OU Cinderace's Biggest Hater (Alolan Ninetales)

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[SET]
name: Aurora Veil
move 1: Aurora Veil
move 2: Encore
move 3: Freeze-Dry
move 4: Moonblast
item: Light Clay
tera type: Water
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With its unique combination of Aurora Veil, Snow Warning, and a good Speed tier, Alolan Ninetales establishes itself as a premiere lead for setting Aurora Veil, giving it the advantage over fellow dual screens setters like Grimmsnarl and Deoxys-S, which require two turns instead to set up. Encore shuts down setup sweepers that try to take advantage of Alolan Ninetales's mediocre offensive presence like Kingambit and punishes defensive Pokemon like Ting-Lu, Garganacl, and Corviknight, giving Alolan Ninetales's teammates free opportunities to set up Freeze-Dry threatens common leads like Landorus-T, Hisuian Samurott, and Gliscor as well as Pelipper, which otherwise removes Alolan Ninetales's snow unthreatened. Freeze-Dry can also target certain threats like Ogerpon-W and Walking Wake. Moonblast serves as a stronger secondary STAB option to slam threats like Darkrai, Zamazenta, and Weavile that Freeze-Dry cannot while hitting Hisuian Samurott slightly harder. Alternatively, Snowscape can be run over either STAB move, allowing Alolan Ninetales to reset snow in the face of weather setters Torkoal, Ninetales, Pelipper, and Tyranitar, ensuring both Aurora Veil and the advantage in the weather wars. Though Alolan Ninetales rarely wants to Terastallize, Tera Water is run to shed its Fire and Steel weaknesses, flipping the matchup on Pokemon like Iron Moth, Gholdengo, and Scizor.

With its invaluable ability to set dual screens in one turn, Alolan Ninetales cements itself as a lead for hyper offense teams. One sweeper that pairs exceptionally well with Alolan Ninetales is Kyurem, as its Dragon Dance set heavily appreciates both Aurora Veil and snow extending its already solid bulk to absurd levels. Other setup sweepers like Zamazenta, Kingambit, Raging Bolt, and Roaring Moon similarly enjoy Aurora Veil, able to boost with near impunity then crush the opposing team. In particular, Bulk Up Great Tusk is an excellent teammate for its added entry hazard removal in Rapid Spin, which Aurora Veil teams can otherwise struggle with. Rillaboom combines Grassy Terrain's recovery with Aurora Veil to allow even more opportunities for its teammates to set up with ease, which is especially useful for those weak to Earthquake like the aforementioned Raging Bolt and Kingambit. However, Alolan Ninetales's biggest foe, Cinderace, resists both of its STAB moves and can steal Aurora Veil with Court Change. Other major threats include Iron Moth and Steel-types like Gholdengo, Iron Crown, and Scizor, which similarly ignore Alolan Ninetales's attacks, can threaten an OHKO, and, in Iron Moth's case, can set up a Substitute freely. Thus, a great partner is Manaphy, which is able to shrug off any Steel- and Fire-type attacks while synergizing well with Aurora Veil, especially for its Double Dance set. Iron Moth easily boosts on Cinderace and threatens Steel-types, as well as snowballing through sun and Sticky Web teams that would otherwise give Alolan Ninetales trouble; Aurora Veil allows Iron Moth to take a hit or two, which is especially useful for the Substitute variants. Dragonite can serve as a useful check to Iron Moth, offensive Cinderace, and other offensive threats with its powerful Extreme Speed. Another Pokemon to watch out for is Corviknight, which can remove Aurora Veil with Defog, so teammates like the aforementioned Iron Moth and Raging Bolt are useful to pressure it from ever entering the field and using Defog freely.

