Alolan Ninetales counters

#0038

ice fairyTier 3

Lobby CP

16,008

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

135

Defense

151

Difficulty

0.36

Pokebattler scale

Beating Alolan Ninetales should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,251-1,319.

Weak tosteel2.56xpoison1.6xrock1.6xfire1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy Partly cloudy ★Cloudy ★Windy Snow ★Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Steel Mega — most top counters attack with Steel

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Alolan Ninetales counters are Zacian (Crowned Sword), Zamazenta (Crowned Shield), Necrozma (Dusk Mane), Shadow Metagross, Mega Lucario & Shadow Dialga.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Zacian (Crowned Sword)
Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
S. Metagross
M. Lucario
S. Dialga

1 more Mega ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Zacian (Crowned Sword)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Blade0.320:56
2Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Behemoth Bash0.340:59
3Necrozma (Dusk Mane)LegendarypartyMetal Claw / Sunsteel Strike0.351:02
4Shadow MetagrossShadowpartyBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.381:06
5Mega LucarioMegapartyBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.391:08
6Mega MetagrossMegaBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.391:08
7Shadow DialgaShadowLegendarypartyMetal Claw / Iron Head0.431:15
8MetagrossBullet Punch / Meteor Mash0.461:20
9Shadow ExcadrillShadowMetal Claw / Iron Head0.461:20
10Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.501:27

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Top 15 Alolan Ninetales counters in detail

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Zacian (Crowned Sword)fairysteeljoint top pick	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Blade	4,979	0:56	0.32	0.4	420.8%
2	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)fightingsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelBehemoth Bash	4,172	0:59	0.34	0.5	396.1%
3	Necrozma (Dusk Mane)psychicsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelSunsteel Strike	4,099	1:02	0.35	0.7	380.2%
4	Shadow Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	1:06	0.38	0.9	355.1%
5	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,826	1:08	0.39	1.6	344.8%
6	Mega Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	4,911	1:08	0.39	0.6	343.8%
7	Shadow Dialgasteeldragon	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	4,038	1:15	0.43	1.9	311.1%
8	Metagrosssteelpsychic	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	3,791	1:20	0.46	1.0	293.5%
9	Shadow Excadrillgroundsteel	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	3,244	1:20	0.46	2.3	293.5%
10	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	1:27	0.50	1.2	269.2%
11	Lucariofightingsteel	steelBullet PunchsteelMeteor Mash	2,703	1:27	0.50	2.5	269.0%
12	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	steelSteel WingsteelFlash Cannon	3,741	1:28	0.50	1.8	266.5%
13	Dialgasteeldragon	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	4,038	1:31	0.52	2.0	257.9%
14	Dialga (Origin)steeldragon	steelMetal ClawsteelIron Head	4,090	1:32	0.52	1.9	255.8%
15	Shadow Empoleonwatersteel	steelSteel WingsteelFlash Cannon	2,900	1:32	0.53	1.4	253.9%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Alolan Ninetales.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Alolan Ninetales's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	302%	364.2%	1:04	1.0	0.37
Powder Snow / Dazzling Gleam	100%	281%	360.6%	1:05	1.2	0.37
Feint Attack / Blizzard	100%	270%	362.2%	1:05	1.3	0.37
Charm / Dazzling Gleam	100%	257%	362.5%	1:05	1.4	0.37
Charm / Blizzard	100%	263%	362.8%	1:05	1.4	0.37
Powder Snow / Blizzard	100%	292%	363.2%	1:05	1.2	0.37
Feint Attack / Dazzling Gleam	100%	269%	363.6%	1:05	1.3	0.37
Charm / Ice Beam	100%	289%	363.8%	1:05	1.2	0.37
Powder Snow / Ice Beam	100%	315%	364.3%	1:04	0.8	0.37
Charm / Psyshock	100%	360%	364.6%	1:04	0.6	0.37
Feint Attack / Ice Beam	100%	302%	365.6%	1:04	1.0	0.37
Feint Attack / Weather Ball (Ice)	100%	326%	366.7%	1:04	0.8	0.36
Powder Snow / Psyshock	100%	413%	366.8%	1:04	0.3	0.36
Charm / Weather Ball (Ice)	100%	313%	367.6%	1:04	0.8	0.36
Powder Snow / Weather Ball (Ice)	100%	353%	368.2%	1:04	0.6	0.36
Feint Attack / Psyshock	100%	371%	369.2%	1:04	0.4	0.36

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 1 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Alolan Ninetales weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

steel2.56x poison1.6x rock1.6x fire1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x ground1x ghost1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x fairy1x bug0.63x ice0.63x dark0.63x dragon0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (3)
Neutral (10)
Resists (4)

It resists dragon0.39xbug0.625xice0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Alolan Ninetales throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fairyCharmSTAB	20	+11	1.5s	0.90s
darkFeint Attack	11	+10	1.0s	0.85s
icePowder SnowSTAB	6	+15	1.0s	0.85s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
iceBlizzardSTAB	130	-100	3.0s	1.40s
iceWeather Ball (Ice)STAB	55	-33	1.5s	1.25s
fairyDazzling GleamSTAB	100	-50	3.5s	2.10s
iceIce BeamSTAB	95	-50	3.5s	1.50s
psychicPsyshock	60	-33	2.5s	1.80s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,251	1,564
11/11/11	1,265	1,581
12/12/12	1,278	1,598
13/13/13	1,292	1,615
14/14/14	1,305	1,632
15/15/15hundo	1,319	1,649

