Ninetales, commonly misspelled as Ninetails because of its... well, nine tails, is a first generation Pokémon. This fire fox evolves from Vulpix by using a Fire Stone on the latter, so let Vulpix learn the moves you want to have first. Being based on kitsune, the Japanese word for fox in Japanese mythology, related most to the tale in which is told how many-tailed foxes can breathe fire, create illusions and have extremely long lifespans. After living a long time, these creatures take on spirit forms, which may be the reason why Vulpix and Ninetales can learn Ghost-type moves such as Confuse Ray, Grudge, Hex and the ghost-exclusive Will-O-Wisp (which is, weirdly, a fire-type move). This move can be learned by several Pokémon that are not ghost-type by using TM61, though, so it is only ghost-exclusive in the fact that by leveling up it is learned only by ghost-type Pokémon. Enough about that, let's move on with the legend of Ninetales: it also curses those who mistreat them or touch one of their nine tails. So, despite looking like a cute fox, it's actually quite a thing to watch out for. Not in the video games, though. Its best stats are its speed and special defense, while having mediocre attacking stats. They're not terribly bad, but they're not very good, either. Your best bet is to have Ninetales learn two special-based fire-type attacking moves and SolarBeam, plus the move Sunny Day. The latter cranks up the power of those fire-type moves and triggers SolarBeam to strike immediately instead of charging up one turn first. And if you have a Ninetales with the hidden Drought ability, you can replace Sunny Day by Confuse Ray or Will-O-Wisp, or even Extrasensory (as a Vulpix), Energy Ball or Hyper Beam if you're the attacking type. To me, Ninetales is just appealing because of its beauty, mythology and design, though. 
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