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[SET]
name: Aurora Veil
move 1: Aurora Veil
move 2: Freeze-Dry
move 3: Encore
move 4: Snowscape / Moonblast
item: Light Clay
tera type: Water
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe (248 is not a rocks number and this is the spread on site)

[SET COMMENTS]
With its unique combination of Aurora Veil, Snow Warning, and a good Speed tier, Alolan Ninetales establishes itself as a premiere lead for Screens setters. Aurora Veil is the lynchpin to Alolan Ninetales's viability, combining both Light Screen and Reflect into one turn, giving it the advantage over fellow Screens setters like Dragapult and Deoxys-Speed, who require two. screen setter Dragapult is pretty uncommon and is pretty outdated: maybe another example like grimmsnarl? Freeze-Dry is a solid STAB option, threatening common Ground-type leads like Landorus-T, Ting-Lu, Hisuian Samurott, (freeze-dry is an 8HKO on Lu, Hisuian Samurott is a better example) and Gliscor, as well as opposing weather setter Pelipper, which otherwise removes Alolan Ninetales's Snow. Encore shuts down set-up sweepers that try to take advantage of Alolan Ninetales's mediocre Special Attack, like Gholdengo and Kingambit. you can't encore Gholdengo, but there are plenty of examples of setup mons that hate being encored, stuff like Zamazenta basically gets forced to leave the field. Encore is also potent against many defensive mons like Ting-Lu, which if locked into a bad move becomes a momentum sink. Encore also gives your teammates, already behind Veil, further setup opportunities Finally, Snow Warning allows Alolan Ninetales to reset Snow in the face of opposing weather setters Torkoal, Kantonian Ninetales, Pelipper, and Tyranitar, ensuring both Aurora Veil and the advantage in the weather wars. Alternatively, Moonblast serves are a stronger secondary STAB to slam threats like Darkrai, Zamazenta, and Weavile that Freeze-Dry cannot. Tera Water is run to shed the main weaknesses of Alolan Ninetales, flipping the matchup on Pokemon like Iron Moth, Gholdengo, and Scizor, allowing for another 8 turns of Aurora Veil.

With its invaluable ability to set both Screens at once, Alolan Ninetales cements itself as a lead for Hyper Offense teams. One sweeper that pairs exceptionally well with Alolan Ninetales is Kyurem, as its Dragon Dance set heavily appreciates both the halved damage from Aurora Veil, and the extra Defense bonus granted by Snow, extending Kyurem's already solid bulk to absurd levels. Other bulky set-up sweepers like Zamazenta, Raging Bolt, and Kingambit similarly enjoy Aurora Veil, able to boost with near impunity then crush the opposing team. However, it's not all snowstorms and aurora borealis for Alolan Ninetales, as Cinderace, its biggest foe, resists both of Alolan Ninetales's STABs and can steal Aurora Veil with Court Change. Thus, another excellent partner is Iron Moth, who can easily boost on Cinderace while caring little for its attacks, as well as snowball through Sun and Sticky Webs teams that would otherwise give Alolan Ninetales trouble, while Aurora Veil allows it to take a hit or two, especially useful for the Substitute variants. regarding checks and counters: Iron Moth completely walls A9, outspeeds, and takes three hits to break its sub. encore prediction is your only out. Gholdengo, being immune to Encore, can turn A9 into a setup chance or just obliterate it with MIR Similarly, the Bulk Up variant of Great Tusk is a great teammate, with the added utility of hazard removal, which allows Alolan Ninetales to repeatedly switch-in to reset Aurora Veil. Rillaboom is a notably common partner too (30-37% on high ladder), with the combination of Veil and GT making offensive threats remarkably bulky
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[SET]
name: Aurora Veil
move 1: Aurora Veil
move 2: Encore
move 3: Freeze-Dry / Snowscape
move 4: Moonblast / Snowscape (should prob be removed before cause other weathers are not as prominent + havent seen the move used in a long time. it's fine if you wanna keep it as just a text mention though)
item: Light Clay
tera type: Water
