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rapidash
#078

Rapidash

Fire Horse Pokémon

Fire

When at an all-out gallop, its blazing mane sparkles, enhancing its beautiful appearance.

Base Stats

HP 65
Attack 100
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 80
Sp. Def 80
Speed 105
Total 500

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

rapidash Rapidash Lv. 40

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Fire Horse Pokémon
Height 1.7 m
Weight 95.0 kg
Base Exp 175
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

rapidash Front Front
rapidash Back Back
rapidash Front Shiny Front Shiny
rapidash Back Shiny Back Shiny
rapidash Official Art Official Art
rapidash Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 10.9%
Physical Attacker
Item
Leftovers / Life Orb
Ability
Flash Fire
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

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.

Most Used Moves

Drill Run
88.8%
Low Kick
14.1%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
74.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc