UU Ninetales

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[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Solar Beam
move 4: Toxic
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Heat Rock
ability: Drought
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Ninetales's good Speed and offensive presence supplemented by Drought and Nasty Plot make it a threatening wallbreaker and potential sweeper. Drought also provides irreplaceable support for teammates such as Venusaur and Shiftry. Solar Beam threatens Water and Ground-types like Milotic and Rhyperior that can tank a boosted Fire Blast. Toxic allows Ninetales to punish its most common switch-ins, namely Noivern, Incineroar, and Gigalith, much more heavily than any other attack. Dark Pulse is an option as Ninetales's best means of damaging Flash Fire Chandelure but sacrifices Toxic's coverage for Ninetales's other answers. Hypnosis is a niche option to create setup opportunities for Venusaur and Shiftry on sun teams. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Ninetales to switch in and fire off attacks over the duration of a match much more reliably, while Heat Rock makes Ninetales' sun last longer for teammates that can make use of it.

Ninetales's most common answers are Fire-types, most notably Incineroar and Chandelure, as well as Noivern and Gigalith, the latter of which entirely removes sun. As a result, Ninetales greatly appreciates teammates that can help combat these. Defensive Water-types like Milotic and Vaporeon, despite being hampered by sun, can switch in on all of these repeatedly if necessary. Gigalith can act as a useful partner for many reasons—it provides Stealth Rock support, acts as a Noivern answer, sets sand to give Ninetales the maximum number of sun turns when it switches in, and also deals with opposing Fire-types that are otherwise buffed by Ninetales's sun like Chandelure. Venusaur and Shiftry require Ninetales's sun to function effectively and both appreciate Ninetales weakening their checks early in the battle for a late-game sweep. In return, Venusaur can lure in and heavily damage Fire-types, while Shiftry can be used to beat Gigalith or force Incineroar to take significant damage. Tsareena can lure in and pivot out against Pokemon Ninetales can take down or set up on, like Doublade and Galarian Weezing, as well as being able to take on Gigalith and remove entry hazards. Choice Scarf Flygon is capable of revenge killing Dragon Dance Haxorus and Noivern, which can otherwise exploit Ninetales, and often lures in targets that Ninetales or sun sweepers can take advantage of, such as Galarian Weezing and Milotic. Noivern provides Defog support and can help sun teams apply pressure to Gigalith alongside Ninetales through repeated use of Draco Meteor. It also often draws in Pokemon weak to Grass or Poison such as Rhyperior, Milotic, and Sylveon, which Venusaur can heavily exploit. While using Incineroar means running a team with two Fire-types, it acts as a great check to Chandelure and opposing sun sweepers while also functioning as a threatening wallbreaker with both Swords Dance and sun-boosted Flare Blitz. It can also effectively pivot out of common responses like Gigalith and Galarian Weezing in order to bring in a teammate that can heavily threaten them.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Eve, 375272]]
- Quality checked by: [[Twilight, 344575], [Estarossa, 461329]]
- Grammar checked by: [[The Dutch Plumberjack, 232216]]
 
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[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Solar Beam
move 4: Dark Pulse Unslash Dark Pulse. Make it Toxic.
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Heat Rock
ability: Drought
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Ninetales' good Speed and offensive presence, which is supplemented by Drought and Nasty Plot, make it a threatening breaker and potential sweeper. Drought also allows it to provide irreplaceable support for teammates such as Venusaur and Shiftry. Solar Beam threatens Water-types and Ground-types like Rhyperior, this is the big one that can handle a boosted Fire Blast. Add a line on the utility of Toxic and what it hits Dark Pulse is Ninetales' best means of damaging Flash Fire Chandelure, a common Pokemon which otherwise switches in freely. Reword this to say how Dark Pulse is an option to hit Chandelure but list the drawbacks of doing so. Add a mention of Hypnosis on Sun teams to let abusers like Venusaur and Shiftry to set up for free. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Ninetales to switch in and fire off attacks over the duration of a match much more reliably, while Heat Rock makes Ninetales' sun last longer for teammates that can make use of it.

