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Ninetales
Fox Pokémon
The coat of gleaming golden fur is quite magnificent. This species is said to store sacred power in its nine long tails and to live for a millennium.
Details
Height1.1 m
Weight19.9 kg
Gender25.0% ♂ · 75.0% ♀
Catch rate75
Base friendship70
Growth ratemedium
Appears in these games
Red · Blue · Yellow#038Gold · Silver · Crystal#126Ruby · Sapphire · Emerald#154HeartGold · SoulSilver#128Black 2 · White 2#249Omega Ruby · Alpha Sapphire#161Sun · Moon#254Ultra Sun · Ultra Moon#331Let's Go Pikachu · Eevee#038Sword · Shield#069Legends: Arceus#169SV — The Teal Mask#038SV — The Indigo Disk#158
Base stats
HP
73
Attack
76
Defense
75
Sp. Atk
81
Sp. Def
100
Speed
100
Total
505
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon · Gen 9Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.
Sun Setter
- Item
- Heat Rock
- Ability
- Drought
- Nature
- Timid
- EVs
- —
- IVs
- —
- Tera
- GhostFlyingGrass
Evolution
Fire Stone
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Ninetales can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
25 sprites & renders for Ninetales.
Across the games
Moves
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Confuse Ray | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Disable | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Ember | Fire | Special | 40 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Fire Spin | Fire | Special | 35 | 85 | 15 |
| 1 | Flamethrower | Fire | Special | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Grudge | Ghost | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Hypnosis | Psychic | Status | — | 60 | 20 |
| 1 | Imprison | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Incinerate | Fire | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Inferno | Fire | Special | 100 | 50 | 5 |
| 1 | Quick Attack | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Roar | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Safeguard | Normal | Status | — | — | 25 |
| 1 | Spite | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Tail Whip | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Will-O-Wisp | Fire | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| 9 | Nasty Plot | Dark | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 15 | Flame Wheel | Fire | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| 21 | Hex | Ghost | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 29 | Extrasensory | Psychic | Special | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 47 | Fire Blast | Fire | Special | 110 | 85 | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Ninetales can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
