Rapid Spin (move)

Rapid Spin こうそくスピン Rapid Spin

A spin attack that can also eliminate such moves as Bind, Wrap, Leech Seed, and Spikes.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  40 (max. 64) Power  20 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0 Can avoid being startled by others once.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Rapid Spin on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Rapid Spin on Eevee's Movedex

Rapid Spin (Japanese: こうそくスピン Rapid Spin) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Rapid Spin inflicts damage and removes the effects of the following:

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 007 Squirtle Water 23 008 Wartortle Water 25 009 Blastoise Water 25 120 Staryu Water 13 121 Starmie Water Psychic -- 204 Pineco Bug 22 205 Forretress Bug Steel 22 232 Donphan Ground 41 237 Hitmontop Fighting 25 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 027 Sandshrew Ground Donphan 072 Tentacool* Water Poison Shellder, Cloyster Kabuto, Kabutops 090 Shellder* Water Tentacool, Tentacruel Kabuto, Kabutops 140 Kabuto Rock Water Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise 225 Delibird Ice Flying Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Donphan 236 Tyrogue Fighting Hitmontop Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 007 Squirtle Water 23 008 Wartortle Water 25 009 Blastoise Water 25 120 Staryu Water 10 121 Starmie Water Psychic -- 204 Pineco Bug 22 205 Forretress Bug Steel 22 232 Donphan Ground 41 237 Hitmontop Fighting 25 343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 5 344 Claydol Ground Psychic -- 5 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 027 Sandshrew Ground Donphan 072 Tentacool* Water Poison Shellder, Cloyster Kabuto, Kabutops 090 Shellder* Water Tentacool, Tentacruel Kabuto, Kabutops 140 Kabuto Rock Water Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise 225 Delibird Ice Flying Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Donphan 236 Tyrogue Fighting Hitmontop 347 Anorith* Rock Bug Shellder, Cloyster Tentacool, Tentacruel Kabuto, Kabutops Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 007 Squirtle Water 19 008 Wartortle Water 20 009 Blastoise Water 20 027 Sandshrew Ground 13 028 Sandslash Ground 13 120 Staryu Water 10 121 Starmie Water Psychic -- 204 Pineco Bug 12DP 204 Pineco Bug 17PtHGSS 205 Forretress Bug Steel 12DP 205 Forretress Bug Steel 17PtHGSS 232 Donphan Ground 6 237 Hitmontop Fighting 24 324 Torkoal Fire 23 343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 5 344 Claydol Ground Psychic -- 5 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 027 Sandshrew Ground Sandshrew, Sandslash Donphan 072 Tentacool* Water Poison Shellder, Cloyster Kabuto, Kabutops 090 Shellder* Water Tentacool, Tentacruel Kabuto, Kabutops 140 Kabuto Rock Water Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise 225 Delibird Ice Flying Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Sandshrew, Sandslash Donphan Torkoal 236 Tyrogue Fighting Hitmontop 347 Anorith* Rock Bug Shellder, Cloyster Tentacool, Tentacruel Kabuto, Kabutops Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

In the anime

Forretress	Hitmontop	Staryu	Dusknoir
The Pokémon spins and becomes a twister. This move can be used offensively and defensively
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Blastoise	Blastoise pulls its head, arms, legs and cannons into its shell and spins like a disc.
Cloned Blastoise	Mewtwo Strikes Back		Debut
Gary's Blastoise	Can't Beat the Heat!		None
Staryu	Staryu spins like a saw blade, using the tips of its appendages as a cutting edge, or if stuck in a whirlpool, it spins around in the opposite direction as the whirlpool.
Misty's Staryu	Spell of the Unown		None
Hitmontop	Hitmontop does a headstand and spins.
Chigusa's Hitmontop	Two Hits and a Miss		None
Butch's Hitmontop	A Promise is a Promise		None
Terri's Hitmontop	Pasta La Vista!		None
Forretress	Forretress spins and tackles the opponent. Sometimes, it pulls its horns into its body and closes up its shell to attack.
Brock's Forretress	A Crowning Achivement		None
Squirtle	Squirtle spins in its shell and hit the opponent.
May's Squirtle	On Olden Pond!		None
Baltoy	Baltoys spins, hitting everything that it gets close to.
Calista's Baltoy	Me, Myself and Time		None
Dusknoir	It spins and tackles the foe.
Dusknoir	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky		Dusknoir cannot learn Rapid Spin.
Wartortle	Wartortle pulls its head and arms into its shell and spins like a disc.
May's Wartortle	Staging a Heroes' Welcome!		None

Trivia

• Although it is a Normal-type move, no Normal-type Pokémon other than Smeargle, due to Sketch, can learn Rapid Spin.

In other languages

• Spanish: Giro Rápido
• German: Turbodreher
• Italian: Rapigiro
• Hindi: Tez Ghoomo

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