Ninetales' most common answers are defensive Fire-types, most notably Incineroar, as well as Noivern and Gigalith which entirely removes sun. As a result, Ninetales greatly appreciates teammates that can help combat these. Defensive Water-types like Milotic and Vaporeon, despite being hampered by Sun, can switch in on all of these repeatedly if necessary. Mamoswine can deal with all of them offensively, as well as picking off Haxorus that may try to set up on an unboosted Ninetales with Ice Shard. Gigalith can act as a useful partner for many reasons- it provides Stealth Rock while acting as a Noivern answer, sets sand to allow Ninetales the maximum number of sun turns when it switches in and also deals with opposing Fire-types which are otherwise buffed by Ninetales' sun like Chandelure. Venusaur and Shiftry require Ninetales' sun to function effectively. In return, Venusaur can lure and heavily damage Fire-types while Shiftry can be used to beat Gigalith or force Incineroar to take significant damage. Both are also capable of sweeping outright given the right matchups. Fluff, if you want this added in then say how Ninetales can help wallbreak for them to sweep late-game. Tsareena can lure in and pivot out against Pokemon Ninetales can take down or set up on, like Doublade and Galarian Weezing, as well as being able to take on Gigalith and remove hazards. Scarf Flygon is capable of revenge killing Dragon Dance Haxorus and Noivern, which can otherwise exploit Ninetales as an opportunity to set up, and often lures in targets that Ninetales or sun abusers can take advantage of like Galarian Weezing, Milotic and Rotom-Cut. I would also mention Noivern as a partner because Draco + Flame isn't hindered by Sun and they both can help wear down Gigalith for each other.

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[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Solar Beam
move 4: Toxic
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Heat Rock
ability: Drought
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Ninetales' good Speed and offensive presence, which is supplemented by Drought and Nasty Plot, make it a threatening breaker and potential sweeper. Drought also allows it to provide irreplaceable support for teammates such as Venusaur and Shiftry. Solar Beam threatens Water-types and Ground-types like Rhyperior that can handle a boosted Fire Blast. Toxic allows Ninetales to punish its most common switchins, namely Noivern, Incineroar, and Gigalith, much more heavily than any attack it could utilise. Dark Pulse is Ninetales' best means of damaging Flash Fire Chandelure, a common Pokemon which otherwise switches in freely, but sacrifices Toxic's coverage for Ninetales' other answers. Hypnosis is a niche option to create setup opportunities for Venusaur and Shiftry on full Sun teams honestly semi-sun is arguably better than full, no need to specify full. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Ninetales to switch in and fire off attacks over the duration of a match much more reliably, while Heat Rock makes Ninetales' sun last longer for teammates that can make use of it.

Ninetales' most common answers are defensive (if adding chandy) Fire-types, most notably Incineroar definitely mention Chandy here now Dark Pulse is unslashed, as well as Noivern and Gigalith which entirely removes sun. As a result, Ninetales greatly appreciates teammates that can help combat these. Defensive Water-types like Milotic and Vaporeon, despite being hampered by Sun, can switch in on all of these repeatedly if necessary. Mamoswine can deal with all of them offensively, as well as picking off Haxorus that may try to set up on an unboosted Ninetales with Ice Shard. Gigalith can act as a useful partner for many reasons- it provides Stealth Rock while acting as a Noivern answer, sets sand to allow Ninetales the maximum number of sun turns when it switches in and also deals with opposing Fire-types which are otherwise buffed by Ninetales' sun like Chandelure. Venusaur and Shiftry require Ninetales' sun to function effectively. In return, Venusaur can lure and heavily damage Fire-types while Shiftry can be used to beat Gigalith or force Incineroar to take significant damage. Mention how Ninetales is able to break early game so that they can sweep late game using Sun, by chipping checks like Incin and Weezing Tsareena can lure in and pivot out against Pokemon Ninetales can take down or set up on, like Doublade and Galarian Weezing, as well as being able to take on Gigalith and remove hazards. Scarf Flygon is capable of revenge killing Dragon Dance Haxorus and Noivern, which can otherwise exploit Ninetales as an opportunity to set up this reads like Noivern can also set up, and often lures in targets that Ninetales or sun abusers can take advantage of like Galarian Weezing, Milotic and Rotom-Cut not huge on the mowtom mention, seeing as Flygon does over half with U-turn, and thats what you mainly expect it to spam in a match. Noivern provides Defog support and can help Sun teams apply pressure to Gigalith alongside Ninetales through repeated use of Draco Meteor. It also often draws in Pokemon weak to Grass or Poison such as Rhyperior and Milotic, which Venusaur can heavily exploit.

