Competitive Information for Rapidash [Sword/Shield]
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 Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Rapidash is a pretty decent Fire-typed Pokemon. Rapidash are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. 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 / Body Slam
- Drill Run / High Horsepower
- Wild Charge / Play Rough
Physical Sweeper Rapidash (Flash Fire)
Rapidash is a sensational Physical Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset 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 33% recoil).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ 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 nice amount of damage.
◆ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
◆ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 SpA / 204 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Scorching Sands
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Solar Beam
Special Sweeper Rapidash (Flash Fire)
Rapidash is a phenomenal Special Sweeper for single battles. It's 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. 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.
◆ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Scorching Sands is a special 70-base power Ground-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws 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).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Rapidash? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield 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 / Body Slam
- Drill Run / High Horsepower
- Wild Charge / Play Rough
Doubles Physical Sweeper Rapidash (Flash Fire)
Rapidash is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. 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 33% recoil).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ 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 nice amount of damage.
◆ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
◆ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 SpA / 204 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Incinerate
- Scorching Sands
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Solar Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Rapidash (Flash Fire)
Rapidash is pretty popular Special Sweeper for double battles. It was 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. 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.
◆ Incinerate is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
◆ Scorching Sands is a special 70-base power Ground-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws 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).
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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 Sword/Shield. 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 SS 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: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Ally Switch
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Hypnosis, Will-O-Wisp, Scorching Sands
Moves that boost Rapidash's stats
- Agility
- Curse
- Flame Charge
- Skull Bash
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Rapidash
- Baton Pass
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Rapidash in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Rapidash's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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