Alolan Ninetales Evolution
Alolan Ninetales Abilities
Boosts the Pokémon's evasiveness in snow.
Snow WarningHidden
The Pokémon makes it snow when it enters a battle.
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Alolan Ninetales Moves
Category
Type
| Move▲ | Type▲ | Cat.▲ | Pow▲ | Acc▲ | Method▲ | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dazzling Gleam | fairy | special | 80 | 100 | Level Up | The user damages opposing Pokémon by emitting a powerful flash. |
| Tail Whip | normal | status | – | 100 | Level Up 1 | The user wags its tail cutely, making opposing Pokémon less wary. This lowers their Defense stats. |
| Blizzard | ice | special | 110 | 70 | Level Up 1 | A howling blizzard is summoned to strike opposing Pokémon. This may also leave the opposing Pokémon frozen. |
| Icy Wind | ice | special | 55 | 95 | Level Up 1 | The user attacks with a gust of chilled air. This also lowers opposing Pokémon's Speed stats. |
| Imprison | psychic | status | – | – | Level Up 1 | If opposing Pokémon know any move also known by the user, they are prevented from using it. |
| Agility | psychic | status | – | – | TM/HM | The user relaxes and lightens its body to move faster. This sharply boosts its Speed stat. |
| Avalanche | ice | physical | 60 | 100 | TM/HM | This move's power is doubled if the target has inflicted damage on the user in the same turn. |
| Baton Pass | normal | status | – | – | TM/HM | The user switches places with a party Pokémon in waiting and passes along any stat changes. |
| Body Slam | normal | physical | 85 | 100 | TM/HM | The user attacks by dropping onto the target with its full body weight. This may also leave the target with paralysis. |
| Calm Mind | psychic | status | – | – | TM/HM | The user quietly focuses its mind and calms its spirit to boost its Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats. |
| Charm | fairy | status | – | 100 | TM/HM | The user gazes at the target rather charmingly, making it less wary. This harshly lowers the target's Attack stat. |
| Chilling Water | water | special | 50 | 100 | TM/HM | The user attacks the target by showering it with water that's so cold it saps the target's power. This also lowers the target's Attack stat. |
| Confuse Ray | ghost | status | – | 100 | TM/HM | The target is exposed to a sinister ray that causes confusion. |
| Dark Pulse | dark | special | 80 | 100 | TM/HM | The user releases a horrible aura imbued with ill intent. This may also make the target flinch. |
| Dig | ground | physical | 80 | 100 | TM/HM | The user burrows into the ground on the first turn, then attacks on the next turn. |
| Disarming Voice | fairy | special | 40 | – | TM/HM | Letting out a charming cry, the user does emotional damage to opposing Pokémon. This attack never misses. |
| Double Edge | normal | physical | 120 | 100 | TM/HM | A reckless life-risking tackle in which the user rushes the target. This also damages the user quite a lot. |
| Draining Kiss | fairy | special | 50 | 100 | TM/HM | The user steals the target's HP with a kiss. The user's HP is restored by over half the damage taken by the target. |
| Encore | normal | status | – | 100 | TM/HM | The user compels the target to keep using the move it encored for three turns. |
| Endure | normal | status | – | – | TM/HM | The user endures any attack with at least 1 HP. This move's chance of failing rises if used in succession. |
| Facade | normal | physical | 70 | 100 | TM/HM | This move's power is doubled if the user is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed. |
| Fake Tears | dark | status | – | 100 | TM/HM | The user feigns crying to fluster the target. This harshly lowers the target's Sp. Def stat. |
| Foul Play | dark | physical | 95 | 100 | TM/HM | The user turns the target's strength against it. The higher the target's Attack stat, the greater the damage this move inflicts. |
| Giga Impact | normal | physical | 150 | 90 | TM/HM | The user charges at the target using every bit of its power. The user can't move on the next turn. |
| Helping Hand | normal | status | – | – | TM/HM | The user assists an ally by boosting the power of that ally's attack. |
| Hex | ghost | special | 65 | 100 | TM/HM | This relentless attack does massive damage to a target affected by status conditions. |
| Hyper Beam | normal | special | 150 | 90 | TM/HM | The target is attacked with a powerful beam. The user can't move on the next turn. |
| Ice Beam | ice | special | 90 | 100 | TM/HM | The target is struck with an icy-cold beam of energy. This may also leave the target frozen. |
| Icicle Spear | ice | physical | 25 | 100 | TM/HM | The user attacks by launching sharp icicles at the target. This move hits two to five times in a row. |
| Misty Terrain | fairy | status | – | – | TM/HM | This protects Pokémon on the ground from status conditions and halves damage from Dragon-type moves for five turns. |
| Nasty Plot | dark | status | – | – | TM/HM | The user stimulates its brain by thinking bad thoughts. This sharply boosts the user's Sp. Atk stat. |
| Pain Split | normal | status | – | – | TM/HM | The user adds its HP to the target's HP, then equally splits the combined HP between the target and itself. |
| Play Rough | fairy | physical | 90 | 90 | TM/HM | The user attacks by playing rough with the target. This may also lower the target's Attack stat. |