Caught CP range 1,251 - 1,319, or 1,564 - 1,649 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Alolan Ninetales is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 135 / Defense 151 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	100%	420.8%	0.32	0:56	0.4	100%	4,979	64.9	2858
2	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	93%	396.1%	0.34	0:59	0.4	100%	4,172	63.6	2905
3	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Metal Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	89%	380.2%	0.35	1:02	0.6	100%	4,099	63.0	2630
4	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	79%	355.1%	0.38	1:06	0.8	100%	3,791	55.7	2197
5	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+23 more movesets	72%	344.8%	0.39	1:08	1.4	100%	3,826	53.6	1507
6	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	81%	343.8%	0.39	1:08	0.6	100%	4,911	53.0	2495
7	Shadow Dialga steeldragonshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	64%	311.1%	0.43	1:15	1.7	100%	4,038	48.2	1345
8	Metagross steelpsychic Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+15 more movesets	65%	293.5%	0.46	1:20	0.9	100%	3,791	46.0	2024
9	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+14 more movesets	58%	293.5%	0.46	1:20	2.1	100%	3,244	45.6	1187
10	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	58%	269.2%	0.50	1:27	1.1	100%	4,783	42.7	1789
11	Lucario fightingsteel Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash	Bullet Punch / Meteor Mash+23 more movesets	53%	269.0%	0.50	1:27	2.2	100%	2,703	42.2	1115
12	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Steel Wing / Flash Cannon	Steel Wing / Flash Cannon+9 more movesets	55%	266.5%	0.50	1:28	1.6	100%	3,741	41.5	1381
13	Dialga steeldragon Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+5 more movesets	52%	257.9%	0.52	1:31	1.8	100%	4,038	40.1	1284
14	Dialga (Origin) steeldragon Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+7 more movesets	52%	255.8%	0.52	1:32	1.7	100%	4,090	39.7	1323
15	Shadow Empoleon watersteelshadow Steel Wing / Flash Cannon	Steel Wing / Flash Cannon+19 more movesets	54%	253.9%	0.53	1:32	1.2	100%	2,900	39.4	1619
16	Shadow Scizor bugsteelshadow Bullet Punch / Iron Head	Bullet Punch / Iron Head+7 more movesets	51%	252.5%	0.53	1:33	2.0	100%	3,001	39.2	1197
17	Genesect bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	53%	251.5%	0.53	1:33	1.4	100%	3,353	39.3	1499
18	Genesect (Burn) bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	53%	251.5%	0.53	1:33	1.4	100%	3,353	39.3	1499
19	Genesect (Chill) bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	53%	251.5%	0.53	1:33	1.4	100%	3,353	39.3	1499
20	Genesect (Douse) bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	53%	251.5%	0.53	1:33	1.4	100%	3,353	39.3	1499
21	Genesect (Shock) bugsteel Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb	Metal Claw / Magnet Bomb+7 more movesets	53%	251.5%	0.53	1:33	1.4	100%	3,353	39.3	1499
22	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Steel Wing / Sacred Fire++	Steel Wing / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	51%	250.1%	0.53	1:34	1.6	100%	3,863	38.8	1365
23	Kyurem (White) dragonice Steel Wing / Fusion Flare	Steel Wing / Fusion Flare+17 more movesets	49%	249.2%	0.54	1:34	2.1	100%	4,605	38.8	1180
24	Tinkaton fairysteel Fairy Wind / Gigaton Hammer	Fairy Wind / Gigaton Hammer+9 more movesets	54%	249.1%	0.54	1:34	1.1	100%	2,250	39.4	1753
25	Mega Aggron steelmega Iron Tail / Heavy Slam	Iron Tail / Heavy Slam+23 more movesets	55%	248.4%	0.54	1:34	0.9	100%	4,162	38.6	1959
26	Mega Scizor bugsteelmega Bullet Punch / Iron Head	Bullet Punch / Iron Head+7 more movesets	53%	246.4%	0.54	1:35	1.3	100%	4,087	38.3	1591
27	Shadow Magneton electricsteelshadow Metal Sound / Magnet Bomb	Metal Sound / Magnet Bomb+19 more movesets	46%	243.8%	0.55	1:36	2.9	100%	2,485	38.4	942
28	Excadrill groundsteel Metal Claw / Iron Head	Metal Claw / Iron Head+14 more movesets	48%	243.7%	0.55	1:36	2.2	100%	3,244	37.7	1152
29	Shadow Aggron steelrockshadow Iron Tail / Heavy Slam	Iron Tail / Heavy Slam+23 more movesets	50%	240.8%	0.55	1:37	1.5	100%	3,000	37.4	1446
30	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Steel Wing / Iron Head	Steel Wing / Iron Head+23 more movesets	44%	235.2%	0.57	1:40	3.0	100%	4,118	36.3	913

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.2 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.