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With its unique combination of Aurora Veil, Snow Warning, and a good Speed tier, Alolan Ninetales establishes itself as a premiere lead for Screens setters, (comma) Aurora Veil is the lynchpin to Alolan Ninetales's viability, combining both Light Screen and Reflect into one turn, (redundant + dex info) giving it the advantage over fellow Screens setters like Grimmsnarl and Deoxys-Speed, who require two. which require two turns instead to set dual screens up. Encore shuts down setup sweepers that try to take advantage of Alolan Ninetales's mediocre Special Attack, offensive presence, (more general since some mons dont even care about your stab moves) like Kingambit, as well as crippling punish (reworded cause crippling usually implies like status or trick, feel free to use a diff word) defensive Pokemon like Ting-Lu and Garganacl, (i think corv is also a good mention here since it kinda sits on atales and can freely defog your screens) giving Alolan Ninetales's teammates free opportunities to setup. Freeze-Dry is a solid STAB option, threatening common leads like Landorus-T, Hisuian Samurott, and Gliscor, as well as opposing weather setter Pelipper, which otherwise removes Alolan Ninetales's Snow. (can prob mention just other non-lead mons like waterpon too tbh) Finally, Moonblast serves are a stronger secondary STAB to slam threats like Darkrai, Zamazenta, and Weavile that Freeze-Dry cannot while hitting Hisuian Samurott slightly harder. Alternatively, Snowscape can be run over either STAB, allowing Alolan Ninetales to reset Snow in the face of opposing weather setters Torkoal, Ninetales, Pelipper, and Tyranitar, ensuring both Aurora Veil and the advantage in the weather wars. Tera Water is run to shed the main (is 'main' implying steel and fire? would just specify those instead to be clearer) weaknesses of Alolan Ninetales, flipping the matchup on Pokemon like Iron Moth, Gholdengo, and Scizor, allowing for another 8 turns of Aurora Veil. (technically it's not just to set up more screens, since it could also be giving u that 1 crucial turn to encore or chip them etc, so would just generalize this)

With its invaluable ability to set both Screens at once, Alolan Ninetales cements itself as a lead for Hyper Offense teams. One sweeper that pairs exceptionally well with Alolan Ninetales is Kyurem, as its Dragon Dance set heavily appreciates both Aurora Veil + snow both the halved damage from Aurora Veil, and the extra Defense bonus granted by Snow, (dex info) extending Kyurem's already solid bulk to absurd levels. Rillaboom is also a strong partner, combining Grassy Terrain with Aurora Veil to allow even more opportunities the frailest of offensive threats (only screens mon weak to eq that is frail is like moth, can prob just reword this) to setup with ease, especially useful for those weak to Earthquake. (like who? you can mention the bolt and gambit here and then change their mentions later on) Other bulky (technically more relatively frailers mon also love screens) setup sweepers like Zamazenta, Raging Bolt, and Kingambit Roaring Moon, Dragonite, and Great Tusk similarly enjoy Aurora Veil, able to boost with near impunity then crush the opposing team. (mention tusk also providing removal here) However, it's not all snowstorms (doesn't this have a negative connotation? gp would prob ask to remove the pun anyways lol) and aurora borealis for Alolan Ninetales, as Cinderace, its biggest foe, resists both of Alolan Ninetales's STABs and can steal Aurora Veil with Court Change. Another major threat is Gholdengo, who similarly ignores Alolan Ninetales's attacks as well as Encore, and can threaten a devastating Make It Rain or start boosting with Nasty Plot. (you can prob generalize this to just steel types, cause scizor and iron crown are similarly problematic. from there, you can mention teammates that help against them, either offensively threatening them or stuff that can come in to set up in front of them after you sack atales. manaphy is a good mention to soft check the fires and steels) Thus, an excellent partner is Iron Moth, who can easily boost on Cinderace and threaten Gholdengo, as well as snowball through Sun and Sticky Webs teams that would otherwise give Alolan Ninetales trouble, while Aurora Veil allows it to take a hit or two, especially useful for the Substitute variants. (mention how moth and the aforementioned raging bolt can threaten corv from coming in to defog your screens away) Unfortunately, it is also a threat to Alolan Ninetales, as it can just as easily boost on Alolan Ninetales, or set a Substitute while Alolan Ninetales's attacks effectively bounce off its resistances. The Bulk Up variant of Great Tusk is a great teammate to check opposing Iron Moth, with the added utility of hazard removal, which allows Alolan Ninetales to repeatedly switch-in to reset Aurora Veil. (dont think tusk is reliable enough for it. i did mention manaphy up there but there are also other sturdier soft checks like dnite bolt you usually run for the moth matchup. moved tusk above instead as a setup mon that gives you removal)
