
Ninetales-Alola @ Light Clay
Ability: Snow Warning
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Blizzard
- Moonblast / Encore
- Aurora Veil
- Protect
This majestic arctic fox is one who should not be messed with! Alolan Ninetales makes a great support on weather teams
Weather teams isn't correct here, it's the core of a Snow team, being a great upgrade to Abomasnow and is able to turn off other weather., due to its above average Speed and Defense thanks to its ablilty, Snow Warning.
This makes it sound like Snow Warning boosts speed. ATale's defense is actually quite mediocre, so you would want to mention that it increases its own survivability instead of saying it has above average defense. It's really a side note. What makes its speed tier stand out is fast Aurora veil. Blizzard with its
ablitly ability makes it not be able to miss , allowing for it to deal solid damage to most Pokemon in the tier, 2HKOing Pokemon like Amoongus.
"Blizzard hits are guaranteed in Snow, 2HKOing Amoonguss and Landorus" or something like that. Blizzard is a pretty strong move, but it's not specially invested off an 81 base stat and most targets are neutral. It hits a few things hard, so just mention those. Moonblast can be used to help with Dark-types such as Chien-Pao,
it only hits Chien-Pao, no other relevant Dark type it does significant damage to while Encore can be used to trap slower Pokemon
. remove period here and merge these sentences forcing it out and allowing for Alolan Ninetales teammates to setup.
It doesn't trap opponents, but it does force them out for being locked into a move (discouraging setup). Remove the mention of trapping. Aurora Veil reduces the amount of damage its teammates take, making them harder to handle.
Mention something like it's another way it assists with teammates setting up here, "harder to handle" is too vague. Fast Aurora veil is the star of the show for this set, so it should probably be mentioned first and elaborated on more. Light Clay ensures that Aurora Veil lasts for 8 turns. Tera Ghost makes Alolan Ninetales immune to Fake out from Pokemon such as Iron Hands, which can allow
for it to setup Aurora Veil easier. Alolan Ninetales fits well on hyper offensive and weather teams that try to overwhelm the opponent. Alolan Ninetales can pair well with Ice-type partners such as Iron Bundle
particularly because Bundle also wants to use Blizzard because of the accuracy and
Chien-pao Baxcalibur Bax is a better mention here, as it benefits much more strongly from Veil and the Snow defense buff as it's a setup mon, helping them sustain more damage allowing for them to live longer.
"increasing their survivability" or something, this is worded a bit strangely.