Rapidash
Artwork
Names
- English: Rapidash
- Japanese: ギャロップ (Gallop)
- German: Gallopa
- French: Galopa
Number(s)
- National: 78
- Hoenn: 254
- Johto: 202
Gender
♂ 50% - ♀ 50%
Egg Group(s)
Ground
Evolution
| Basic | Stage One |
|---|---|
 PonytaBase form |  RapidashLevel 40 |
Size
- Height: 1.7 m / 5’07”
- Weight: 95.0 kg / 209.4 lbs.
Damage Taken
- ×½: Bug, Steel, Fire, Grass, Ice
- ×2: Ground, Rock, Water
Ability effects are not included.
Base Stats
| Stat | Rank | E.P. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sum | 500 | ||
| HP | 47 | 0 | |
| Attack | 19 | 0 | |
| Defense | 40 | 0 | |
| Sp.Atk | 27 | 0 | |
| Sp.Def | 31 | 0 | |
| Speed | 12 | 2 | |
Ability
- Run Away
- Game's description
- Enables sure getaway from wild Pokémon.
- Battle effect
- Except for trainer battles, can always run from battle. Cannot run during Mean Look or Block or when the opponent is trapping with the Arena Trap, Magnet Pull, or Shadow Tag ability.
- Flash Fire
- Game's description
- Powers up Fire-type moves if hit by a fire move.
- Battle effect
- Activates when user is hit by a damaging Fire-type move (including Fire-type Hidden Power). Once activated, user’s Fire-type moves deal 1.5 times damage. While this ability is in effect, this Pokémon is immune to damage from Fire-type attacks and Fire-type Hidden Power (accuracy and effect from these moves are ignored). For Fire-type Pokémon with this ability, Will-O-Wisp activates this ability without having an effect. If a non-Fire-type Pokémon has this ability, Will-O-Wisp will activate the ability and will have an effect.
Wild Item
- Diamond/Pearl
- Shuca Berry (5%)
Pal Park
- Area: Field
- Points: 70
- Encounter rate: 20
Miscellaneous
- Species: Fire Horse Pokémon
- Steps to hatch: 5,120
- Color: Yellow
- Catch Rate: 60
- Base Tameness: 70
- Growth Group: Medium Fast
1,000,000 exp. points to Lv100
Location
- Diamond
- Evolve from Ponyta [Evolve]
- Pearl
- Evolve from Ponyta [Evolve]
Pokédex Flavour (description)
- Red/Blue
- Very competitive, this POKéMON 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.
- Gold
- 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.
- Ruby
- RAPIDASH usually can be seen casually cantering in the fields and plains. However, when this POKéMON turns serious, its fiery manes flare and blaze as it gallops its way up to 150 mph.
- Sapphire
- RAPIDASH usually can be seen casually cantering in the fields and plains. However, when this POKéMON turns serious, its fiery manes flare and blaze as it gallops its way up to 150 mph.
- Emerald
- It usually canters casually in the fields and plains. But once a RAPIDASH turns serious, its fiery manes flare and blaze as it gallops its way up to 150 mph.
- Fire Red
- It can gallop at a top speed of 150 miles per hour. It can race as fast as a bullet train while ablaze.
- Leaf Green
- Very competitive, this POKéMON will chase anything that moves fast in the hopes of racing it.
- Diamond
- It gallops at nearly 150 mph. With its mane blazing ferociously, it races as if it were an arrow.
- Pearl
- It has astounding acceleration. From a standstill, it can reach top speed within 10 steps.