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[SET]
name: Aurora Veil
move 1: Aurora Veil
move 2: Encore
move 3: Freeze-Dry
move 4: Moonblast
item: Light Clay
tera type: Water
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With its unique combination of Aurora Veil, Snow Warning, and a good Speed tier, Alolan Ninetales establishes itself as a premiere lead for setting dual screens Screens setters, giving it the advantage over fellow Screens setters like Grimmsnarl and Deoxys-Speed, which require two turns instead to set dual screens up. Encore shuts down setup sweepers that try to take advantage of Alolan Ninetales's mediocre offensive presence like Kingambit, as well as punish defensive Pokemon like Ting-Lu, Garganacl, and Corviknight, giving Alolan Ninetales's teammates free opportunities to setup. Freeze-Dry is a solid STAB option, threatening common leads like Landorus-T, Hisuian Samurott, and Gliscor, as well as opposing weather setter Pelipper, who otherwise removes Alolan Ninetales's Snow. Freeze-Dry can also serve to target certain threats like Ogerpon-Wellspring and Walking Wake. Finally, Moonblast serves are a stronger secondary STAB to slam threats like Darkrai, Zamazenta, and Weavile that Freeze-Dry cannot while hitting Hisuian Samurott slightly harder. Alternatively, Snowscape can be run over either STAB, allowing Alolan Ninetales to reset Snow in the face of opposing weather setters Torkoal, Ninetales, Pelipper, and Tyranitar, ensuring both Aurora Veil and the advantage in the weather wars. Tera Water is run to shed the Fire- and Steel-type weaknesses of Alolan Ninetales, flipping the matchup on Pokemon like Iron Moth, Gholdengo, and Scizor, allowing Alolan-Ninetales to survive an extra turn or two. (can prob mention it rarely wants to tera in the first part of the sentence but up to you)

With its invaluable ability to set both Screens at once, Alolan Ninetales cements itself as a lead for Hyper Offense teams. One sweeper that pairs exceptionally well with Alolan Ninetales is Kyurem, as its Dragon Dance set heavily appreciates both Aurora Veil + snow extending Kyurem's already solid bulk to absurd levels. Rillaboom is also a strong partner, combining Grassy Terrain with Aurora Veil to allow even more opportunities to setup with ease, especially useful for those weak to Earthquake like Raging Bolt and Kingambit. (rilla is not too mandatory on atales screens so moved it below here since gambit and bolt can make work without the terrain) Other setup sweepers like Zamazenta, Kingambit, Raging Bolt, and Roaring Moon similarly enjoy Aurora Veil, able to boost with near impunity then crush the opposing team. In particular, Bulk Up Great Tusk is an excellent teammate for its added hazard removal in Rapid Spin, which Veil teams can otherwise struggle with. Rillaboom is also a strong partner, combining Grassy Terrain's recovery with Aurora Veil to allow even more opportunities for their teammates to set up with ease, especially useful for those weak to Earthquake like the aforementioned Raging Bolt and Kingambit. (i know it's a bit cheesey but would those double dancers deserve a mention here? since those type of setup mons are only used on screens over other HOs like webs or hazard lead. stuff like cm+agility iron crown and latias, though they're not too standard that it's fine if you decide to omit them) However, it's not all snowflakes and aurora borealis for Alolan Ninetales, as Cinderace, its biggest foe, resists both of Alolan Ninetales's STABs and can steal Aurora Veil with Court Change. Another major threat are Iron Moth and Steel-types like Gholdengo, Iron Crown, and Scizor, who similarly ignores Alolan Ninetales's attacks, and can threaten an OHKO, and in Iron Moth's case set up a Substitute freely. Thus, an excellent partner is Iron Moth, who can easily boost on Cinderace and threaten the Steels, as well as snowball through Sun and Sticky Webs teams that would otherwise give Alolan Ninetales trouble, while Aurora Veil