Extreme Speed (move)

ExtremeSpeed しんそく Godspeed

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  80 Accuracy  100% Priority  +2* 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  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   The next appeal can be made earlier next turn.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform first in the next 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

ExtremeSpeed (Japanese: しんそく Godspeed) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II, in which it was the signature move of Arcanine (only in Pokémon Gold and Silver). Later in that generation, a special Dratini was created that knows this move. It is essentially a stronger version of Quick Attack.

Effect

Generation II to IV

ExtremeSpeed inflicts damage and is an increased priority move. If the target does not use an increased priority move during the round that it is used, ExtremeSpeed will go first regardless of the user's or target's speed. If the target also uses a move with an increased priority of +1 during the same round that the user uses ExtremeSpeed, the attack order of the users will be determined normally. If the user is put to sleep or frozen during the round that ExtremeSpeed is (or is attempted to be) used, ExtremeSpeed's increased speed priority will not be reset. Subsequently, it will only be reset on the turn after the user wakes up or is defrosted, or if the user switches out.

Generation V

ExtremeSpeed now has +2 priority.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0059 Arcanine Fire 50 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0147 Dratini Dragon Crystal Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0059 Arcanine Fire 49 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 60 0386 Deoxys Psychic 50 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0263 Zigzagoon Normal Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0059 Arcanine Fire 39 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 60 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 75 0386 Deoxys Psychic 97 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 51 0468 Togekiss Normal Flying -- 0493 Arceus Ground 40 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0147 Dratini Dragon HeartGold and SoulSilver 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" | 0147 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Dratini
| colspan="2" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon | style="background: #FFF" | Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite

|- | 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. |} |}

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0243 Raikou Electric 13th Movie Event 0244 Entei Fire 13th Movie Event 0245 Suicune Water 13th Movie Event 0386 Deoxys Psychic 10th Movie Events Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0059 Arcanine Fire 39 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 75 0386 Deoxys Psychic 97 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 65 0468 Togekiss Normal Flying -- 0493 Arceus Ground 40 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" | 0147 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Dratini
| colspan="2" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon | style="background: #FFF" | Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite

|- | 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. |} |}

Other appearances

• Lucario has ExtremeSpeed for its recovery move (↑+B) in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Tilting the control stick in different directions alters which direction Lucario moves. It does not inflict any damage on opponents.

In the anime

Arcanine
The user charges the foe at blinding speed.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Arcanine runs so fast that its legs become a blur, or Arcanine becomes surrounded by white and clear aura as it charges into its opponent at a fast speed.
Keegan and Ramona's Arcanine	The Stolen Stones!		Debut
Gary's Arcanine	Extreme Pokémon!		None
A wild Arcanine	On Cloud Arcanine		None
Tucker's Arcanine	Tactics Theatrics!!		None
	Munchlax becomes surrounded in a white and clear aura and it can run extremely fast.
May's Munchlax	On Cloud Arcanine		Used via Metronome

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Arcanine
The user charges at the opponent at a high speed and slams into them.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Arcanine charges at a high speed and slams into the opponent.
Crys's Archy	Slugging it Out with Slugma		Debut

Trivia

• ExtremeSpeed is tied with Sucker Punch for the increased priority move with the highest base power.
• Despite its in-game description, in generations II through IV, the move ExtremeSpeed had the same priority as many other increased priority moves, and a few other moves such as Feint and Helping Hand would even go before it. As of Generation V, however, its +2 priority makes it faster than all other increased priority damaging moves (though some non-damaging moves still surpass it).

In other languages

• Chinese: 神速 Shénsù
• French: Vit.Extrême
• German: Turbotempo
• Greek: Υπερταχύτητα
• Italian: Extrarapido
• Korean: 신속 Sinsok
• Spanish: Vel. Extrema
• Serbian: Ekstremna Brzina

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.