[SET]
Snow Setter (Ninetales-Alola) @ Light Clay
Ability: Snow Warning
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 208 HP / 72 Def / 36 SpA / 192 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Freeze-Dry
- Icy Wind / Blizzard
- Encore / Moonblast / Protect
- Aurora Veil
[SET COMMENTS]
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Snow Setter (Ninetales-Alola) @ Light Clay
Ability: Snow Warning
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 208 HP / 72 Def / 36 SpA / 192 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Freeze-Dry
- Icy Wind / Blizzard
- Encore / Moonblast / Protect
- Aurora Veil
[SET COMMENTS]
- Alolan Ninetales is the premier snow setter due to its Speed tier and utility. It enables offensive structures that flourish with Aurora Veil support, reducing damage from opposing Pokemon.
- Alolan Ninetales runs Freeze-Dry in order to force super effective damage on prominent Water-types like Ogerpon-W.
- Icy Wind is a strong speed control option that allows Alolan Ninetales and its teammates to outpace Chien-Pao and Ogerpon formes. Blizzard can be brought over Icy Wind as a stronger STAB option, allowing it to guarantee a OHKO on Landorus.
- Encore allows Alolan Ninetales to deter setup from Pokemon like Calm Mind Raging Bolt and bulky Swords Dance Ogerpon-W, which is normally threatening for Alolan Ninetales and its teammates, as well as locking opposing Pokemon like Incineroar and Iron Hands into Fake Out. Moonblast is a secondary STAB option that allows it to hit Incineroar for neutral damage and Chien-Pao for super effective damage. Protect can be chosen to aid Alolan Ninetales in preserving itself to reset snow later.
- The bulk investment on Alolan Ninetales allows it to survive two Hard Stone-boosted Diamond Storms from Adamant Diancie when behind Aurora Veil and Ivy Cudgel from Ogerpon-H and Ogerpon-C without Aurora Veil support.
- The Speed and Special Attack investment allows Alolan Ninetales to outspeed and OHKO Landorus with Blizzard or Freeze-Dry.
- Tera Ghost is the premier Tera type on Alolan Ninetales due to the Fake Out immunity, allowing it to drop Protect and ensure that Aurora Veil is set up, while also providing a Fighting-type immunity from threats like Iron Hands and a resistance to Glimmora's and Landorus's Sludge Bombs.
- Teams with Alolan Ninetales often play very offensively, benefitting from the extra bulk that its Aurora Veil provides by enabling setup threats like Raging Bolt, Galarian Moltres, and Kingambit. Kyurem is often Alolan Ninetales's best partner, as it benefits from the snow's Defense boost and an accurate Blizzard.
- Alolan Ninetales appreciates a strong Fake Out user, like Iron Hands or Incineroar, to allow it to set up Aurora Veil more freely.
- Alolan Ninetales appreciates Landorus, Iron Hands, Ogerpon-W, and Okidogi because they can offensively threaten prolific Steel- and Fire-types such as Gholdengo, Ogerpon-H, and Incineroar, which check Alolan Ninetales.
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