allows it to take a hit or two, especially useful for the Substitute variants. Manaphy is similarly a great partner, able to shrug off any Steel- and Fire-type attacks, while synergizing well with Aurora Veil, especially for its Double Dance set. Dragonite can serve as a useful check to Iron Moth and offensive Cinderace, as well as other offensive threats with its powerful Extreme Speed. Another Pokemon to watch out for is Corviknight, who can remove Aurora Veil with Defog, so teammates like the aforementioned Iron Moth and Raging Bolt (idk if dengo is used on screens nowadays for the defog corv matchup? if yes maybe it can be mentioned too) are useful to pressure it from ever entering the field and using Defog freely. prevent this. (you dont necessarily prevent it from defogging, it's mostly that corv have no way to come in to freely click defog compared to like if you have a gambit out which invites it in. even if corv did come in to defog, you can hard into your bolt or moth for free setup too) Unfortunately, Iron Moth is also a threat to Alolan Ninetales, as it can just as easily boost on Alolan Ninetales, or set a Substitute while Alolan Ninetales's attacks effectively bounce off its resistances. Therefore, Dragonite can serve as a useful check to Iron Moth, as well as other offensive threats with its powerful Extreme Speed. (combined this to all the list of the threats into one place so it's much cleaner)
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Marnie said:
[SET]
name: Aurora Veil
move 1: Aurora Veil
move 2: Encore
move 3: Freeze-Dry
move 4: Moonblast
item: Light Clay
tera type: Water
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With its unique combination of Aurora Veil, Snow Warning, and a good Speed tier, Alolan Ninetales establishes itself as a premiere lead for setting dual screens Screens setters, giving it the advantage over fellow Screens setters like Grimmsnarl and Deoxys-Speed, which require two turns instead to set dual screens up. Encore shuts down setup sweepers that try to take advantage of Alolan Ninetales's mediocre offensive presence like Kingambit, as well as punish defensive Pokemon like Ting-Lu, Garganacl, and Corviknight, giving Alolan Ninetales's teammates free opportunities to setup. Freeze-Dry is a solid STAB option, threatening common leads like Landorus-T, Hisuian Samurott, and Gliscor, as well as opposing weather setter Pelipper, who otherwise removes Alolan Ninetales's Snow. Freeze-Dry can also serve to target certain threats like Ogerpon-Wellspring and Walking Wake. Finally, Moonblast serves are a stronger secondary STAB to slam threats like Darkrai, Zamazenta, and Weavile that Freeze-Dry cannot while hitting Hisuian Samurott slightly harder. Alternatively, Snowscape can be run over either STAB, allowing Alolan Ninetales to reset Snow in the face of opposing weather setters Torkoal, Ninetales, Pelipper, and Tyranitar, ensuring both Aurora Veil and the advantage in the weather wars. Tera Water is run to shed the Fire- and Steel-type weaknesses of Alolan Ninetales, flipping the matchup on Pokemon like Iron Moth, Gholdengo, and Scizor, allowing Alolan-Ninetales to survive an extra turn or two. (can prob mention it rarely wants to tera in the first part of the sentence but up to you)

With its invaluable ability to set both Screens at once, Alolan Ninetales cements itself as a lead for Hyper Offense teams. One sweeper that pairs exceptionally well with Alolan Ninetales is Kyurem, as its Dragon Dance set heavily appreciates both Aurora Veil + snow extending Kyurem's already solid bulk to absurd levels. Rillaboom is also a strong partner, combining Grassy Terrain with Aurora Veil to allow even more opportunities to setup with ease, especially useful for those weak to Earthquake like Raging Bolt and Kingambit. (rilla is not too mandatory on atales screens so moved it below here since gambit and bolt can make work without the terrain) Other setup sweepers like Zamazenta, Kingambit, Raging Bolt, and Roaring Moon similarly enjoy Aurora Veil, able to boost with near impunity then crush the opposing team. In particular, Bulk Up Great Tusk is an excellent teammate for its added hazard removal in Rapid Spin, which Veil teams can otherwise struggle with. Rillaboom is also a strong partner, combining Grassy Terrain's recovery with Aurora Veil to allow even more opportunities for their teammates to set up with ease, especially useful