Competitive Information for Rapidash [Sun/Moon]
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 Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Rapidash is a spectacular Fire-typed Pokemon. It's a frequent sight to see Rapidash out in the 7th generation battlefield. Rapidash is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Choice Band / Choice Specs
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz
- Wild Charge
- Throat Chop
- Facade
Physical Sweeper Rapidash (Popular/Trending)
Rapidash is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Rapidash's special moves by 1.5x but will lock 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. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Rapidash is burn/poison/paralyzed).
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Item: Firium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 Atk / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Flame Wheel
- Double-Edge / Return
- Drill Run / High Horsepower
- Wild Charge / Throat Chop
Physical Sweeper Rapidash (Flash Fire)
Rapidash is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It tries 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. 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 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
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Item: Firium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 SpA / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Solar Beam
- Morning Sun
Special Sweeper Rapidash (Flash Fire)
Rapidash is a notable Special Sweeper. It attempts 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 90-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).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ 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 Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Item: Firium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 Atk / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Flame Wheel
- Double-Edge / Return
- Drill Run / High Horsepower
- Wild Charge / Throat Chop
Doubles Physical Sweeper Rapidash (Flash Fire)
Rapidash is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's 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. 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 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
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Item: Firium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 SpA / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Incinerate
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Solar Beam
- Morning Sun
Doubles Special Sweeper Rapidash (Flash Fire)
Rapidash is a stupendous Special Sweeper. It's purpose 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.
♦ Incinerate is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Rapidash cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ 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 Sun/Moon. 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 SM 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
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Inferno
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Bide, Endure, Protect, Quick Attack
- Moves that inflict status: Hypnosis, Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Rapidash's stats
- Agility
- Curse
- Flame Charge
- Rage
- Skull Bash
Most notable and possible best moves for Rapidash
- Baton Pass
- Facade
- Flare Blitz
- Hidden Power
- Inferno
- Nothing
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Throat Chop
- Toxic
- Wild Charge
Common Effort Values for Rapidash in Sun and Moon
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Modest Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252/ )
- Optimize Rapidash's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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