Add a mention of Incineroar, it's a really nice option on Semi-sun teams with Ninetales, helping to check stuff like Chandy and opposing Sun-mons, gives you outs to stop trace gardevoir causing problems vs venu, pivoting is great to get like venu in on gigalith, ninetales in on weezing etc. Note the type stacking when you mention this.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Eve, 375272]]
- Quality checked by: [[Twilight, 344575], [, ]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ]]
Great work, 2/2 when implemented.

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[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Solar Beam
move 4: Toxic
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Heat Rock
ability: Drought
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Ninetales' good Speed and offensive presence, which is supplemented by Drought and Nasty Plot, make it a threatening breaker and potential sweeper. Drought also allows it to provides irreplaceable support for teammates such as Venusaur and Shiftry. Solar Beam threatens Water-types and Ground-types like (not really GP but might be worth mentioning an example of Water-type too) Rhyperior that can handle tank (I feel like "handle" is more appropriate when referred to an opposing Pokemon, not really a move) a boosted Fire Blast. Toxic allows Ninetales to punish its most common switch-ins(AH), namely Noivern, Incineroar, and Gigalith, much more heavily than any other attack it could utilise. Dark Pulse is Ninetales' best means of damaging common switch-ins like Flash Fire Chandelure, a common Pokemon which otherwise switches in freely, (this bit was just unnecessary imo) but sacrifices Toxic's coverage for Ninetales' other answers. Hypnosis is a niche option to create setup opportunities for Venusaur and Shiftry on Sun sun teams. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Ninetales to switch in and fire off attacks over the duration of a match much more reliably, while Heat Rock makes Ninetales' sun last longer for teammates that can make use of it.

Ninetales' most common answers are Fire-types, most notably Incineroar and Chandelure, as well as Noivern and Gigalith,(AC) which entirely removes sun. As a result, Ninetales greatly appreciates teammates that can help combat these. Defensive Water-types like Milotic and Vaporeon, despite being hampered by Sun sun, can switch in on all of these repeatedly if necessary. Mamoswine can deal with all of them offensively, as well as picking off Haxorus,(AC) that which may try to set up on an unboosted Ninetales,(AC) with Ice Shard. Gigalith can act as a useful partner for many reasons- it provides Stealth Rock support,(AC) while acting acts as a Noivern answer, sets sand to allow give Ninetales the maximum number of sun turns when it switches in,(AC) and also deals with opposing Fire-types which are otherwise buffed by Ninetales' sun like Chandelure. Venusaur and Shiftry require Ninetales' sun to function effectively and both appreciate Ninetales weakening their checks early in the battle for a late-game(AH) sweep. In return, Venusaur can lure and heavily damage Fire-types,(AC) while Shiftry can be used to beat Gigalith or force Incineroar to take significant damage. Tsareena can lure in and pivot out against Pokemon Ninetales can take down or set up on, like Doublade and Galarian Weezing, as well as being able to take on Gigalith and remove hazards. Choice Scarf Flygon is capable of revenge killing Dragon Dance Haxorus and Noivern, which can otherwise exploit Ninetales when brought in, and often lures in targets that Ninetales or sun abusers can take advantage of such as Galarian Weezing and Milotic. Noivern provides Defog support and can help Sun sun teams apply pressure to Gigalith alongside Ninetales through repeated use of Draco Meteor. It also often draws in Pokemon weak to Grass or Poison such as Rhyperior and Milotic (again, not really GP but it's sort of expected to see at least one example of a Pokemon weak to Poison), which Venusaur can heavily exploit. While using Incineroar means running a team with two Fire-types, it acts as a great check to Chandelure and opposing Sun sun sweepers while also acting as well as a threatening breaker with both Swords Dance and sun-boosted boosting its Flare Blitz. It can also effectively pivot out on common responses, like Gigalith and Galarian Weezing, in order to bring in its teammates which can heavily threaten them.