for those weak to Earthquake like the aforementioned Raging Bolt and Kingambit. (i know it's a bit cheesey but would those double dancers deserve a mention here? since those type of setup mons are only used on screens over other HOs like webs or hazard lead. stuff like cm+agility iron crown and latias, though they're not too standard that it's fine if you decide to omit them) However, it's not all snowflakes and aurora borealis for Alolan Ninetales, as Cinderace, its biggest foe, resists both of Alolan Ninetales's STABs and can steal Aurora Veil with Court Change. Another major threat are Iron Moth and Steel-types like Gholdengo, Iron Crown, and Scizor, who similarly ignores Alolan Ninetales's attacks, and can threaten an OHKO, and in Iron Moth's case set up a Substitute freely. Thus, an excellent partner is Iron Moth, who can easily boost on Cinderace and threaten the Steels, as well as snowball through Sun and Sticky Webs teams that would otherwise give Alolan Ninetales trouble, while Aurora Veil allows it to take a hit or two, especially useful for the Substitute variants. Manaphy is similarly a great partner, able to shrug off any Steel- and Fire-type attacks, while synergizing well with Aurora Veil, especially for its Double Dance set. Dragonite can serve as a useful check to Iron Moth and offensive Cinderace, as well as other offensive threats with its powerful Extreme Speed. Another Pokemon to watch out for is Corviknight, who can remove Aurora Veil with Defog, so teammates like the aforementioned Iron Moth and Raging Bolt (idk if dengo is used on screens nowadays for the defog corv matchup? if yes maybe it can be mentioned too) are useful to pressure it from ever entering the field and using Defog freely. prevent this. (you dont necessarily prevent it from defogging, it's mostly that corv have no way to come in to freely click defog compared to like if you have a gambit out which invites it in. even if corv did come in to defog, you can hard into your bolt or moth for free setup too) Unfortunately, Iron Moth is also a threat to Alolan Ninetales, as it can just as easily boost on Alolan Ninetales, or set a Substitute while Alolan Ninetales's attacks effectively bounce off its resistances. Therefore, Dragonite can serve as a useful check to Iron Moth, as well as other offensive threats with its powerful Extreme Speed. (combined this to all the list of the threats into one place so it's much cleaner)
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[SET]
name: Aurora Veil
move 1: Aurora Veil
move 2: Encore
move 3: Freeze-Dry
move 4: Moonblast
item: Light Clay
tera type: Water
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With its unique combination of Aurora Veil, Snow Warning, and a good Speed tier, Alolan Ninetales establishes itself as a premiere lead for setting Aurora Veil dual screens, giving it the advantage over fellow Screens dual screens setters like Grimmsnarl and Deoxys-Speed, which require two turns instead to set dual screens up. Encore shuts down setup sweepers that try to take advantage of Alolan Ninetales's mediocre offensive presence like Kingambit (remove comma) as well as punish and punishes defensive Pokemon like Ting-Lu, Garganacl, and Corviknight, giving Alolan Ninetales's teammates free opportunities to set up setup. Freeze-Dry is a solid STAB option, threatening threatens common leads like Landorus-T, Hisuian Samurott, and Gliscor (remove comma) as well as opposing weather setter Pelipper, who which otherwise removes Alolan Ninetales's snow unthreatened Snow (added this bit because it technically always removes snow, this move just threatens it). Freeze-Dry can also serve to target certain threats like Ogerpon-Wellspring and Walking Wake. Finally, Moonblast serves are a stronger secondary STAB option to slam threats like Darkrai, Zamazenta, and Weavile that Freeze-Dry cannot while hitting Hisuian Samurott slightly harder. Alternatively, Snowscape (shouldn't u add this to the [SET]?) can be run over either STAB move, allowing Alolan Ninetales to reset Snow snow in the face of opposing weather setters Torkoal, Ninetales, Pelipper, and Tyranitar, ensuring both Aurora Veil and the advantage in the weather wars. Though Alolan Ninetales rarely wants to Terastallize, Tera Water is run to shed the Fire- and Steel-type its Fire and Steel weaknesses of Alolan Ninetales, flipping the matchup on Pokemon like Iron Moth, Gholdengo, and Scizor.

