Rapid Spin (move)

Rapid Spin こうそくスピン Rapid Spin

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  40 (max. 64) Power  20 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

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

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Rapid Spin (Japanese: こうそくスピン Rapid Spin) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

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

Move	Type	Cat.
Bind	Normal	Physical
Clamp	Water	Physical
Fire Spin	Fire	Special
Leech Seed	Grass	Status
Magma Storm	Fire	Special
Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical
Spikes	Ground	Status
Stealth Rock	Rock	Status
Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status
Whirlpool	Water	Special
Wrap	Normal	Physical

In the anime

• Staryu rapidspin.jpg

  Staryu using Rapid Spin.

• Hitmontop rapidspin.jpg

  Hitmontop using Rapid Spin.

• Dusknoir r spin.png

  Dusknoir using Rapid Spin

• Forretress rapid spin.png

  Brock's Forretress using Rapid Spin.

The Pokémon spins and becomes a twister. This move can be used offensively and defensively.

Pokémon

Blastoise. Blastoise pulls its head, arms, legs and cannons into its shell and spins like a disc.

• Used by Mewtwo's cloned Blastoise in Mewtwo Strikes Back. Debut.

Staryu. Staryu spins like a saw blade, using the tips of its appendages as a cutting edge.

• Used by Misty's Staryu from The Corsola Caper to ???.

Baltoy. The twister is little and light brown.

• Used by Calista's Baltoy in Me, Myself and Time principally to turn on an ancient time machine.

Hitmontop. Hitmontop does a headstand and spins.

• Used by Chigusa's Hitmontop in Two Hits and a Miss.

Forretress. Forretress spins and tackles the foe.

• Used by Brock's Forretress from Entei at Your Own Risk! to present.

Dusknoir. It spins and tackles the foe.

• Used by Dusknoir in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0007 Squirtle Water 23 0008 Wartortle Water 25 0009 Blastoise Water 25 0120 Staryu Water 13 0121 Starmie Water Psychic -- 0204 Pineco Bug 22 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 22 0232 Donphan Ground 41 0237 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0027 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Donphan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0072 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster
Kabuto, Kabutops |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Kabuto, Kabutops |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0225 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Delibird
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Donphan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0236 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tyrogue
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Hitmontop

|- | colspan="6" | 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 0007 Squirtle Water 23 0008 Wartortle Water 25 0009 Blastoise Water 25 0120 Staryu Water 10 0121 Starmie Water Psychic -- 0204 Pineco Bug 22 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 22 0232 Donphan Ground 41 0237 Hitmontop Fighting 25 0343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 5 0344 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0027 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Donphan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0072 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster
Kabuto, Kabutops |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Kabuto, Kabutops |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0225 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Delibird
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Donphan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0236 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tyrogue
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Hitmontop |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0347 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Anorith
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster
Tentacool, Tentacruel
Kabuto, Kabutops

|- | colspan="6" | 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 0007 Squirtle Water 19 0008 Wartortle Water 20 0009 Blastoise Water 20 0027 Sandshrew Ground 13 0028 Sandslash Ground 13 0120 Staryu Water 10 0121 Starmie Water Psychic -- 0204 Pineco Bug 12 0204 Pineco Bug 17 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 12 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 17 0232 Donphan Ground 6 0237 Hitmontop Fighting 24 0324 Torkoal Fire 23 0343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 5 0344 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0027 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Donphan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0072 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster
Kabuto, Kabutops |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Kabuto, Kabutops |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0225 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Delibird
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Sandshrew, Sandslash
Donphan
Torkoal |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0236 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tyrogue
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Hitmontop |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0347 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Anorith
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster
Tentacool, Tentacruel
Kabuto, Kabutops

|- | colspan="6" | 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. |} |}

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