Ninetales in Pokémon GO

Type	Fire
Pokédex number	#38
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	169 / 190 / 177
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	2,279 / 2,577 / 2,608
Max HP, level 50	161
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight	1.1 m / 19.9 kg

Ninetales evolution

Pokémon GO has no evolution levels: a Pokémon evolves when you spend Candy on it (sometimes with an item or a task), at any level.

Ninetales evolves from Vulpix for 50 Vulpix Candy.

Ninetales is the last stage of its family: it does not evolve further.

Family: Vulpix · Ninetales

Ninetales CP by level

Combat Power with perfect stats (15/15/15) and with 10/10/10. Players find that raid, egg and research catches never have a stat below 10; that floor is their measurement, not a number in the game data.

Level	CP 15/15/15	CP 10/10/10	HP 15/15/15	Note
15	977	926	99	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	1,302	1,235	114	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	1,628	1,544	128	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	1,954	1,853	140	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	2,117	2,007	146
40	2,279	2,162	151
45	2,426	2,301	156
50	2,577	2,444	161
51	2,608	2,473	162	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Ninetales best moveset

Ranked by damage per second over one cycle of fast attacks and one charged attack. Assumptions: Ninetales at level 40 with 15/15/15, a target with 180 Defense taking neutral damage, no weather boost, and the energy Ninetales gains from being hit left out.

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Fire Spin	Overheat	10.1
Fire Spin	Weather Ball Fire	10.0
Fire Spin	Fire Blast	9.5	Elite TM
Fire Spin	Flamethrower	9.2	Elite TM
Fire Spin	Solar Beam	9.2

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Ember	Fire	10	10	1 s	10.0	same type, ×1.2, Elite TM
Feint Attack	Dark	11	10	1 s	11.0
Fire Spin	Fire	13	9	1 s	13.0	same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Energy Ball	Grass	90	50	4 s	22.5	Elite TM
Fire Blast	Fire	140	100	4 s	35.0	same type, ×1.2, Elite TM
Flamethrower	Fire	65	50	2 s	32.5	same type, ×1.2, Elite TM
Heat Wave	Fire	95	100	3 s	31.7	same type, ×1.2
Overheat	Fire	160	100	4 s	40.0	same type, ×1.2
Psyshock	Psychic	60	33	2.5 s	24.0
Scorching Sands	Ground	90	50	3 s	30.0
Solar Beam	Grass	180	100	5 s	36.0
Weather Ball Fire	Fire	55	33	1.5 s	36.7	same type, ×1.2

Ninetales weaknesses and resistances

Damage multipliers for each attack type against Fire. Pokémon GO uses ×1.6 for super effective and ×0.625 for not very effective, multiplied for two types.

Attack type	Damage
Ground	×1.6
Rock	×1.6
Water	×1.6
Bug	×0.625
Fairy	×0.625
Fire	×0.625
Grass	×0.625
Ice	×0.625
Steel	×0.625

Ninetales CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 2,279 · HP 151

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Sources: stats, moves, evolution costs and the CP multiplier for each level are from the Pokémon GO game master as published by PokeMiners (commit 8e227be, data of 28 August 2026). Which Pokémon are in the game: pogoapi.net (list of 31 January 2026). CP = ⌊(Attack+IV) × √(Defense+IV) × √(Stamina+IV) × CPM² / 10⌋, checked against pogoapi.net’s max CP table for 888 Pokémon. Raid catch levels and the 10/10/10 floor are players’ measurements; they are not in the game data. Pokémon and Pokémon GO are trademarks of their owners; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Niantic, Scopely, Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK or The Pokémon Company.