Snow Warning sets snow weather, Aurora Veil supports the team while it attacks too — a screens attacker build. From high Speed, Encore restricts opponents, and always-hit Ice pressures.

Alternative Move Options

Moonblast interchangeable with Freeze-Dry

Alolan Ninetales' Moonblast is interchangeable with Freeze-Dry. Hits Water-types resisting Blizzard.

Screens Attacker Role

Brought out as a lead, a role of setting weather and screens to shape a safe board for team aces. After support or if status moves are blocked, STAB attacks chip opponents.

Threats

Weak to non-snow weather and Steel types

Alolan Ninetales struggles vs. non-snow weather or Steel. Without snow, Aurora Veil fails.Steel is 4x weak, so OHKO is easy. Switch out against threats.

Ninetales build that invests in Sp. Atk and Speed and uses Focus Sash for guaranteed turn to set up a favorable board. Its Drought Ability sets Harsh Sunlight and Encore disrupts opponents while creating an opening to use Nasty Plot, Playstyle of attacking with boosted special moves is possible.

Alternative Move Options

Fire moves are interchangeable

Weather Ball changes type if Harsh Sunlight ends, so it is interchangeable with other Fire moves like Fire Blast or Flamethrower.Choose Fire Blast for power or Flamethrower for accuracy do so.

Has a rich pool of special moves

Since Ninetales learns many special moves, secondary move options are plentiful. In particular, Scorching Sands hits Fire/Rock-type Pokémon — which resist Fire moves — super-effectively.Choose moves to match your team composition and the most-used Pokémon in the meta.

Also has many support moves

Ninetales also has a rich pool of support moves. When leading with it, Sets up and then passes the baton to the backup ace is also powerful, so choose according to your team composition.

Role of the Drought Special Attacker build

Plays the role of using Encore from base 100 Speed to lock down opponents' status moves and raising Sp. Atk by two stages to enhance its ace performance.Damage boost from Sun and charge-free Grass move functions as an attacker by leveraging this to defeat a wide range of opponents.

Threats

Struggles against fast attackers

Since Ninetales has low bulk and depends on Focus Sash for guaranteed turns, when attacked from above by faster attackers, can only act once before being defeated. is also weak to priority-move users that break Focus Sash, so be careful.

Its ability sets snow, and always-hit spread moves pressure opponents — a support/attacker build. Focus Sash guarantees action for reliable screens. In doubles, raising team-wide survival while chipping — suits board-building.

Alternative Move Options

Swap subweapons

Alolan Ninetales' Freeze-Dry is interchangeable with Moonblast or Encore. Moonblast has higher power; Encore raises support performance.

Doubles Aurora Veil Blizzard Role

Setting snow via ability and deploying Aurora Veil to reduce team damage is the main role. Beyond support, snow-boosted always-hit Blizzard chips the whole opposing field as an attacker — that role too.

Threats

Weak to weather-changing Pokémon

Alolan Ninetales fights under snow, so Pokémon that change weather later are threats. If opposing weather setters appear, lead with a teammate to seize weather.