Vulpix
NinetalesCommunity tiers (you can vote in all four)
Classic
Rank #464 · 8 votes · median C
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Rank #355 · 15 votes · median B
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Endless
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Rank #105 · 7 votes · median D
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Tier history
6 recorded changes · 8 votes
9 recorded changes · 15 votes
7 recorded changes · 7 votes
Game data
Abilities
- Flash Fire
If hit by a Fire-type move, the Pokémon absorbs the flames and uses them to power up its own Fire-type moves by 50%.
- DroughtHidden
Summons harsh sunlight for 5 turns when the Pokémon enters a battle. Powers up Fire-type moves by 50% and halves the damage of Water-type moves.
Halves the damage the Pokémon takes from physical moves.
Egg moves
- MoonblastFairySpecial95 pow · 100%
Borrowing the power of the moon, the user attacks the target. This move has 10% chance of lowering the target’s Sp. Atk stat.
- TeleportPsychicStatus— · —
The user moves last and switches places with a party Pokémon in waiting, if any. If a wild Pokémon uses this move, it flees.
- Morning SunNormalStatus— · —
The user bathes in the pleasant rays of the sun, restoring ½ of its max HP. In harsh sunlight, ⅔ of its max HP will be restored instead. In all other weather conditions, ¼ of its max HP will be restored instead.
- Tail GlowBugStatus— · —Rare egg move
The user flashes bright lights as it focuses its mind, drastically boosting its Sp. Atk stat.
Base stats
Vulpix · BST 299
Ninetales · BST 505
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-3 starter:
- Passive ability
- 35 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 20 / 50 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 25 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Vulpix eggs: 22 🍬 after 20 hatches, 18 🍬 after 40 hatches, 12 🍬 after 80 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 75
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Vulpix needs 75 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.