Ninetales — VGC 2026 Regulation F usage stats and trends
Data through April 2026 · Smogon weighted ladder statistics
Ninetales ranks #62 in VGC 2026 Regulation F with 1.58% usage as of April 2026. Over 6 months on record its usage has risen 1.26 points.
Usage history
Month
Usage
Rank
November 2025
0.33%
107
December 2025
0.23%
121
January 2026
0.24%
116
February 2026
0.22%
124
March 2026
0.69%
83
April 2026
1.58%
62
Top Ninetales moves (ladder share)
Move
Share
Protect
21.4%
Heat Wave
19.2%
Helping Hand
17.6%
Overheat
13.5%
Encore
8.6%
Will-O-Wisp
4.9%
Snarl
2.7%
Fake Tears
2.0%
Disable
2.0%
Weather Ball
1.9%
Top Ninetales items (ladder share)
Item
Share
Life Orb
60.8%
Eject Pack
10.4%
Covert Cloak
9.7%
Eject Button
7.1%
Focus Sash
3.1%
Choice Specs
3.0%
Safety Goggles
2.5%
Charcoal
1.5%
Abilities (ladder share)
Ability
Share
Drought
100.0%
Flash Fire
0.0%
Common EV spreads (Showdown ladder)
Spread
Share
Timid:4/0/0/252/0/252
30.8%
Timid:244/0/0/12/0/252
23.2%
Timid:12/0/4/228/4/252
10.2%
Timid:252/0/44/4/4/200
8.0%
Calm:244/0/0/12/252/0
6.3%
Tera types
Tera type
Share
fire
41.2%
ghost
38.5%
grass
18.7%
flying
0.7%
stellar
0.6%
Common Ninetales teammates (ladder share)
Teammate
Share
Flutter Mane
18.3%
Tornadus
14.0%
Urshifu
12.2%
Great Tusk
5.7%
Walking Wake
5.1%
Sneasler
4.8%
Indeedee
4.7%
Ogerpon-Hearthflame
4.4%
Ogerpon-Cornerstone
4.0%
Incineroar
3.3%
Is Ninetales good in VGC 2026 Regulation F?
By usage, Ninetales is the #62 pick in VGC 2026 Regulation F at 1.58% of weighted teams as of April 2026, and its usage has risen 1.26 points over the months on record. Usage is not a tier rating — but at this rate you should either have a plan for Ninetales or a reason you are not running it.