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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I
#078 Rapidash
Fire
- SpeciesFire Horse Pokémon
- Japanese nameGallop
- PronunciationRAP-I-DASH
- Height5′ 7″ 1.70 m
- Weight209.0 lb 94.05 kg
- Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%
PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats
Name meaning
Comes from RAPID (swift) and DASH (run). “creature who can run swiftly”
Evolution
- PonytaLevel 40
Rapidash
Pokédex entries
| RedBlue | Very competitive, this POKEMON will chase anything that moves fast in the hopes of racing it. |
|---|---|
| Yellow | Just loves to run! If it sees something faster than itself, it will give chase at top speed. |
| Stadium | Unable to restrain itself from running after fast trains or cars. Capable of reaching 150 mph at full speed. |
| GoldStadium 2 | At full gallop, its four hooves barely touch the ground because it moves so incredibly fast. |
| Silver | With incredible acceleration, it reaches its top speed of 150 MPH after running just ten steps. |
| Crystal | It just loves to gallop. The faster it goes, the longer the swaying flames of its mane will become. |
Where to find Rapidash
| Game | Where to find it | Time | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Must Evolve from Ponyta at level 40 | NA | Evolve |
| Red | NA | Evolve | |
| Yellow | NA | Evolve | |
| Gold | Pewter City (Pokémon Center)(Trade), Mt. Silver, Routes 28 | Any | Many/Evolve |
| Silver | Any | Many/Evolve | |
| Crystal | Mt. Silver, Route 28 | Morn. or Day | Many/Evolve |
How to catch
| Ground | Surf | Fishing | Forest Tree | Mountain Tree | Rock Smash | Breed | Evolve | Event | BugCatch | Game Corner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R/B | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Yellow | ✓ | ||||||||||
| G/S | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Crystal | ✓ | ✓ |
✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.
Type matchups
Defence: damage taken from each attack type
- Normal×1
- Fire×0.5
- Water×2
- Electric×1
- Grass×0.5
- IceG/S/C ×0.5R/B/Y × 1
- Fighting×1
- Poison×1
- Ground×2
- ×1
- Psychic×1
- Bug×0.5
- Rock×2
- Ghost×1
- Dragon×1
- Dark×1
- Steel×0.5
- Gold, Silver & Crystal: 3 weaknesses and 5 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 3 : 5 (60%).
- Red, Blue & Yellow: 3 weaknesses and 3 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).
- This Pokémon has more resistances in GSC than RBY, thus has a better defense ratio in GSC.
Offence: same-type attacks against each type
- NormalNormal
- FireBad
- WaterBad
- ElectricNormal
- GrassGood
- IceGood
- FightingNormal
- PoisonNormal
- GroundNormal
- Normal
- PsychicNormal
- BugGood
- RockBad
- GhostNormal
- DragonBad
- DarkNormal
- SteelGood
- Gold, Silver & Crystal: 4 advantages and 4 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).
- Red, Blue & Yellow: 3 advantages and 4 disadvantages out of 15 types. Offensive ratio 3:4 (75%).
Moves learned by levelling up
| R/B/Y | G/S/C | Move | Type | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Start | Tackle | Normal | Physical |
| Start | Start | Growl | Normal | Status |
| Start | Start | Tail Whip | Normal | Status |
| Start | Start | Ember | Fire | Special |
| Start | Start | Stomp | Normal | Physical |
| Start | Start | Fire Spin | Fire | Special |
| 47 | Start | Take Down | Normal | Physical |
| — | 40 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical |
| 55 | 47 | Agility | Psychic | Status |
| — | 61 | Fire Blast | Fire | Special |
“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.
Move Tutor Crystal
- Flamethrower
TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal
- TM02Headbutt
- TM03Curse
- TM06Toxic
- TM10Hidden Power
- TM11Sunny Day
- TM13Snore
- TM15Hyper Beam
- TM17Protect
- TM20Endure
- TM21Frustration
- TM23Iron Tail
- TM27Return
- TM32Double Team
- TM34Swagger
- TM35Sleep Talk
- TM38Fire Blast
- TM39Swift
- TM44Rest
- TM45Attract
TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow
- TM06Toxic
- TM07Horn Drill
- TM08Body Slam
- TM09Take Down
- TM10Double-Edge
- TM15Hyper Beam
- TM20Rage
- TM31Mimic
- TM32Double Team
- TM33Reflect
- TM34Bide
- TM38Fire Blast
- TM39Swift
- TM40Skull Bash
- TM44Rest
- TM50Substitute
Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal
| Egg groups | Ground Pokémon group 7 |
|---|
Compatible Pokémon
- Aipom
- Cyndaquil Family
- Delibird
- Diglett Family
- Dunsparce
- Eevee Family
- Ekans Family
- Farfetch’d
- Girafarig
- Growlithe Family
- Houndour Family
- Mankey Family
- Mareep Family
- Meowth Family
- Miltank
- Nidoran♂ Family
- Nidoran♀
- Phanpy Family
- Pikachu Family
- Ponyta Family
- Psyduck Family
- Rattata Family
- Rhyhorn Family
- Sandshrew Family
- Seel Family
- Sentret Family
- Smeargle
- Sneasel
- Snubbull Family
- Stantler
- Swinub Family
- Tauros
- Teddiursa Family
- Vulpix Family
- Wooper Family
Egg moves
| Move | How to pass it down |
|---|---|
| Charm | Mate with a male Snubbull/Granbull or Pikachu/Raichu (via Pichu). |
| Double Kick | Mate with a male Jolteon or Pokémon from Nidoran(M) Family. |
| Flame Wheel | Mate with a male from Cyndaquil or Growlithe Family. |
| Hypnosis | Mate with a male Stantler. |
| Quick Attack | Mate with a male from Cyndaquil, Eevee, Pikachu, Rattata, Sentret, Sneasel, or Vulpix Family. |
| Thrash | Mate with a male Mankey/Primeape, Tauros, or Teddiursa/Ursaring. |
Stats
| Stat | Base | Range at Lv. 100 | G/S/C rank | R/B/Y rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 65 | 303-333 | 24/4546.02% | 21/4250.00% |
| Attack | 100 | 268-298 | 8/4985.28% | 8/4585.28% |
| Defense | 70 | 208-238 | 24/5550.00% | 21/4451.99% |
| Speed | 105 | 278-308 | 6/4792.62% | 6/4291.12% |
| Special Attack G/S/C | 80 | 228-258 | 16/4669.15% | — |
| Special Defense G/S/C | 80 | 228-258 | 17/4165.54% | — |
| Special R/B/Y | 80 | 228-258 | — | 13/2963.67% |
| Total | 500 G/S/C 420 R/B/Y |
1513-1693 1285-1435 |
14/8781.59% | 14/6581.59% |
Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.
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