Is Vulpix Good in Sun & Moon Playthrough?
Regular Fire Vulpix needs importing. The Alolan Ice variant appears late on Mount Lanakila. Growlithe covers Fire from Route 2, and the Alolan form arrives too late to build a team around.
Vulpix has the type edge here and should bring the Totem Gumshoos down.
Vulpix has the type edge here and should clean up Hala's team.
The Totem Wishiwashi hits Vulpix's weaknesses hard.
The Totem Salazzle's typing presses Vulpix's defenses.
Vulpix has the type edge here and should bring the Totem Lurantis down.
Olivia's team hits Vulpix's weaknesses hard.
Vulpix has the type edge here and should bring the Totem Vikavolt down.
Ninetales has the type edge here and should bring the Totem Mimikyu down.
Ninetales trades roughly evenly with Nanu's team.
Ninetales trades roughly evenly with Hapu's team.
Ninetales has the type edge here and should bring the Totem Kommo-o down.
Ninetales trades roughly evenly with Hala's team.
Olivia's team hits Ninetales's weaknesses hard.
Ninetales has the type edge here and should clean up Acerola's team.
Ninetales trades roughly evenly with Kahili's team.
Ninetales trades roughly evenly with Kukui's team.
Catchable
Catch Vulpix in Tapu Village (walking, Lv 28-31).
Evolve Vulpix to Ninetales
Vulpix evolves into Ninetales with a Fire Stone. You can pick up the Fire Stone in Diglett's Tunnel.
How to Get Alolan Vulpix in Sun & Moon
Sun players meet the Alolan Vulpix in the snow, padding through Mount Lanakila around level 42 and lower down at Tapu Village near level 28, its icy coat a Sun exclusive.
Where To Catch Alolan Vulpix in SM
- Step 1Alolan Vulpix ✓
- Step 2Evolve into Alolan Ninetales
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Sun & Moon for Alolan Vulpix.
How to Get Shiny Vulpix in Sun & Moon
Vulpix, a Sun exclusive, wanders Tapu Village, where a steady SOS chain gradually stacks rolls toward its snowy shiny. Compare Shiny Vulpix odds across every game
Sun & Moon Shiny Vulpix Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is SOS Chaining at full boosts, about 1 in 274 on each try. Tune it below.
SOS Chaining: Leave one ally fainted and force endless calls. Bonus rolls step up at 11, 21, and 31 calls.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Sun & Moon shiny odds for Vulpix.
Vulpix Weakness
Fire, Fighting, Rock, and Steel moves hit Vulpix for super-effective damage. Vulpix's special bulk (base 65 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Fighting, Rock, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ice |
What is Vulpix Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Vulpix
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vulpix View Primeape builds →Close Combat 2x240-283%KO Rock Slide 2x101-120%KO | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vulpix View Hariyama builds →Brick Break 2x170-200%KO Rock Slide 2x113-133%KO | ||
 Crabominable FightingIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vulpix View Crabominable builds →Brick Break 2x183-217%KO Rock Slide 2x122-144%KO | ||
 Bewear NormalFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vulpix View Bewear builds →Hammer Arm 2x232-273%KO Rock Slide 2x117-138%KO | ||
 Poliwrath WaterFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vulpix View Poliwrath builds →Brick Break 2x141-167%KO Rock Slide 2x94-111%KO | ||
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Route 8 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vulpix View Rampardos builds →Rock Slide 2x223-263%KO Brick Break 2x149-176%KO | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Vulpix View Magnezone builds →Flash Cannon 2x138-163%KO | ||
 Incineroar FireDark | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Litten (Iki Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vulpix View Incineroar builds →Fire Fang 2x141-167%KO Brick Break 2x109-129%KO | ||
 Pangoro FightingDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vulpix View Pangoro builds →Brick Break 2x176-207%KO Rock Slide 2x117-138%KO Bullet Punch 2x63-76% | ||
 Passimian Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vulpix View Passimian builds →Brick Break 2x170-200%KO Rock Slide 2x113-133%KO | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vulpix View Probopass builds →Power Gem 2x90-107%KO Magnet Bomb 2x76-90% | ||
 Lycanroc Rock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vulpix View Lycanroc builds →Rock Slide 2x163-193%KO Brick Break 2x109-129%KO | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vulpix View Machoke builds →Brick Break 2x147-173%KO Rock Slide 2x98-116%KO | ||
 Magmar Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vulpix View Magmar builds →Lava Plume 2x113-133%KO Brick Break 2x94-111%KO | ||
Vulpix Evolutions
Alolan Vulpix doesn't evolve by leveling. You'll need an evolution item to push it forward to Alolan Ninetales. The evolved forms gain up to 206 total stats over Vulpix. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Vulpix easily with 218 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Agility, Charm, Disable and 11 more to offspring.
SM Vulpix Best Moveset
Fire at 50 Sp. Atk with AbilityDrought setting sun as a hidden ability. Alolan Vulpix adds pure Ice typing with AbilitySnow Warning setting hail. The moveset fires at pre-evolution power on both forms. Ninetales one evolution away puts the weather ability to B-tier use.
Best Build
Vulpix best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Will O Wisp
- Energy Ball
- Fire Blast
- Protect
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Vulpix misses out on Agility and Charm. That's 14 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Blizzard and Ice Beam, with coverage across 7 types rounding things out.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- 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. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, 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, Egg, 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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It exhales air colder than -58 degrees Fahrenheit
In hot weather, this Pokémon makes ice shards with its six tails and sprays them around to cool itself off.
Vulpix Event Distributions
In Sun & Moon, Vulpix reaches players through several Mystery Gift distributions, though it is far from a regular.
Sapporo Moving Alolan VulpixSunMoonNot shiny
Lillie's Snowy GiftSunMoonNot shiny
Lillie's Snowy GiftSunMoonNot shiny
Lillie's Snowy GiftSunMoonNot shiny
Vulpix (Alolan Form) GiftSunMoonNot shiny
Vulpix Sun & Moon Guide
Yes. Wild Vulpix in Sun & Moon can hold Charcoal (5%) or Snowball (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Charcoal.
For Sun & Moon, you can run Vulpix through the first few routes without issues. 299 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Ninetales as fast as you can.
Vulpix has an Alolan form that swaps the typing and reshuffles the stats. Introduced in Gen 7. Worth checking if the original version doesn't fit your team.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Red & Blue, Vulpix has appeared in 21 titles over 9 generations. Along the way, it received an Alolan form in Generation 7, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
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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