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[SET]
Ninetales-Alola @ Icy Rock / Light Clay
name: Snow Support (Ice)
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Aurora Veil
- Freeze-Dry / Blizzard
- Moonblast
- Encore

[SET COMMENTS]
Alolan Ninetales is a great support Pokemon for Ice teams thanks to its ability to set snow and Aurora Veil to make its team much harder to take down as well as facilitate its teammates' sweeping attempts with Encore. In addition, its typing and Speed tier lets it hit otherwise troublesome Fighting-types such as Keldeo, Urshifu-R, and Great Tusk. Freeze-Dry is useful against Water teams, being able to threaten Pelipper and Quagsire out and dissuade Pelipper from setting rain in its face in an attempt to stop Aurora Veil. Moonblast is useful against the ubiquitous Fighting- and Dragon-types in the tier, as it hits Pokemon such as Great Tusk, Scrafty, and Raging Bolt that are otherwise problems for Ice teams. Encore allows Alolan Ninetales to lock a defensive Pokemon, such as Toxapex, into a weak move or a setup sweeper, such as Swords Dance Iron Hands or Bulk Up Ursaluna, into a stat-boosting move, letting Alolan Ninetales's teammates take care of the aforementioned Pokemon. Icy Rock is used for extending snow turns for the team, particularly assisting those with snow-related abilities, while Light Clay can be used to extend the amount of time Aurora Veil is up for, supporting its more specially frail teammates for longer.

Mamoswine can threaten Fire-types like Heatran, Torkoal, and Cinderace with Earthquake, while packing Thick Fat for a pseudo-Fire neutrality. Additionally, it sets Stealth Rock, which can help Alolan Ninetales pick off weakened threats such as Kyurem. Cetitan is a great partner, as Slush Rush allows it to outspeed and OHKO most of the metagame after a Belly Drum boost, which is easier to acquire thanks to snow and Aurora Veil from Alolan Ninetales. Alolan Sandslash appreciates snow and Aurora Veil both bolstering its bulk and Slush Rush doubling its Speed, allowing it to threaten Fire, Steel, and Poison types like Iron Moth, Iron Treads, and pre-Unburden Sneasler with Earthquake. In exchange, Alolan Sandslash can use Rapid Spin to clear entry hazards and deal with Hatterene and Flutter Mane, which can both take advantage of Alolan Ninetales. Cloyster is a threatening Shell Smash sweeper that can take out threats to Ice like Ogerpon-H and Ceruledge with Rock Blast and has a high Defense stat that makes it nearly unbreakable in snow. In return, Alolan Ninetales facilitates Cloyster's Shell Smash thanks to Aurora Veil and snow support. It also appreciates Alolan Ninetales locking defensive answers to Cloyster, such as Toxapex into unfavorable moves. Kyurem is also a good offensive teammate that breaks down walls like Archaludon with snow-assisted Blizzards and breaks down Water-types like Toxapex and Swampert with Freeze-Dry. When also paired with snow and Aurora Veil, it makes it significantly harder to revenge kill. Avalugg is a defensive behemoth that, when under snow and Aurora Veil, takes on almost every physical attacker in the tier. It can also remove Stealth Rock with Rapid Spin to improve Alolan Ninetales's lacking longevity. Finally, Frosmoth becomes a dangerous sweeping threat under snow and Aurora Veil thanks to Quiver Dance, letting it potentially win the Ground, Flying, and Fairy matchups.

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[SET]
Ninetales-Alola @ Icy Rock / Light Clay
name: Snow Support (Ice)
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Aurora Veil
- Freeze-Dry / Blizzard
- Moonblast
- Encore

[SET COMMENTS]
Alolan Ninetales is a great support Pokemon for Ice teams thanks to its ability to set snow and Aurora Veil to make its team much harder to take down as well as facilitate its teammates' sweeping attempts with Encore. In addition, its typing and Speed tier lets it hit otherwise troublesome Fighting-types such as Kommo-o, Urshifu-R, and Great Tusk. Freeze-Dry is useful against Water teams, being able to threaten Pelipper and Quagsire out and win the weather war against rain (I don't think this wording is entirely correct, sure it scares out pelipper but pelipper is slower anyway and rain will be up if both are leads, I would say something like it scares pelipper from coming in an in attempt to deny veil). Moonblast is useful against the ubiquitous Fighting- and Dragon-types in the tier, as it hits Pokemon such as Great Tusk, Scrafty, and Kommo-o that are otherwise problems for Ice teams. Encore allows Alolan Ninetales to lock a defensive Pokemon, such as Toxapex, into a weak move or a setup sweeper, such as Iron Defense Skarmory (not super common anymore, sd samurott / hands / ursaluna would be better), into a stat-boosting move, letting Alolan Ninetales's teammates take care of the aforementioned Pokemon. Icy Rock is used for extending snow turns for the team, particularly assisting those with snow-related abilities, while Light Clay can be used to extend the amount of time Aurora Veil is up for, supporting its more specially frail teammates for longer.

Mamoswine can threaten Fire-types like Heatran, Torkoal, and Cinderace with Earthquake, while packing Thick Fat for a pseudo-Fire neutrality and the boosted bulk from the snow (dex info). Additionally, it sets Stealth Rock, which can help Alolan Ninetales pick off weakened threats such as Kyurem. Cetitan is a great partner, as Slush Rush allows it to outspeed and OHKO most of the metagame after a Belly Drum boost, which is easier to acquire thanks to snow and Aurora Veil from Alolan Ninetales. Alolan Sandslash appreciates snow and Aurora Veil both bolstering its bulk and Slush Rush doubling its Speed, allowing it to threaten Fire, Steel, and Poison types like Iron Moth, Iron Treads, and pre-Unburden Sneasler with Earthquake. In exchange, Alolan Sandslash can use Rapid Spin to clear entry hazards and deal with Hatterene and Flutter Mane, which can both take advantage of Alolan Ninetales. Cloyster brings a lot to the table: namely another Fire neutrality, a way to hit Fire-types such as Talonflame and Ceruledge thanks to Rock Blast and Water-type coverage, (this whole part feels kinda awkward, just say that cloyster is a very threatening shell smash sweeper with a good amount of options to deal with pokemon that would otherwise be issues for Ice teams. Don't use Talonflame as an example though, it is virtually never used) and a high Defense stat that makes it nearly unbreakable in snow. In return, Alolan Ninetales facilitates Cloyster's Shell Smash thanks to Aurora Veil and snow support. It also appreciates Alolan Ninetales locking defensive answers to Cloyster, such as Toxapex into unfavorable moves. Avalugg is a defensive behemoth that, when under snow and Aurora Veil, takes on almost every physical attacker in the tier. It can also remove Stealth Rock with Rapid Spin to improve Alolan Ninetales's lacking longevity. Finally, Frosmoth becomes a dangerous sweeping threat under snow and Aurora Veil thanks to Quiver Dance, letting it potentially win the Ground, Flying, and Fairy matchups.

mention Kyurem as a teammate, helps muscle past water types with freeze dry and just otherwise really stupidly strong that only gets better with veil

[CREDITS]
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good stuff as per usual, will take a look after you implement and tag on discord if I think anything else needs changing but that doesn't seem likely 1/1
 
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