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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I
#038 Ninetales
Fire
- SpeciesFox Pokémon
- Japanese nameKyukon
- PronunciationNINE-TAILS
- Height3′ 7″ 1.09 m
- Weight44.0 lb 19.80 kg
- Gender♂ 25% · ♀ 75%
PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats
Pokédex entries
| RedBlue | Very smart and very vengeful. Grabbing one of its many tails could result in a 1000-year curse. |
|---|---|
| Yellow | According to an enduring legend, 9 noble saints were united and reincarnated into this POKEMON. |
| Stadium | It is extremely vindictive. It is said to lay a 1,000-year long curse if its tail is pulled as a joke. |
| GoldStadium 2 | Some legends claim that each of its nine tails has its own unique type of special mystical power. |
| Silver | Its nine beautiful tails are filled with wondrous energy that could keep it alive for 1,000 years. |
| Crystal | It is said to live a thousand years, and each of its tails is loaded with supernatural powers. |
Where to find Ninetales
| Game | Where to find it | Time | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Must Evolve from Vulpix with a Fire Stone | NA | Evolve |
| Red | NA | Evolve | |
| Yellow | NA | Evolve | |
| Gold | Any | Evolve | |
| Silver | Any | Evolve | |
| Crystal | Any | Evolve |
How to catch
| Ground | Surf | Fishing | Forest Tree | Mountain Tree | Rock Smash | Breed | Evolve | Event | BugCatch | Game Corner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R/B | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Yellow | ✓ | ||||||||||
| G/S | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Crystal | ✓ |
✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.
Type matchups
Defence: damage taken from each attack type
- Normal×1
- Fire×0.5
- Water×2
- Electric×1
- Grass×0.5
- IceG/S/C ×0.5R/B/Y × 1
- Fighting×1
- Poison×1
- Ground×2
- ×1
- Psychic×1
- Bug×0.5
- Rock×2
- Ghost×1
- Dragon×1
- Dark×1
- Steel×0.5
- Gold, Silver & Crystal: 3 weaknesses and 5 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 3 : 5 (60%).
- Red, Blue & Yellow: 3 weaknesses and 3 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).
- This Pokémon has more resistances in GSC than RBY, thus has a better defense ratio in GSC.
Offence: same-type attacks against each type
- NormalNormal
- FireBad
- WaterBad
- ElectricNormal
- GrassGood
- IceGood
- FightingNormal
- PoisonNormal
- GroundNormal
- Normal
- PsychicNormal
- BugGood
- RockBad
- GhostNormal
- DragonBad
- DarkNormal
- SteelGood
- Gold, Silver & Crystal: 4 advantages and 4 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).
- Red, Blue & Yellow: 3 advantages and 4 disadvantages out of 15 types. Offensive ratio 3:4 (75%).
Moves learned by levelling up
| R/B/Y | G/S/C | Move | Type | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Start | Ember | Fire | Special |
| Start | Start | Tail Whip | Normal | Status |
| — | — | Quick Attack | Normal | Physical |
| — | — | Roar | Normal | Status |
| — | — | Confuse Ray | Ghost | Status |
| — | — | Safeguard | Normal | Status |
| — | — | Flamethrower | Fire | Special |
| — | 43 | Fire Spin | Fire | Special |
“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.
Move Tutor Crystal
- Flamethrower
TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal
- TM02Headbutt
- TM03Curse
- TM05Roar
- TM06Toxic
- TM10Hidden Power
- TM11Sunny Day
- TM13Snore
- TM15Hyper Beam
- TM17Protect
- TM20Endure
- TM21Frustration
- TM23Iron Tail
- TM27Return
- TM28Dig
- TM32Double Team
- TM34Swagger
- TM35Sleep Talk
- TM38Fire Blast
- TM39Swift
- TM44Rest
- TM45Attract
TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow
- TM06Toxic
- TM08Body Slam
- TM09Take Down
- TM10Double-Edge
- TM15Hyper Beam
- TM20Rage
- TM28Dig
- TM31Mimic
- TM32Double Team
- TM33Reflect
- TM34Bide
- TM38Fire Blast
- TM39Swift
- TM40Skull Bash
- TM44Rest
- TM50Substitute
Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal
| Egg groups | Ground Pokémon group 7 |
|---|
Compatible Pokémon
- Aipom
- Cyndaquil Family
- Delibird
- Diglett Family
- Dunsparce
- Eevee Family
- Ekans Family
- Farfetch’d
- Girafarig
- Growlithe Family
- Houndour Family
- Mankey Family
- Mareep Family
- Meowth Family
- Miltank
- Nidoran♂ Family
- Nidoran♀
- Phanpy Family
- Pikachu Family
- Ponyta Family
- Psyduck Family
- Rattata Family
- Rhyhorn Family
- Sandshrew Family
- Seel Family
- Sentret Family
- Smeargle
- Sneasel
- Snubbull Family
- Stantler
- Swinub Family
- Tauros
- Teddiursa Family
- Vulpix Family
- Wooper Family
Egg moves
| Move | How to pass it down |
|---|---|
| Disable | Mate with a male Psyduck/Golduck. |
| Feint Attack | Mate with a male from Houndour, Meowth, or Teddiursa Family; or Sneasel, Umbreon. |
| Flail | Mate with a male Phanpy/Donphan. |
| Hypnosis | Mate with a male Stantler. |
| Spite | Mate with a male Dunsparce. |
Stats
| Stat | Base | Range at Lv. 100 | G/S/C rank | R/B/Y rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 73 | 319-349 | 22/4557.93% | 19/4261.79% |
| Attack | 76 | 220-250 | 18/4955.96% | 18/4553.98% |
| Defense | 75 | 218-248 | 22/5557.93% | 19/4459.86% |
| Speed | 100 | 268-298 | 7/4789.41% | 7/4287.46% |
| Special Attack G/S/C | 81 | 230-260 | 15/4670.86% | — |
| Special Defense G/S/C | 100 | 268-298 | 11/4187.46% | — |
| Special R/B/Y | 100 | 268-298 | — | 9/2985.28% |
| Total | 505 G/S/C 424 R/B/Y |
1523-1703 1293-1443 |
13/8781.59% | 13/6581.59% |
Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.
Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library