Rapidash
Fire
Best attacking moveset: Fire Spin and Fire Blast, worth 11.3 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Rapidash can learn 24 combinations. Fire Spin with Fire Blast does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.
Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.
Type matchups
| Fast attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Spin | Fire | 13 | 1.0s | +9 |
| Incinerate | Fire | 32 | 2.5s | +22 |
| Low Kick | Fighting | 5 | 0.5s | +5 |
| Ember Legacy | Fire | 10 | 1.0s | +10 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drill Run | Ground | 85 | 3.0s | -50 |
| Fire Blast | Fire | 140 | 4.0s | -100 |
| Flame Charge | Fire | 70 | 4.0s | -33 |
| Heat Wave | Fire | 95 | 3.0s | -100 |
| Scorching Sands | Ground | 90 | 3.0s | -50 |
| Wild Charge Legacy | Electric | 90 | 2.5s | -50 |
Shiny
Yes. Shiny Rapidash has been released. Players have found it from: wild, raid, research, evolution, photobomb.
Other forms
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 2,782 at level 50, 2,461 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 1,406 CP at level 20, or 1,757 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 1,335 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 207 attack · 162 defense · 163 stamina |
What it costs
| Second charged move | 50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy |
|---|---|
| Buddy distance | 3 km per Candy |
| Purify a Shadow one | 3,000 Stardust and 3 Candy |
| Size | 1.7 m and 95 kg |
Best moveset against each type
Rapidash does not have one best moveset, it has 6. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Bug, Steel, Grass.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Bug | Fire Spin + Fire Blast | 18.3 |
| Steel | Fire Spin + Fire Blast | 18.3 |
| Grass | Fire Spin + Fire Blast | 18.3 |
| Ice | Fire Spin + Fire Blast | 18.3 |
| Fire Spin + Wild Charge | 14.3 | |
| Rock | Low Kick + Scorching Sands | 13.9 |
| Poison | Fire Spin + Scorching Sands | 13.5 |
| Electric | Fire Spin + Scorching Sands | 13.5 |
| Water | Low Kick + Wild Charge | 13.5 |
| Fire | Low Kick + Scorching Sands | 12.6 |
| Normal | Low Kick + Fire Blast | 11.6 |
| Dark | Low Kick + Fire Blast | 11.6 |
| Fighting | Fire Spin + Fire Blast | 11.3 |
| Ground | Fire Spin + Fire Blast | 11.3 |
| Ghost | Fire Spin + Fire Blast | 11.3 |
| Psychic | Fire Spin + Fire Blast | 11.3 |
| Fairy | Fire Spin + Fire Blast | 11.3 |
| Dragon | Low Kick + Scorching Sands | 9.2 |
Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Rapidash is actually for.
Counters: what beats Rapidash
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Inteleon | Water | Water Gun + Hydro Cannon Legacy | 30.1 |
 Kyogre | Water | Waterfall + Origin Pulse Legacy | 29.9 |
 Glimmora | RockPoison | Rock Throw + Meteor Beam | 29.5 |
 Groudon | Ground | Mud Shot + Precipice Blades Legacy | 29.3 |
 Rampardos | Rock | Smack Down + Rock Slide | 29.3 |
 Kingler | Water | Bubble + Crabhammer | 28.4 |
 Eternatus | PoisonDragon | Poison Jab + Dynamax Cannon Legacy | 28.3 |
 Greninja | WaterDark | Water Shuriken + Hydro Cannon Legacy | 28.3 |
 Gigalith | Rock | Lock On + Meteor Beam Legacy | 28.1 |
 Excadrill | GroundSteel | Mud Slap + Earthquake | 27.9 |
Ranked by damage per second against Rapidash's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.