Rapidash

No. 0078 · Gen 1

Rapidash weakness and type

Hit RAPIDASH with Water, Ground and Rock for 2× damage.

Moves against Rapidash

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective

In Pokémon GO: Water deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • Run AwayNo change to type matchups
  • Flash FireImmune to Fire
  • Flame BodyNo change to type matchups

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Base stats

  • HP65
  • Attack100
  • Defense70
  • Sp. Atk80
  • Sp. Def80
  • Speed105
  • Total500

Best nature

JollyOutspeeds more opponents and drops Sp. Atk.
AdamantHits harder and drops Sp. Atk, which it won’t use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Rapidash gives 2 Speed EVs.

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How Rapidash evolves

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What Rapidash can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
NormalHyper BeamSpecial150
FireOverheatsame typeSpecial130
GrassSolar BladePhysical125
BugMegahornPhysical120
SteelIron TailPhysical100
GroundHigh HorsepowerPhysical95
ElectricWild ChargePhysical90
FairyPlay RoughPhysical90
FlyingBouncePhysical85
PoisonPoison JabPhysical80
DarkThroat ChopPhysical80
FightingDouble KickPhysical30

Type counters to Rapidash

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.

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