Rapidash
Fire Horse Pokémon
When at an all-out gallop, its blazing mane sparkles, enhancing its beautiful appearance.
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Strategy Overview
Rapidash outspeeds most of the tier and boasts a ton of power through its great Attack and a strong STAB move in Flare Blitz. Combine that with great coverage and access to healing via Morning Sun, and Rapidash becomes a versatile and fast threat in PU that can outspeed key threats like Simisage, Golduck, and Dodrio. However, Rapidash can get worn down easily by entry hazards and chip damage from its own attacks, gets consistently stopped by walls such as Frillish and Machoke, is outsped by even faster threats like Zebstrika and Purugly, and faces stiff competition by other Fire-types like Monferno and Simisear, so the horse can sometimes struggle to find solid success in PU.
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Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc