Is Ninetales Good in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Playthrough?
Let's Go Eevee exclusive. Ninetales does fine against Erika and contributes against Koga, but it doesn't dominate the way other Fire-types do. A style pick with solid enough stats to stay on the team without embarrassing itself.
Brock's team hits Vulpix's weaknesses hard.
Misty's team hits Ninetales's weaknesses hard.
Ninetales has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Ninetales resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Ninetales trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Ninetales trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Blaine's typing presses Ninetales's defenses.
Ninetales trades roughly evenly with Giovanni's team.
Ninetales trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Bruno's team hits Ninetales's weaknesses hard.
Ninetales trades roughly evenly with Agatha's team.
Lance's team hits Ninetales's weaknesses hard.
Ninetales trades roughly evenly with Trace's team.
This is the Let's Go Pikachu team. In Let's Go Eevee, Trace brings Raichu Lv 57 in place of Jolteon Lv 57.
Catch Vulpix
In Let's Go Eevee, catch Vulpix on Route 5 (walking, Lv 11-16). Let's Go Pikachu has no wild Vulpix, so trade one in from Let's Go Eevee.
Evolve Vulpix to Ninetales
Vulpix evolves into Ninetales with a Fire Stone. You can pick up the Fire Stone in Pokémon Mansion. 1 other location is also available.
How to Get Ninetales in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
Low spawn rates is the best you'll get on Ninetales in mid-game routes. Use the sort toggle below. Best shows where the odds peak, Earliest shows where you can access it soonest in your playthrough.
2 locations to catch Ninetales4 locations to catch Vulpix
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Catch Vulpix at any of the 4 locations below, then use fire stone, and it evolves into Ninetales.
Badge 2 Badge 3Where To Catch Ninetales in Let's Go
Vulpix is your first catch on the way to Ninetales. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 11+ across 6 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Ninetales ✓or evolve from Vulpix (Step 1)
How to Get Shiny Ninetales in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
In Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee, the strongest route to a Shiny Ninetales is Catch Combo, which reaches about 1 in 274 at full boosts. Shininess carries through evolution, so hunting an earlier stage and evolving it counts too. Pick a method and tune your setup below to see live odds. Compare Shiny Ninetales odds across every game
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Shiny Ninetales Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Catch Combo at full boosts, about 1 in 274 on each try. Tune it below.
Catch Combo: Catch one species back-to-back. A Lure stacks on top of a 31-plus combo.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 29 |
| 25%one in four | 79 |
| 50%coin flip | 190 |
| 90%very likely | 630 |
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Ninetales in the Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Ninetales Weakness
Type-wise, Ninetales takes extra damage from Water, Ground, and Rock. It resists 6 types, so it can switch into a lot of moves safely. Ninetales's special bulk (base 100 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Ground, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel, Fairy |
What is Ninetales Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Ninetales
 Vaporeon Water | C | |
 Gyarados Water | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 20 Surfing | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ninetales View Graveler builds →Earthquake 2x92-110%KO Rock Slide 2x70-84% | ||
 Dugtrio Ground | B | |
 Golduck Water | C | |
 Rhyhorn GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ninetales View Rhyhorn builds →Drill Run 2x68-81% Rock Throw 2x43-52% | ||
 Wartortle Water | C | |
 Kingler Water | C | |
 Onix RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ninetales View Onix builds →Dig 2x43-52% Rock Slide 2x41-49% | ||
Ninetales Evolutions
Ninetales evolved from Vulpix's chain using an evolution item. It's a non-standard trigger, so check the details below. The evolution from Vulpix pushed Ninetales to 505 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +35. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Let's Go Ninetales Best Moveset
100 Speed at 81 Sp. Atk on pure Fire typing. Without AbilityDrought setting sun or AbilityFlash Fire absorbing Fire attacks for a power boost, the moveset runs special Fire TermStab on raw speed and moderate power. Fast enough to outrun most threats, but the damage doesn't break through bulkier targets.
Best Build
Courage Candy+SPDGentle raises Sp. Def and lowers Defense. Madam Celadon sets this nature when you pick Green, then Yellow. It costs 10,000 Pokedollars and lasts for the rest of the day.
Candy for Ninetales
Courage Candy L
Courage Candy XL
Quick Candy
Quick Candy L
Quick Candy XLVulpix Candy raises every stat, but only Vulpix and Ninetales can eat it. The stat candy that goes with Ninetales is Courage Candy (Sp. Def) and Quick Candy (Speed), and any Pokemon can eat it; Courage Candy L needs level 30, Courage Candy XL needs level 60, Quick Candy L needs level 30 and Quick Candy XL needs level 60 or higher.
Alolan Form
- Alolan Ninetales
Alolan Ninetales (Ice/Fairy type) has 73 HP, 67 Attack, 75 Defense, 81 Sp. Atk, 100 Sp. Def and 109 Speed, 505 in total. Weak to Steel (4x), Fire, Poison and Rock. Resists Ice, Bug and Dark. Immune to Dragon. Alolan Ninetales is not found in the wild in Let's Go. In Let's Go Eevee, give a Vulpix to a person in Celadon City to get a level 27 Alolan Vulpix, then evolve it into Alolan Ninetales. Best nature for Alolan Ninetales: Timid (Madam Celadon: Pink, then Red). Stat candy: Quick Candy (Speed). Pokedex: It lives on mountains perpetually covered in snow and is revered as a deity incarnate. It appears draped in a blizzard.
Alolan Ninetales learns by level up: Hypnosis, Ice Shard, Mist, Nasty Plot, Tackle and Tail Whip (Lv 1). TM moves: Blizzard, Calm Mind, Dark Pulse, Dazzling Gleam, Dig, Dream Eater, Facade, Foul Play, Headbutt, Hyper Beam, Ice Beam, Iron Tail, Protect, Reflect, Rest, Substitute and Toxic.
Master Trainer
Arnold battles with one level 75 Ninetales that knows Hypnosis, Calm Mind, Dark Pulse and Dream Eater. It takes extra damage from Water, Ground and Rock moves. Win to earn the Ninetales Master title. Find Arnold on Route 9.
Moves List
Most of Ninetales's flexibility comes from TMs. Same-type output runs through Fire Blast and Flamethrower, but Normal and Dark and the rest of the TM pool push it from predictable to genuinely threatening.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
According to an enduring legend, nine noble saints were united and reincarnated as this Pokémon.
Game Availability
Available since Red & Blue, Ninetales appears in 21 games spanning 9 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained an Alolan form in Generation 7.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SMAlolan
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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