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- Written by: [[Eve, 375272]]
- Quality checked by: [[Twilight, 344575], [Estarossa, 461329]]
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[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Solar Beam
move 4: Toxic
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Heat Rock
ability: Drought
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Ninetales' good Speed and offensive presence, which is supplemented by Drought and Nasty Plot, make it a threatening breaker and potential sweeper. Drought also allows it to provides irreplaceable support for teammates such as Venusaur and Shiftry. Solar Beam threatens Water-types and Ground-types like (not really GP but might be worth mentioning an example of Water-type too) Rhyperior that can handle tank (I feel like "handle" is more appropriate when referred to an opposing Pokemon, not really a move) a boosted Fire Blast. Toxic allows Ninetales to punish its most common switch-ins(AH), namely Noivern, Incineroar, and Gigalith, much more heavily than any other attack it could utilise. Dark Pulse is Ninetales' best means of damaging common switch-ins like Flash Fire Chandelure, a common Pokemon which otherwise switches in freely, (this bit was just unnecessary imo) but sacrifices Toxic's coverage for Ninetales' other answers. Hypnosis is a niche option to create setup opportunities for Venusaur and Shiftry on Sun sun teams. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Ninetales to switch in and fire off attacks over the duration of a match much more reliably, while Heat Rock makes Ninetales' sun last longer for teammates that can make use of it.

Ninetales' most common answers are Fire-types, most notably Incineroar and Chandelure, as well as Noivern and Gigalith,(AC) which entirely removes sun. As a result, Ninetales greatly appreciates teammates that can help combat these. Defensive Water-types like Milotic and Vaporeon, despite being hampered by Sun sun, can switch in on all of these repeatedly if necessary. Mamoswine can deal with all of them offensively, as well as picking off Haxorus,(AC) that which may try to set up on an unboosted Ninetales,(AC) with Ice Shard. Gigalith can act as a useful partner for many reasons- it provides Stealth Rock support,(AC) while acting acts as a Noivern answer, sets sand to allow give Ninetales the maximum number of sun turns when it switches in,(AC) and also deals with opposing Fire-types which are otherwise buffed by Ninetales' sun like Chandelure. Venusaur and Shiftry require Ninetales' sun to function effectively and both appreciate Ninetales weakening their checks early in the battle for a late-game(AH) sweep. In return, Venusaur can lure and heavily damage Fire-types,(AC) while Shiftry can be used to beat Gigalith or force Incineroar to take significant damage. Tsareena can lure in and pivot out against Pokemon Ninetales can take down or set up on, like Doublade and Galarian Weezing, as well as being able to take on Gigalith and remove hazards. Choice Scarf Flygon is capable of revenge killing Dragon Dance Haxorus and Noivern, which can otherwise exploit Ninetales when brought in, and often lures in targets that Ninetales or sun abusers can take advantage of such as Galarian Weezing and Milotic. Noivern provides Defog support and can help Sun sun teams apply pressure to Gigalith alongside Ninetales through repeated use of Draco Meteor. It also often draws in Pokemon weak to Grass or Poison such as Rhyperior and Milotic (again, not really GP but it's sort of expected to see at least one example of a Pokemon weak to Poison), which Venusaur can heavily exploit. While using Incineroar means running a team with two Fire-types, it acts as a great check to Chandelure and opposing Sun sun sweepers while also acting as well as a threatening breaker with both Swords Dance and sun-boosted boosting its Flare Blitz. It can also effectively pivot out on common responses, like Gigalith and Galarian Weezing, in order to bring in its teammates which can heavily threaten them.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Eve, 375272]]
- Quality checked by: [[Twilight, 344575], [Estarossa, 461329]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ]]
Implemented! Thanks again :)
 
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[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Solar Beam
move 4: Toxic
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Heat Rock
ability: Drought
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Ninetales's good Speed and offensive presence, which is supplemented by Drought and Nasty Plot, (RC pair; optional but flows better) make it a threatening wallbreaker and potential sweeper. Drought also provides irreplaceable support for teammates such as Venusaur and Shiftry. Solar Beam threatens Water-types and Ground-types, (RC) like Milotic and Rhyperior, (RC) that can tank a boosted Fire Blast. Toxic allows Ninetales to punish its most common switch-ins, namely Noivern, Incineroar, and Gigalith, much more heavily than any other attack. Dark Pulse is an option as Ninetales's best means of damaging Flash Fire Chandelure, (RC) but sacrifices Toxic's coverage for Ninetales's other answers. Hypnosis is a niche option to create setup opportunities for Venusaur and Shiftry on sun teams. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Ninetales to switch in and fire off attacks over the duration of a match much more reliably, while Heat Rock makes Ninetales's sun last longer for teammates that can make use of it.

