Competitive Information for Rapidash [Diamond/Pearl]
Fire
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Flash Fire ability are immune to Fire attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Rapidash? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Rapidash is a remarkable Fire-typed Pokemon. Rapidash is a pretty regular Pokemon to see in Generation 4. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Rapidash is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 Atk / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Flame Wheel
- Double-Edge / Return
- Poison Jab
- Double Kick
Physical Sweeper Rapidash (Flash Fire)
Rapidash is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Rapidash from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Rapidash's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Flash Fire, Rapidash's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Flame Wheel is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target. thaws Rapidash).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Double Kick is a physical 30-base power Fighting-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
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Item: Focus Sash / Charcoal
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 SpA / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Hyper Beam / Snore
- Solar Beam
- Morning Sun
Special Sweeper Rapidash (Flash Fire)
Rapidash is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Rapidash from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Flash Fire, Rapidash's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Rapidash cannot move next turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Rapidash must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Morning Sun is a status move (heals your Rapidash by a weather-dependent amount).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Rapidash? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 Atk / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Flame Wheel
- Double-Edge / Return
- Poison Jab
- Double Kick
Doubles Physical Sweeper Rapidash (Flash Fire)
Rapidash is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Rapidash from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Rapidash's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Flash Fire, Rapidash's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Flame Wheel is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target. thaws Rapidash).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Double Kick is a physical 30-base power Fighting-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
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Item: Focus Sash / Charcoal
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 SpA / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Overheat
- Hyper Beam / Snore
- Solar Beam
- Morning Sun
Doubles Special Sweeper Rapidash (Flash Fire)
Rapidash is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Rapidash from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Flash Fire, Rapidash's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Rapidash's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Rapidash cannot move next turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Rapidash must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Morning Sun is a status move (heals your Rapidash by a weather-dependent amount).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Rapidash learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Rapidash can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Rapidash
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Hypnosis, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Rapidash's stats
- Agility
Most notable and possible best moves for Rapidash
- Baton Pass
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Rapidash in Diamond and Pearl
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