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		17Pt
205		Forretress	Bug	Steel	12DP
205		Forretress	Bug	Steel	17Pt
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
Staryu	Staryu spins like a saw blade, using the tips of its appendages as a cutting edge.
Misty's Staryu	The Corsola Caper		None
Forretress	Forretress spins and tackles the foe.
Brock's Forretress	Entei at Your Own Risk!		None
Hitmontop	Hitmontop does a headstand and spins.
Chigusa's Hitmontop	Two Hits and a Miss		None
Terri's Hitmontop	Pasta La Vista!		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		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

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.