Ninetales's most common answers are Fire-types, most notably Incineroar and Chandelure, as well as Noivern and Gigalith, which entirely removes sun. As a result, Ninetales greatly appreciates teammates that can help combat these. Defensive Water-types like Milotic and Vaporeon, despite being hampered by sun, can switch in on all of these repeatedly if necessary. Mamoswine can deal with all of them offensively, as well as picking off Haxorus, (AC) which may try to set up on an unboosted Ninetales, with Ice Shard. Gigalith can act as a useful partner for many reasons- — it provides Stealth Rock support, acts as a Noivern answer, sets sand to give Ninetales the maximum number of sun turns when it switches in upon switching in (it=Gigalith), and also deals with opposing Fire-types, (AC) which are otherwise buffed by Ninetales's sun, (AC) like Chandelure. Venusaur and Shiftry require Ninetales's sun to function effectively and both appreciate Ninetales weakening their checks early-game in the battle (optional) for a late-game sweep. In return, Venusaur can lure in and heavily damage Fire-types, while Shiftry can be used to beat Gigalith or force Incineroar to take significant damage. Tsareena can lure in and pivot out against Pokemon Ninetales can take down or set up on, like Doublade and Galarian Weezing, as well as being able to take on Gigalith and remove entry hazards. Choice Scarf Flygon is capable of revenge killing Dragon Dance Haxorus and Noivern, which can otherwise exploit Ninetales, and often lures in targets that Ninetales or sun abusers sweepers can take advantage of, (AC) such as Galarian Weezing and Milotic. Noivern provides Defog support and can help sun teams apply pressure to Gigalith alongside Ninetales through repeated use of Draco Meteor. It also often draws in Pokemon weak to Grass or Poison such as Rhyperior, Milotic, and Sylveon, which that Venusaur can heavily exploit. While using Incineroar means running a team with two Fire-types, it acts as a great check to Chandelure and opposing sun sweepers while also acting functioning (optional; repetition) as a threatening wallbreaker with both Swords Dance and sun-boosted Flare Blitz. It can also effectively pivot out on of common responses, (RC) like Gigalith and Galarian Weezing, (RC) in order to bring in its teammates which that can heavily threaten them.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Eve, 375272]]
- Quality checked by: [[Twilight, 344575], [Estarossa, 461329]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ]]
 
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[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Solar Beam
move 4: Toxic
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Heat Rock
ability: Drought
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Ninetales's good Speed and offensive presence, which is supplemented by Drought and Nasty Plot, (RC pair; optional but flows better) make it a threatening wallbreaker and potential sweeper. Drought also provides irreplaceable support for teammates such as Venusaur and Shiftry. Solar Beam threatens Water-types and Ground-types, (RC) like Milotic and Rhyperior, (RC) that can tank a boosted Fire Blast. Toxic allows Ninetales to punish its most common switch-ins, namely Noivern, Incineroar, and Gigalith, much more heavily than any other attack. Dark Pulse is an option as Ninetales's best means of damaging Flash Fire Chandelure, (RC) but sacrifices Toxic's coverage for Ninetales's other answers. Hypnosis is a niche option to create setup opportunities for Venusaur and Shiftry on sun teams. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Ninetales to switch in and fire off attacks over the duration of a match much more reliably, while Heat Rock makes Ninetales's sun last longer for teammates that can make use of it.

Ninetales's most common answers are Fire-types, most notably Incineroar and Chandelure, as well as Noivern and Gigalith, which entirely removes sun. As a result, Ninetales greatly appreciates teammates that can help combat these. Defensive Water-types like Milotic and Vaporeon, despite being hampered by sun, can switch in on all of these repeatedly if necessary. Mamoswine can deal with all of them offensively, as well as picking off Haxorus, (AC) which may try to set up on an unboosted Ninetales, with Ice Shard. Gigalith can act as a useful partner for many reasons- — it provides Stealth Rock support, acts as a Noivern answer, sets sand to give Ninetales the maximum number of sun turns when it switches in upon switching in (it=Gigalith), and also deals with opposing Fire-types, (AC) which are otherwise buffed by Ninetales's sun, (AC) like Chandelure. Venusaur and Shiftry require Ninetales's sun to function effectively and both appreciate Ninetales weakening their checks early-game in the battle (optional) for a late-game sweep. In return, Venusaur can lure in and heavily damage Fire-types, while Shiftry can be used to beat Gigalith or force Incineroar to take significant damage. Tsareena can lure in and pivot out against Pokemon Ninetales can take down or set up on, like Doublade and Galarian Weezing, as well as being able to take on Gigalith and remove entry hazards. Choice Scarf Flygon is capable of revenge killing Dragon Dance Haxorus and Noivern, which can otherwise exploit Ninetales, and often lures in targets that Ninetales or sun abusers sweepers can take advantage of, (AC) such as Galarian Weezing and Milotic. Noivern provides Defog support and can help sun teams apply pressure to Gigalith alongside Ninetales through repeated use of Draco Meteor. It also often draws in Pokemon weak to Grass or Poison such as Rhyperior, Milotic, and Sylveon, which that Venusaur can heavily exploit. While using Incineroar means running a team with two Fire-types, it acts as a great check to Chandelure and opposing sun sweepers while also acting functioning (optional; repetition) as a threatening wallbreaker with both Swords Dance and sun-boosted Flare Blitz. It can also effectively pivot out on of common responses, (RC) like Gigalith and Galarian Weezing, (RC) in order to bring in its teammates which that can heavily threaten them.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Eve, 375272]]
- Quality checked by: [[Twilight, 344575], [Estarossa, 461329]]
- Grammar checked by: [[, ]]
Done, thanks :]
 

