Rapidash (Pokémon GO) - Best Movesets, Evolutions and CP

Pokémon type

Fire

Boosted in Sunny / Clear weather

Rapidash weaknesses

Rapidash is weak to Ground, Rock and Water-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Rapidash is resistant to Bug, Steel, Fire, Grass, Ice and Fairy-type moves.

63%

Best moveset for Rapidash

The best moves for Rapidash are Fire Spin and Fire Blast when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. In Trainer Battles, Incinerate and Wild Charge deal the most damage per turn.

Attacking

Fire Spin

15.6DPS

Fire Blast

42DPS

Defending

Incinerate

15.4DPS

Fire Blast

42DPS

Trainer Battles

Incinerate

4EPT

Wild Charge Elite TM

2.22DPE

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Evolution

There are 2 Pokémon in the Ponyta family. Rapidash evolves from Ponyta for 50 Candy.

Ponyta

Rapidash

Purified Pokémon cost less to evolve: Ponyta for 45 Candy.

Galarian Ponyta

Galarian Rapidash

Forms

There are 2 different forms of Rapidash:

Normal

Galarian Form

View 1 costume for Rapidash »

(which only changes Rapidash's appearance)

Game images

Rapidash, with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

Summary

Rapidash is a Fire Pokémon which evolves from Ponyta. It is weak to Ground, Rock and Water moves. Rapidash's best moveset is Fire Spin & Fire Blast and it has a Max CP of 2,782.

About

"Rapidash usually can be seen casually cantering in the fields and plains. However, when this Pokémon turns serious, its fiery manes flare and blaze as it gallops its way up to 150 mph."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Fire Spin	13	9	15.6
Incinerate	32	8.8	15.4
Ember Elite TM	10	10	12
Low Kick	5	10	10

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Flame Charge	70	3	2.55
Wild Charge Elite TM	90	2	1.8
Scorching Sands	90	2	1.8
Drill Run	85	2	1.7
Fire Blast	140	1	1.68
Heat Wave	95	1	1.14
Return Purified	25	3	0.76
Frustration Shadow	10	3	0.3

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Ember Elite TM	4	2	2.4	4.5
Incinerate	20	5	4.8	4
Low Kick	6	2	3	4
Fire Spin	11	3	4.4	3.3

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Wild Charge Elite TM ▼▼ def	100	45	2.22
Fire Blast	140	80	2.1
Heat Wave	75	45	2
Return Purified	130	70	1.86
Drill Run	70	40	1.75
Scorching Sands ▼ att	80	50	1.6
Flame Charge ▲ att	65	50	1.56
Frustration Shadow	10	70	0.14

