Ponyta
Artwork
Names
- English: Ponyta
- Japanese: ポニータ (Ponyta)
- German: Ponita
- French: Ponyta
Number(s)
- National: 77
- Hoenn: 253
- Johto: 201
Gender
♂ 50% - ♀ 50%
Egg Group(s)
Ground
Evolution
| Basic | Stage One |
|---|---|
 PonytaBase form |  RapidashLevel 40 |
Size
- Height: 1 m / 3’03”
- Weight: 30.0 kg / 66.1 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 | 410 | ||
| HP | 58 | 0 | |
| Attack | 28 | 0 | |
| Defense | 54 | 0 | |
| Sp.Atk | 39 | 0 | |
| Sp.Def | 41 | 0 | |
| Speed | 19 | 1 | |
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: 50
- Encounter rate: 30
Miscellaneous
- Species: Fire Horse Pokémon
- Steps to hatch: 5,120
- Color: Yellow
- Catch Rate: 190
- Base Tameness: 70
- Growth Group: Medium Fast
1,000,000 exp. points to Lv100
Location
- Diamond
- Routes 206, 210-South, 211, 214 & 215 [Common]
- Pearl
- Routes 206, 210-South, 211, 214 & 215 [Common]
Pokédex Flavour (description)
- Red/Blue
- Its hooves are 10 times harder than diamonds. It can trample anything completely flat in little time.
- Yellow
- Capable of jumping incredibly high. Its hooves and sturdy legs absorb the impact of a hard landing.
- Gold
- It is a weak runner immediately after birth. It gradually becomes faster by chasing after its parents.
- Silver
- Its hind legs, which have harder-than-diamond hooves, kick back at any presence it senses behind it.
- Crystal
- Training by jumping over grass that grows longer every day has made it a world-class jumper.
- Ruby
- PONYTA is very weak at birth. It can barely stand up. This POKéMON becomes stronger by stumbling and falling to keep up with its parent.
- Sapphire
- PONYTA is very weak at birth. It can barely stand up. This POKéMON becomes stronger by stumbling and falling to keep up with its parent.
- Emerald
- A PONYTA is very weak at birth. It can barely stand up. Its legs become stronger as it stumbles and falls while trying to keep up with its parent.
- Fire Red
- Its body is light, and its legs are incredibly powerful. It can clear Ayers Rock in one leap.
- Leaf Green
- Its hooves are ten times harder than diamond. It can trample anything completely flat in little time.
- Diamond
- About an hour after birth, its fiery mane and tail grow out, giving it an impressive appearance.
- Pearl
- Its legs grow strong while it chases after its parent. It runs in fields and mountains all day.