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[SET]
name: Nasty Plot
move 1: Nasty Plot
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Solar Beam
move 4: Toxic
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Heat Rock
ability: Drought
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Ninetales' Ninetales's good Speed and offensive presence supplemented by Drought and Nasty Plot make it a threatening wallbreaker and potential sweeper. Drought also provides irreplaceable support for teammates such as Venusaur and Shiftry. Solar Beam threatens Water- (AH) and Ground-types like Milotic and Rhyperior that can tank a boosted Fire Blast. Toxic allows Ninetales to punish its most common switch-ins, namely Noivern, Incineroar, and Gigalith, much more heavily than any other attack. Dark Pulse is an option as Ninetales's best means of damaging Flash Fire Chandelure but sacrifices Toxic's coverage for Ninetales's other answers. Hypnosis is a niche option to create setup opportunities for Venusaur and Shiftry on sun teams. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Ninetales to switch in and fire off attacks over the duration of a match much more reliably, while Heat Rock makes Ninetales' sun last longer for teammates that can make use of it.

Ninetales's most common answers are Fire-types, most notably Incineroar and Chandelure, as well as Noivern and Gigalith, the latter of (100% optional but sentence as a whole reads more coherent this way) which entirely removes sun. As a result, Ninetales greatly appreciates teammates that can help combat these. Defensive Water-types like Milotic and Vaporeon, despite being hampered by sun, can switch in on all of these repeatedly if necessary. Mamoswine (dead) can deal with all of them offensively, as well as picking off Haxorus, which may try to set up on an unboosted Ninetales, with Ice Shard. Gigalith can act as a useful partner for many reasons—it (spacing) provides Stealth Rock support, acts as a Noivern answer, sets sand to give Ninetales the maximum number of sun turns when it switches in, and also deals with opposing Fire-types which that are otherwise buffed by Ninetales' Ninetales's sun like Chandelure. Venusaur and Shiftry require Ninetales' Ninetales's sun to function effectively and both appreciate Ninetales weakening their checks early in the battle for a late-game sweep. In return, Venusaur can lure in and heavily damage Fire-types, while Shiftry can be used to beat Gigalith or force Incineroar to take significant damage. Tsareena can lure in and pivot out against Pokemon Ninetales can take down or set up on, like Doublade and Galarian Weezing, as well as being able to take on Gigalith and remove entry hazards. Choice Scarf Flygon is capable of revenge killing Dragon Dance Haxorus and Noivern, which can otherwise exploit Ninetales, and often lures in targets that Ninetales or sun sweepers can take advantage of, such as Galarian Weezing and Milotic. Noivern provides Defog support and can help sun teams apply pressure to Gigalith alongside Ninetales through repeated use of Draco Meteor. It also often draws in Pokemon weak to Grass or Poison such as Rhyperior, Milotic, and Sylveon, which Venusaur can heavily exploit. While using Incineroar means running a team with two Fire-types, it acts as a great check to Chandelure and opposing sun sweepers while also functioning as a threatening wallbreaker with both Swords Dance and sun-boosted Flare Blitz. It can also effectively pivot out of common responses like Gigalith and Galarian Weezing in order to bring in its teammates a teammate (double specifier reads jarring, this is least invasive fix) that can heavily threaten them.

[CREDITS]
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