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Attacking

Defending

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Fire Blast 42 DPS	11.3	100%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Wild Charge Elite TM 36 DPS	11.1	98%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Fire Blast 42 DPS	10.8	95%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Wild Charge Elite TM 36 DPS	10.8	95%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Scorching Sands 30 DPS	10.5	92%
Ember Elite TM 12 DPS	Fire Blast 42 DPS	10.3	91%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Heat Wave 38 DPS	10.3	91%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	10.2	90%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Drill Run 28.3 DPS	10.2	90%
Ember Elite TM 12 DPS	Wild Charge Elite TM 36 DPS	10.2	90%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Scorching Sands 30 DPS	10.1	90%
Low Kick 10 DPS	Fire Blast 42 DPS	10	89%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Drill Run 28.3 DPS	9.9	87%
Low Kick 10 DPS	Wild Charge Elite TM 36 DPS	9.8	87%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Heat Wave 38 DPS	9.8	87%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	9.8	86%
Ember Elite TM 12 DPS	Scorching Sands 30 DPS	9.5	84%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	9.3	82%
Low Kick 10 DPS	Scorching Sands 30 DPS	9.2	82%
Ember Elite TM 12 DPS	Drill Run 28.3 DPS	9.2	82%
Ember Elite TM 12 DPS	Heat Wave 38 DPS	9.1	80%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	9.1	80%
Low Kick 10 DPS	Drill Run 28.3 DPS	8.9	79%
Ember Elite TM 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	8.9	78%
Low Kick 10 DPS	Heat Wave 38 DPS	8.8	78%
Ember Elite TM 12 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	8.6	76%
Low Kick 10 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	8.4	75%
Low Kick 10 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	8.3	74%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	8.1	72%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	7.7	68%
Ember Elite TM 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	6.4	56%
Low Kick 10 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	5.9	52%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Fire Blast 42 DPS	6	100%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Wild Charge Elite TM 36 DPS	5.8	97%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Scorching Sands 30 DPS	5.7	94%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Drill Run 28.3 DPS	5.5	92%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	5.4	91%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Heat Wave 38 DPS	5.4	89%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	4.5	75%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Wild Charge Elite TM 36 DPS	4.2	70%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	4.2	70%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Fire Blast 42 DPS	4.2	70%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Scorching Sands 30 DPS	4.1	69%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Drill Run 28.3 DPS	4	67%
Ember Elite TM 12 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	3.9	65%
Ember Elite TM 12 DPS	Fire Blast 42 DPS	3.9	65%
Ember Elite TM 12 DPS	Wild Charge Elite TM 36 DPS	3.9	65%
Ember Elite TM 12 DPS	Scorching Sands 30 DPS	3.8	63%
Ember Elite TM 12 DPS	Drill Run 28.3 DPS	3.7	61%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Heat Wave 38 DPS	3.7	61%
Ember Elite TM 12 DPS	Heat Wave 38 DPS	3.3	55%
Incinerate 15.4 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	3.3	54%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	3.1	52%
Ember Elite TM 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	2.7	45%
Low Kick 10 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	2.7	45%
Low Kick 10 DPS	Wild Charge Elite TM 36 DPS	2.5	42%
Low Kick 10 DPS	Fire Blast 42 DPS	2.5	41%
Low Kick 10 DPS	Scorching Sands 30 DPS	2.5	41%
Low Kick 10 DPS	Drill Run 28.3 DPS	2.4	40%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	2.3	39%
Low Kick 10 DPS	Heat Wave 38 DPS	2.1	34%
Ember Elite TM 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.9	32%
Low Kick 10 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	1.7	28%
Low Kick 10 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.2	20%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Incinerate 4 EPT	Wild Charge Elite TM ▼▼ def 2.22 DPE	15	13.7	104%
Incinerate 4 EPT	Fire Blast 2.1 DPE	20	13.2	100%
Incinerate 4 EPT	Heat Wave 2 DPE	15	12.8	97%
Ember Elite TM 4.5 EPT	Wild Charge Elite TM ▼▼ def 2.22 DPE	10	12.4	94%
Incinerate 4 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	20	12.2	93%
Low Kick 4 EPT	Wild Charge Elite TM ▼▼ def 2.22 DPE	12	11.9	90%
Ember Elite TM 4.5 EPT	Fire Blast 2.1 DPE	18	11.9	90%
Fire Spin 3.3 EPT	Wild Charge Elite TM ▼▼ def 2.22 DPE	15	11.8	89%
Incinerate 4 EPT	Drill Run 1.75 DPE	10	11.8	89%
Low Kick 4 EPT	Fire Blast 2.1 DPE	20	11.4	86%
Ember Elite TM 4.5 EPT	Heat Wave 2 DPE	10	11.4	86%
Fire Spin 3.3 EPT	Fire Blast 2.1 DPE	24	11.4	86%
Incinerate 4 EPT	Scorching Sands ▼ att 1.6 DPE	15	11.2	85%
Fire Spin 3.3 EPT	Heat Wave 2 DPE	15	11.1	84%
Incinerate 4 EPT	Flame Charge ▲ att 1.56 DPE	15	11	84%
Low Kick 4 EPT	Heat Wave 2 DPE	12	11	83%
Ember Elite TM 4.5 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	16	10.8	82%
Fire Spin 3.3 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	21	10.6	80%
Low Kick 4 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	18	10.4	79%
Ember Elite TM 4.5 EPT	Drill Run 1.75 DPE	10	10.3	78%
Fire Spin 3.3 EPT	Drill Run 1.75 DPE	12	10.2	78%
Low Kick 4 EPT	Drill Run 1.75 DPE	10	10	76%
Fire Spin 3.3 EPT	Scorching Sands ▼ att 1.6 DPE	15	9.7	74%
Fire Spin 3.3 EPT	Flame Charge ▲ att 1.56 DPE	15	9.6	73%
Ember Elite TM 4.5 EPT	Scorching Sands ▼ att 1.6 DPE	12	9.6	73%
Ember Elite TM 4.5 EPT	Flame Charge ▲ att 1.56 DPE	12	9.4	71%
Low Kick 4 EPT	Scorching Sands ▼ att 1.6 DPE	14	9.4	71%
Low Kick 4 EPT	Flame Charge ▲ att 1.56 DPE	14	9.2	70%
Incinerate 4 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	20	5.4	41%
Fire Spin 3.3 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	21	4.9	37%
Low Kick 4 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	18	3.6	27%
Ember Elite TM 4.5 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	16	3	23%

A rough guide only. Turns is how many turns of Fast Attacks it takes to reach the Charged Attack; DPT is the damage per turn over repeated Fast and Charged Attacks, from move power and STAB. It leaves out shields, stat changes and matchups.

Counters & Raids

Top Rapidash counters

For the full ranking, the boss's moves and a raid simulator, see best Rapidash Raid Counters »

Pokémon Moveset Trainers

1
Kyogre (Shadow)

Waterfall

Origin Pulse

0.53
2
Groudon (Shadow)

Mud Shot

Precipice Blades

0.56
3
Landorus (Incarnate Forme) (Shadow)

Mud Shot

Sandsear Storm

0.58
4
Rhyperior (Shadow)

Mud-Slap

Rock Wrecker

0.59
5
Landorus (Therian Forme)

Mud Shot

Sandsear Storm

0.59

The best Mega or Primal to bring is Primal Kyogre with Waterfall and Origin Pulse.

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Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		207
Defense		162
Stamina		163

Max HP

Level 40	140
Level 50	149

Average size

Height	1.7 m
Weight	95 kg

Second charged move cost

Stardust	50,000
Candy	50

Purification cost

Stardust	3,000
Candy	3

Other

Buddy walk distance

3 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	1,054
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	1,406
Level 30 Max wild	2,109
Level 40	2,461
Level 50	2,782

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	1,757
Level 35 (wild)	2,285

Costumes

Rapidash costumes

Rapidash (Candela Accessory)

Rapidash (Candela Accessory) (Shiny) in Pokémon GO