire Spin

15.6dps

Weather Ball

44dps

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Evolution

There are currently a total of 2 Pokémon in the Vulpix family. Ninetales evolves from Vulpix which costs 50 Candy.

Vulpix (Alola Form)

Ninetales (Alola Form)

Vulpix

Ninetales

Forms

There are 2 different forms of Ninetales:

Normal

Alola Form

Standard game images

There is a very low chance that you can get a shiny Ninetales, which would have the following appearance:

Summary

Ninetales is a Fire Pokémon which evolves from Vulpix. It is vulnerable to Ground, Rock and Water moves. Ninetales's strongest moveset is Fire Spin & Weather Ball and it has a Max CP of 2,577.

About

"Ninetales casts a sinister light from its bright red eyes to gain total control over its foe's mind. This Pokémon is said to live for a thousand years."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Feint Attack	11	10	11
Fire Spin	13	9	15.6
Ember Elite TM	10	10	12

Main move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Heat Wave	95	-33.3	38
Psyshock	60	-13.2	24
Solar Beam	180	-20	36
Overheat	160	-25	48
Weather Ball	55	-22	44
Scorching Sands	90	-16.7	30
Flamethrower Elite TM	65	-25	39
Fire Blast Elite TM	140	-25	42
Frustration Shadow	10	-16.5	5
Return Purified	25	-66	50

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Offensive

Defensive

Quickmove	Mainmove	DPS	Relative
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Weather Ball 44 dps	23.7	100%
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Overheat 48 dps	23.5	99%
Ember 12 dps	Overheat 48 dps	22.2	93%
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Fire Blast Elite TM 42 dps	22	93%
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Flamethrower Elite TM 39 dps	21.8	92%
Ember 12 dps	Weather Ball 44 dps	21.7	91%
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Solar Beam 36 dps	21.6	91%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Overheat 48 dps	21.5	90%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Weather Ball 44 dps	21	88%
Ember 12 dps	Fire Blast Elite TM 42 dps	20.5	86%
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Scorching Sands 30 dps	20.4	86%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Fire Blast Elite TM 42 dps	19.8	83%
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Heat Wave 38 dps	19.7	83%
Ember 12 dps	Flamethrower Elite TM 39 dps	19.6	83%
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Return Purified 50 dps	19.6	83%
Ember 12 dps	Solar Beam 36 dps	19.3	81%
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Psyshock 24 dps	19	80%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Flamethrower Elite TM 39 dps	18.9	80%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Solar Beam 36 dps	18.6	78%
Ember 12 dps	Scorching Sands 30 dps	18.6	78%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Scorching Sands 30 dps	17.9	75%
Ember 12 dps	Heat Wave 38 dps	17.5	74%
Ember 12 dps	Psyshock 24 dps	17.1	72%
Ember 12 dps	Return Purified 50 dps	17	72%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Heat Wave 38 dps	16.7	71%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Psyshock 24 dps	16.6	70%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Return Purified 50 dps	16.1	68%
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Frustration Shadow 5 dps	15.6	66%
Ember 12 dps	Frustration Shadow 5 dps	12	51%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Frustration Shadow 5 dps	11	46%

Quickmove	Mainmove	DPS	Relative
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Weather Ball 44 dps	23.7	100%
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Overheat 48 dps	23.5	99%
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Solar Beam 36 dps	21.6	94%
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Flamethrower Elite TM 39 dps	21.8	94%
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Fire Blast Elite TM 42 dps	22	93%
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Scorching Sands 30 dps	20.4	90%
Ember 12 dps	Weather Ball 44 dps	21.7	89%
Ember 12 dps	Scorching Sands 30 dps	18.6	87%
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Psyshock 24 dps	19	87%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Weather Ball 44 dps	21	86%
Ember 12 dps	Overheat 48 dps	22.2	86%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Scorching Sands 30 dps	17.9	84%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Overheat 48 dps	21.5	83%
Ember 12 dps	Flamethrower Elite TM 39 dps	19.6	82%
Ember 12 dps	Solar Beam 36 dps	19.3	82%
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Heat Wave 38 dps	19.7	82%
Ember 12 dps	Psyshock 24 dps	17.1	81%
Ember 12 dps	Fire Blast Elite TM 42 dps	20.5	81%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Flamethrower Elite TM 39 dps	18.9	79%
Ember 12 dps	Heat Wave 38 dps	17.5	79%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Solar Beam 36 dps	18.6	78%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Psyshock 24 dps	16.6	78%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Fire Blast Elite TM 42 dps	19.8	77%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Heat Wave 38 dps	16.7	76%
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Return Purified 50 dps	19.6	71%
Ember 12 dps	Return Purified 50 dps	17	61%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Return Purified 50 dps	16.1	58%
Fire Spin 15.6 dps	Frustration Shadow 5 dps	15.6	54%
Ember 12 dps	Frustration Shadow 5 dps	12	42%
Feint Attack 11 dps	Frustration Shadow 5 dps	11	40%

Counters & Raids

What counters Ninetales?

The 5 strongest Pokémon you can use to defeat Ninetales are:

Landorus (Therian),
Kyogre,
Rampardos,
Groudon,
Kingler.

Ninetales is a Fire type Pokémon, which makes it weak against Ground, Rock and Water moves.

These moves are calculated using type advantages / disadvantages, and including STAB. Click here for more info »

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		169
Defense		190
Stamina		177

Max HP

Level 40

151

Size

Height	1.1 m
Weight	19.9 kg

Other

Base capture rate	0%
Base flee rate	0%
Buddy walk distance	3 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	977
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	1,302
Level 30 Max wild	1,954
Level 40	2,279
Level 50	2,577

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	1,628
Level 35 (wild)	2,117