With its invaluable ability to set dual screens in one turn both Screens at once, Alolan Ninetales cements itself as a lead for hyper offense Hyper Offense teams. One sweeper that pairs exceptionally well with Alolan Ninetales is Kyurem, as its Dragon Dance set heavily appreciates both Aurora Veil and + snow extending Kyurem's its already solid bulk to absurd levels. Other setup sweepers like Zamazenta, Kingambit, Raging Bolt, and Roaring Moon similarly enjoy Aurora Veil, able to boost with near impunity then crush the opposing team. In particular, Bulk Up Great Tusk is an excellent teammate for its added entry hazard removal in Rapid Spin, which Aurora Veil teams can otherwise struggle with. Rillaboom is also a strong partner, combining combines Grassy Terrain's recovery with Aurora Veil to allow even more opportunities for its their teammates to set up with ease, which is especially useful for those weak to Earthquake like the aforementioned Raging Bolt and Kingambit. However, it's not all snowflakes and aurora borealis for Alolan Ninetales, as Cinderace, its biggest foe, However, Alolan Ninetales's biggest foe, Cinderace, resists both of its STAB moves Alolan Ninetales's STABs and can steal Aurora Veil with Court Change. Other major threats include Iron Moth and Steel-types like Gholdengo, Iron Crown, and Scizor, which who similarly ignore ignores Alolan Ninetales's attacks, can threaten an OHKO, and, (comma) in Iron Moth's case, (comma) can set up a Substitute freely. Thus, a great partner is Manaphy, who which is able to shrug off any Steel- and Fire-type attacks (remove comma) while synergizing well with Aurora Veil, especially for its Double Dance set. Iron Moth can also be an excellent partner, easily boosts boosting on Cinderace and threatens threatening the Steel-types, as well as snowballing through Sun sun and Sticky Web Webs teams that would otherwise give Alolan Ninetales trouble; (semicolon) while Aurora Veil allows Iron Moth it to take a hit or two, which is especially useful for the Substitute variants. Dragonite can serve as a useful check to Iron Moth, offensive Cinderace, and other and offensive Cinderace, as well as other offensive threats with its powerful Extreme Speed. Another Pokemon to watch out for is Corviknight, which who can remove Aurora Veil with Defog, so teammates like the aforementioned Iron Moth and Raging Bolt are useful to pressure it from ever entering the field and using Defog freely.

