Ninetales

038 Ninetales
Fire
3' 7" - 42.9 lbs	Catch Rate: 17.5%

Ninetales is a Fire-type Pokémon introduced in Generation 1.

Biology

Ninetales is a quadrupedal canine Pokémon covered in thick, luxurious golden-white fur. It has a small mane of thicker fur around its neck and a long, fluffy crest atop its head. It has slender legs with three-toed paws and nine long tails with pale orange tips. It has red eyes, pointed ears, and a triangular black nose.

A legend claims that Ninetales is the reincarnation of 9 united noble saints. While intelligent enough to easily understand human speech, Ninetales is a vengeful Pokémon known to curse those who mistreat it. Ninetales will also curse anyone who wakes it up by grabbing one of its many tails. The curse can last up to 1,000 years. As mentioned in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, once a Ninetales casts its curse, it cannot be removed even by Ninetales itself. It can live for 1,000 years due to the energy within its nine tails, each of which is said to have a different mystical power. Flames spewed from its mouth can hypnotize an opponent and its gleaming red eyes are said to give it the ability to control minds. As mentioned in the Sleep Style Dex, Ninetales is known to sleep while wrapped inside its tails, giving it a mystical appearance. In the first Pokémon movie, it's shown that it can swim. Pokémon-Amie shows that Ninetales lick their paws to clean themselves. Being the result of an Evolution via Evolution stone, Ninetales are rarely found in the wild, though they can be found in grasslands.

Evolution

It evolves from Vulpix when exposed to a Fire Stone.

Locations Found

There are no known locations where this Pokémon is found in the wild.

Base Stats

Stat	Value
HP	73
Attack	76
Defense	75
Sp. Atk	81
Sp. Def	100
Speed	100
Total	505

Type effectiveness

Weak to (x2)		Resistant to (x1/2)		Immune to (x0)
Normal	Grass	Fire	Water	Bug	Electric
	x1/2	x1/2	x2	x1/2
Steel	Ice	Psychic	Fighting	Flying	Poison
x1/2	x1/2
Ground	Rock	Ghost	Dragon	Dark	Fairy
x2	x2				x1/2

Learnset

Level	Move	Type	Category	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
1	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100%	15
1	Tail Whip	Normal	Status	—	100%	30
1	Quick Attack	Normal	Physical	40	100%	30
Rem.	Disable	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
Rem.	Ember	Fire	Special	40	100%	25
Rem.	Fire Spin	Fire	Special	35	85%	15
Rem.	Confuse Ray	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10
Rem.	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	110	85%	5
Rem.	Spite	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10
Rem.	Safeguard	Normal	Status	—	—	25
Rem.	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	Status	—	85%	15
Rem.	Imprison	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
Rem.	Extrasensory	Psychic	Special	80	100%	20
Rem.	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	—	—	20
Rem.	Incinerate	Fire	Special	60	100%	15
Rem.	Inferno	Fire	Special	100	50%	5