Rapidash #0078

Fire
PonytaPonyta(#0077)
Pokémon GO Pokédex
Slowpoke(#0079)Slowpoke
Max CPL402461L502782L51 · Best Buddy2815
Buddy Distance3 km per Candy
ReleasedJul 6, 2016Nov 5, 2018

Type Effectiveness

Rapidash takes 160% from Water, Ground and Rock moves.

Weak ×1.6
WaterGroundRock
Resists ×0.6
FireGrassIceBugSteelFairy

Rapidash is a Fire-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, weak to Water, Ground and Rock.

It reaches 2782 CP at level 50, or 2815 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Fire Spin with Wild Charge, which needs an Elite TM.

Rapidash
Normal
Shiny Rapidash
Shiny

Base Stats

Attack207
Defense162
Stamina163

Not main-series base stats. Bars scale to 450 / 450 / 500.

Best Movesets

#Fast MoveCharged MoveDPSTDO
FireFire SpinElectricWild Charge10.9160
2FireFire SpinFireFire Blast10.6154
3FireIncinerateElectricWild Charge10.5153
4FireFire SpinGroundScorching Sands10.3151
5FireFire SpinNormalReturn10.3150
6FireFire SpinGroundDrill Run10.1147
7FireIncinerateFireFire Blast9.9145
8FireIncinerateGroundScorching Sands9.9145
20 More Pairings
#Fast MoveCharged MoveDPSTDO
9FightingLow KickElectricWild Charge9.9145
10FireEmberElectricWild Charge9.8144
11FireIncinerateNormalReturn9.8143
12FireFire SpinFireHeat Wave9.8143
13FireIncinerateGroundDrill Run9.7141
14FightingLow KickFireFire Blast9.4137
15FightingLow KickGroundScorching Sands9.3135
16FireEmberFireFire Blast9.3135
17FireFire SpinFireFlame Charge9.2135
18FireEmberGroundScorching Sands9.2135
19FireIncinerateFireHeat Wave9.2134
20FightingLow KickGroundDrill Run9.0132
21FireIncinerateFireFlame Charge9.0131
22FireEmberGroundDrill Run9.0131
23FightingLow KickNormalReturn8.8129
24FireEmberNormalReturn8.8128
25FightingLow KickFireFlame Charge8.5124
26FireEmberFireFlame Charge8.4123
27FightingLow KickFireHeat Wave8.4123
28FireEmberFireHeat Wave8.3121

Raid damage at level 40, 15/15/15 IVs, no weather boost.

DPS is damage per second, TDO total damage before fainting. For one boss, see the raid counters.

Moves

Fast Moves

Move
Type
Power
Energy
Time
DPS
EPS
Fire SpinFire1391.0s13.09.0
IncinerateFire32222.5s12.88.8
Low KickFighting550.5s10.010.0
EmberEFire10101.0s10.010.0

Charged Moves

Move
Type
Power
Energy
Time
DPS
DPE
ReturnPNormal25330.5s50.00.76
Wild ChargeEElectric90502.5s36.01.80
Fire BlastFire1401004.0s35.01.40
Heat WaveFire951003.0s31.70.95
Scorching SandsGround90503.0s30.01.80
Drill RunGround85503.0s28.31.70
Flame ChargeFire70334.0s17.52.12

Fast Moves

Move
Type
Power
Energy
Turns
DPT
EPT
IncinerateFire202054.04.0
Fire SpinFire111033.73.3
Low KickFighting6823.04.0
EmberEFire4922.04.5

Charged Moves

Move
Type
Power
Energy
DPE
Wild ChargeEElectric100452.22
ReturnPNormal130701.86
Fire BlastFire140801.75
Drill RunGround70401.75
Heat WaveFire75451.67
Scorching SandsGround80501.60
Flame ChargeFire65501.30

DPS damage per second · EPS energy per second · DPE damage per energy.

E
Elite TM: only an Elite TM teaches it now.
P
Purified: Return is learned by purifying a Shadow.
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Top Counters

Full Rankings

As a Tier 5 raid boss. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

  1. 1Mega GreninjaWaterWater ShurikenWaterSurf+39.8 eDPS
  2. 2Primal KyogreWaterWaterfallWaterOrigin PulseE38.0 eDPS
  3. 3Primal GroudonGroundMud ShotGroundPrecipice BladesE36.9 eDPS
  4. 4Mega StarmiePsychicPsywaveWaterLiquidation+36.5 eDPS
  5. 5Mega GarchompGroundMud ShotGroundEarth PowerE34.4 eDPS
  6. 6Mega SwampertWaterWater GunWaterHydro CannonE34.2 eDPS
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Worth Powering Up?

Not stronger than the everyday pick against any Tier 5 or Mega boss.

The everyday pick is the best attacker that isn’t a Mega, Shadow or Legendary. Each number is how much more of the boss’s health this Pokémon takes off than that pick would. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

CP by Level

Encounter
Level
Guaranteed CP
Max CP
Research15100210/10/10105415/15/15
Raids & Eggs20133510/10/10140615/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids25166910/10/10175715/15/15
L404021000/0/0246115/15/15
L505023750/0/0278215/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy5124030/0/0281515/15/15
All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)
Level
15/15/15
0/0/0
Level 151054900
Level 2014061200
Level 2517571500
Level 3021091800
Level 3522851950
Level 4024612100
Level 4526192235
Level 5027822375
Level 5128152403

Research, raid and egg catches have at least 10/10/10 IVs. A wild catch can be as low as 0/0/0.

L40 is the cap without XL Candy, L50 with it. L51 is Best Buddy only.

Dex Details

Second Charged Move50 Candy · 50,000 Stardust
Height / Weight1.7 m · 95 kg
Gender Ratio
50.0%50.0%
TradingTradableTransferable

Abilities, EVs, breeding and learnsets: Rapidash in the RotomLabs Pokédex

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap
Best IVs0/13/151499 CP at level 23
RankIVsCPLevel% of Best
#10/13/15149923100.00%
#20/14/1414992399.68%
#30/12/1514952399.42%
#40/15/1214952399.36%
#50/15/1314992399.36%
#61/11/1514982399.33%
#71/14/1214982399.28%
#82/10/1515002399.23%
#90/13/1414952399.12%
#104/15/14149922.599.08%

A 15/15/15 ranks #2728 of 4,096, with 93.82% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap
Best IVs0/15/142495 CP at level 47
RankIVsCPLevel% of Best
#10/15/14249547100.00%
#21/14/1425004799.91%
#31/15/15249946.599.87%
#41/15/1325004799.79%
#52/15/1524964699.74%
#60/12/15249647.599.57%
#70/12/1324974899.49%
#80/13/14249647.599.46%
#90/14/1424884799.43%
#100/14/1524954799.43%

A 15/15/15 ranks #1617 of 4,096, with 96.18% of the best stat product.

Ultra League Rankings on PvPoke

Ranked by stat product at the highest level under the CP cap.

Trades and research have at least 10 in each IV, lucky trades 12. Check your own. This ranks IVs only. For the meta, see PvPoke.

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