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[SET]
name: Aurora Veil
move 1: Aurora Veil
move 2: Encore
move 3: Freeze-Dry
move 4: Moonblast
item: Light Clay
tera type: Water
ability: Snow Warning
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
With its unique combination of Aurora Veil, Snow Warning, and a good Speed tier, Alolan Ninetales establishes itself as a premiere lead for setting Aurora Veil dual screens, giving it the advantage over fellow Screens dual screens setters like Grimmsnarl and Deoxys-Speed, which require two turns instead to set dual screens up. Encore shuts down setup sweepers that try to take advantage of Alolan Ninetales's mediocre offensive presence like Kingambit (remove comma) as well as punish and punishes defensive Pokemon like Ting-Lu, Garganacl, and Corviknight, giving Alolan Ninetales's teammates free opportunities to set up setup. Freeze-Dry is a solid STAB option, threatening threatens common leads like Landorus-T, Hisuian Samurott, and Gliscor (remove comma) as well as opposing weather setter Pelipper, who which otherwise removes Alolan Ninetales's snow unthreatened Snow (added this bit because it technically always removes snow, this move just threatens it). Freeze-Dry can also serve to target certain threats like Ogerpon-Wellspring and Walking Wake. Finally, Moonblast serves are a stronger secondary STAB option to slam threats like Darkrai, Zamazenta, and Weavile that Freeze-Dry cannot while hitting Hisuian Samurott slightly harder. Alternatively, Snowscape (shouldn't u add this to the [SET]?) can be run over either STAB move, allowing Alolan Ninetales to reset Snow snow in the face of opposing weather setters Torkoal, Ninetales, Pelipper, and Tyranitar, ensuring both Aurora Veil and the advantage in the weather wars. Though Alolan Ninetales rarely wants to Terastallize, Tera Water is run to shed the Fire- and Steel-type its Fire and Steel weaknesses of Alolan Ninetales, flipping the matchup on Pokemon like Iron Moth, Gholdengo, and Scizor.

With its invaluable ability to set dual screens in one turn both Screens at once, Alolan Ninetales cements itself as a lead for hyper offense Hyper Offense teams. One sweeper that pairs exceptionally well with Alolan Ninetales is Kyurem, as its Dragon Dance set heavily appreciates both Aurora Veil and + snow extending Kyurem's its already solid bulk to absurd levels. Other setup sweepers like Zamazenta, Kingambit, Raging Bolt, and Roaring Moon similarly enjoy Aurora Veil, able to boost with near impunity then crush the opposing team. In particular, Bulk Up Great Tusk is an excellent teammate for its added entry hazard removal in Rapid Spin, which Aurora Veil teams can otherwise struggle with. Rillaboom is also a strong partner, combining combines Grassy Terrain's recovery with Aurora Veil to allow even more opportunities for its their teammates to set up with ease, which is especially useful for those weak to Earthquake like the aforementioned Raging Bolt and Kingambit. However, it's not all snowflakes and aurora borealis for Alolan Ninetales, as Cinderace, its biggest foe, However, Alolan Ninetales's biggest foe, Cinderace, resists both of its STAB moves Alolan Ninetales's STABs and can steal Aurora Veil with Court Change. Other major threats include Iron Moth and Steel-types like Gholdengo, Iron Crown, and Scizor, which who similarly ignore ignores Alolan Ninetales's attacks, can threaten an OHKO, and, (comma) in Iron Moth's case, (comma) can set up a Substitute freely. Thus, a great partner is Manaphy, who which is able to shrug off any Steel- and Fire-type attacks (remove comma) while synergizing well with Aurora Veil, especially for its Double Dance set. Iron Moth can also be an excellent partner, easily boosts boosting on Cinderace and threatens threatening the Steel-types, as well as snowballing through Sun sun and Sticky Web Webs teams that would otherwise give Alolan Ninetales trouble; (semicolon) while Aurora Veil allows Iron Moth it to take a hit or two, which is especially useful for the Substitute variants. Dragonite can serve as a useful check to Iron Moth, offensive Cinderace, and other and offensive Cinderace, as well as other offensive threats with its powerful Extreme Speed. Another Pokemon to watch out for is Corviknight, which who can remove Aurora Veil with Defog, so teammates like the aforementioned Iron Moth and Raging Bolt are useful to pressure it from ever entering the field and using Defog freely.

[SET CREDITS]
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o7 the joke it made it all the way to the end, this analysis is done!
 
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