| Protect | normal | status | – | – | TM/HM | This move enables the user to protect itself from all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. |
| Psych Up | normal | status | – | – | TM/HM | The user hypnotizes itself into copying any stat change made by the target. |
| Psyshock | psychic | special | 80 | 100 | TM/HM | The user materializes an odd psychic wave to attack the target. This move deals physical damage. |
| Rain Dance | water | status | – | – | TM/HM | The user summons a heavy rain that falls for five turns, powering up Water-type attacks. The rain also lowers the power of Fire-type attacks. |
| Rest | psychic | status | – | – | TM/HM | The user goes to sleep for two turns. This fully restores the user's HP and cures any status conditions. |
| Sleep Talk | normal | status | – | – | TM/HM | The user randomly uses one of the moves it knows. This move can only be used while the user is asleep. |
| Snowscape | ice | status | 0 | – | TM/HM | The user summons a snowstorm lasting five turns. This boosts the Defense stats of Ice types. |
| Spite | ghost | status | – | 100 | TM/HM | The user unleashes its grudge on the move last used by the target by cutting 4 PP from it. |
| Stored Power | psychic | special | 20 | 100 | TM/HM | The user attacks the target with stored power. The more the user's stats are boosted, the greater the move's power. |
| Substitute | normal | status | – | – | TM/HM | The user creates a substitute for itself using some of its own HP. The substitute serves as the user's decoy. |
| Swift | normal | special | 60 | – | TM/HM | Star-shaped rays are shot at opposing Pokémon. This attack never misses. |
| Take Down | normal | physical | 90 | 85 | TM/HM | A reckless full-body charge attack for slamming into the target. This also damages the user a little. |
| Tera Blast | normal | special | 80 | 100 | TM/HM | If the user has Terastallized, it unleashes energy of its Tera Type. This move inflicts damage using the Attack or Sp. Atk stat—whichever is higher for the user. |
| Triple Axel | ice | physical | 20 | 90 | TM/HM | A consecutive three-kick attack that becomes more powerful with each successful hit. |
| Weather Ball | normal | special | 50 | 100 | TM/HM | This move's type and power change depending on the weather at the time the move is used. |
| Zen Headbutt | psychic | physical | 80 | 90 | TM/HM | The user focuses its willpower to its head and attacks the target. This may also make the target flinch. |
| Baby Doll Eyes | fairy | status | – | 100 | Egg Move | The user stares at the target with its baby-doll eyes, which lowers the target's Attack stat. This move always goes first. |
| Flail | normal | physical | – | 100 | Egg Move | The user flails about aimlessly to attack. The less HP the user has, the greater the move's power. |
| Howl | normal | status | – | – | Egg Move | The user howls loudly to rouse itself and its allies. This boosts their Attack stats. |
| Hypnosis | psychic | status | – | 60 | Egg Move | The user employs hypnotic suggestion to make the target fall asleep. |
| Moonblast | fairy | special | 95 | 100 | Egg Move | Borrowing the power of the moon, the user attacks the target. This may also lower the target's Sp. Atk stat. |
| Roar | normal | status | – | – | Egg Move | The target is scared off, and a different Pokémon is dragged out. In the wild, this ends a battle against a single Pokémon. |
Red
Very smart and very vengeful. Grabbing one of its many tails could result in a 1000-year curse.
Yellow
According to an enduring legend, 9 noble saints were united and reincarnated as this POKéMON.
Gold
Some legends claim that each of its nine tails has its own unique type of special mystical power.
Silver
Its nine beautiful tails are filled with a wondrous energy that could keep it alive for 1,000 years.
Crystal
It is said to live a thousand years, and each of its tails is loaded with supernatural powers.
Alolan Ninetales's Japanese name is Kyukon (キュウコン). Here are all the official names for Alolan Ninetales across different languages:
JapaneseキュウコンKyukon
Korean나인테일
Chinese (Traditional)九尾
FrenchFeunard
GermanVulnona
SpanishNinetales
ItalianNinetales
Chinese (Simplified)九尾
Alolan Ninetales Breeding
Catch Rate75
Base Friendship70
Growth RateMedium
Base Experience177
How to Get Alolan Ninetales
Alolan Ninetales is not catchable in the wild – it is typically obtained through gifts, events, or in-game trades. Here is how to obtain Alolan Ninetales in every game where it is available:
About Alolan Ninetales
Alolan Ninetales is a Ice/Fairy-type Pokemon introduced in Generation 7. With a Base Stat Total (BST) of 505, Alolan Ninetales is classified as a Fox Pokémon and is part of the Vulpix → Ninetales → Alolan Ninetales evolution line.
In competitive play, Alolan Ninetales is placed in the Doubles OU tier where it holds a 9.53% usage rate. Its key abilities are Snow Cloak and Snow Warning, which allow it to function as a dangerous force in hail teams. Alolan Ninetales is weak to Steel, Fire, Poison, Rock-type moves, so trainers should plan around these vulnerabilities.
Alolan Ninetales can learn 94 moves across Level-up, TM, Tutor, and Egg methods. Its most popular competitive moves include Aurora Veil, Blizzard, Encore, Protect. Standing at 1.1m tall and weighing 19.9kg, Alolan Ninetales has been a fan favorite since its debut in the Alola region games.