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Ninetales

Ice / fairy type · strong stats (BST 505, top 60% of the Champions roster) · builds into a fast support.

Build a team with Ninetales

Ninetales

ice fairy · BST 505 · fast support

Base stats

HP73
Attack67
Defense75
Sp. Atk81
Sp. Def100
Speed109

Defensive profile

How incoming damage multiplies for this form.

×2 Fire ×2 Poison ×2 Rock ×4 Steel ×0.5 Ice ×0.5 Bug ×0.5 Dark

Abilities

Selectable in Champions (400 VP to change).

  • Flash Fire
  • Drought
  • Snow Cloak
  • Snow Warning

How to use Ninetales in Champions

Ninetales fills a fast support niche on Champions ranked teams. With a 66-stat-point budget (max 32 per stat), most builds pour 32 into Sp. Attack and its best defensive stat, then fine-tune Speed in steps of 2 to sit just above or below the metagame's common numbers.

Defensively it is hurt hardest by Fire, Poison, Rock, Steel, while resisting Ice, Bug, Dark. Check the Ice page for the full matchup math behind those numbers.

Movepool highlights

Ninetales can learn 83 moves in Champions. Coverage by type: dark fairy fire ghost grass ground ice normal psychic steel water. Pick four that patch your team's coverage gaps — the team builder flags what's missing automatically.

Full move list
MoveTypeClassPowerAcc
AgilitypsychicStatus—101
AttractnormalStatus—100
Aurora VeiliceStatus—101
AvalancheicePhysical60100
Baby-Doll EyesfairyStatus—100
Baton PassnormalStatus—101
BlizzardiceSpecial11070
Body SlamnormalPhysical85100
Burning JealousyfireSpecial70100
Calm MindpsychicStatus—101
CharmfairyStatus—100
Chilling WaterwaterSpecial50100
Confuse RayghostStatus—100
Dark PulsedarkSpecial80100
Dazzling GleamfairySpecial80100
DiggroundPhysical80100
DisablenormalStatus—100
Double-EdgenormalPhysical120100
Draining KissfairySpecial50100
EncorenormalStatus—100
EndurenormalStatus—101
Energy BallgrassSpecial90100
ExtrasensorypsychicSpecial80100
FacadenormalPhysical70100
Fake TearsdarkStatus—100
Fire BlastfireSpecial11085
Fire SpinfireSpecial3585
Flame ChargefirePhysical50100
FlamethrowerfireSpecial90100
Flare BlitzfirePhysical120100
Foul PlaydarkPhysical95100
Freeze-DryiceSpecial70100
Giga ImpactnormalPhysical15090
Healing WishpsychicStatus—101
Heat WavefireSpecial9590
Helping HandnormalStatus—101
HexghostSpecial65100
HowlnormalStatus—101
Hyper BeamnormalSpecial15090
HypnosispsychicStatus—60
Ice BeamiceSpecial90100
Ice ShardicePhysical40100
Icicle SpearicePhysical25100
Icy WindiceSpecial5595
ImprisonpsychicStatus—101
InfernofireSpecial10050
Iron TailsteelPhysical10075
MementodarkStatus—100
Misty TerrainfairyStatus—101
MoonblastfairySpecial95100
Mystical FirefireSpecial75100
Nasty PlotdarkStatus—101
OverheatfireSpecial13090
Pain SplitnormalStatus—101
PaybackdarkPhysical50100
Play RoughfairyPhysical9090
Power SwappsychicStatus—101
ProtectnormalStatus—101
Psych UpnormalStatus—101
PsyshockpsychicSpecial80100
Quick AttacknormalPhysical40100
Rain DancewaterStatus—101
RestpsychicStatus—101
RoarnormalStatus—101
RoundnormalSpecial60100
SafeguardnormalStatus—101
Scorching SandsgroundSpecial70100
Shadow BallghostSpecial80100
Sleep TalknormalStatus—101
SnarldarkSpecial5595
SnorenormalSpecial50100
SnowscapeiceStatus—101
Solar BeamgrassSpecial120100
SpiteghostStatus—100
Stored PowerpsychicSpecial20100
SubstitutenormalStatus—101
Sunny DayfireStatus—101
Tail SlapnormalPhysical2585
Triple AxelicePhysical2090
Weather BallnormalSpecial50100
Will-O-WispfireStatus—85
Wonder RoompsychicStatus—101
Zen HeadbuttpsychicPhysical8090

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