Alolan Ninetales from Burning Shadows

This is a very interesting card which I haven't seen many talking about. If you don't know what it does, it has an ability that prevents damage and all effects from EXs and GXs. I'm considering it as an addition to my water deck. My questions to you is:

Do you think many water decks will use this card? and Will it force GX and EX decks to run techs for it? Also, since Hex Maniac is rotating, that won't be a viable tech for it either.