Is Ponyta Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Route 26 and 27 in Kanto, postgame only. Another Fire-type locked behind beating the E4 in a game desperate for Fire coverage during the Johto story. Crystal's move tutor MoveFlamethrower fills the gap before you can catch Ponyta.
Ponyta has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Ponyta resists most of Bugsy's coverage and hits back hard.
Ponyta has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Ponyta has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Ponyta trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Ponyta resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
Ponyta has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Clair's team hits Ponyta's weaknesses hard.
Rapidash has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Rapidash trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Rapidash resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Rapidash has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Misty's team hits Rapidash's weaknesses hard.
Rapidash trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Rapidash trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Rapidash trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Rapidash has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Rapidash resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Rapidash trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Rapidash has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Lance's team hits Rapidash's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Ponyta on Route 27 (walking, Lv 32, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 32)
- LV 32FireEmberPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- LV 32NormalStompPower 65Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- LV 34NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Lt. Surge
- TUTORFireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- LV 53FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5
Evolve Ponyta to Rapidash
Ponyta evolves into Rapidash at Level 40. Your Ponyta should hit Level 40 before you reach Lt. Surge, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 40)
- LV 40NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 40NormalStompPower 65Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- After Lt. Surge
- TUTORFireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TM03GhostCursePower —Accuracy 100%PP 10Gift in the Celadon Mansion roof house, at night only
- LV 61FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5
How to Get Ponyta in Crystal
Ponyta gallops across five areas, but only in the morning and day, never at night. Levels swing hard by spot: a rare low-level one waits on Route 22, while Mt. Silver runs into the 40s.
5 locations to catch Ponyta
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Ponyta in C
Ponyta is where the line starts, caught through walking encounters at Lv. 6-42. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Rapidashor evolve from Ponyta (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Ponyta catch rates for Crystal by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Ponyta in Crystal
Ponyta gallops across Kanto's Route 26 & Route 28 and up Mt. Silver in the morning and day; Route 26's common level 32 herd is the steadiest target. Compare Shiny Ponyta odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Ponyta Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Crystal with Ponyta preloaded.
Ponyta Weakness
Water, Ground, and Rock moves hit Ponyta for super-effective damage. The Fire typing picks up 5 resistances to work with. Not too many gaps in the chart, 3 weaknesses to account for.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Ground, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Ponyta Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Ponyta
 Marowak Ground | B | |
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Vaporeon builds →Hydro Pump 2x167-197%KO Mud-Slap 2x15-18% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Rhydon builds →Earthquake 2x182-215%KO Rollout 2x57-67% Surf 2x45-53% | ||
 Suicune Water | B | |
Obtain MethodTin Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Suicune builds →Surf 2x114-134%KO Dig 2x47-55% | ||
 Tyranitar RockDark | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Tyranitar builds →Rock Slide 2x141-166%KO Earthquake 2x125-147%KO Surf 2x79-93% | ||
 Donphan Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Donphan builds →Earthquake 2x170-201%KO Rollout 2x35-42% | ||
 Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Golduck builds →Hydro Pump 2x148-174%KO Dig 2x50-59% | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Slowbro builds →Surf 2x122-144%KO Earthquake 2x78-92% | ||
 Azumarill Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Azurill (Mt Mortar Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Azumarill builds →Surf 2x82-97% Rollout 2x18-22% Mud-Slap 2x12-15% | ||
 Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Feraligatr builds →Hydro Pump 2x127-150%KO Earthquake 2x102-120%KO | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter | ||
 Nidoking PoisonGround | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Nidoking builds →Earthquake 2x149-176%KO Surf 2x72-85% | ||
 Quagsire WaterGround | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 32 Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Quagsire builds →Earthquake 2x129-152%KO Surf 2x88-103%KO Rollout 2x26-31% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Sandslash builds →Earthquake 2x146-172%KO Rollout 2x30-36% | ||
Ponyta Evolutions
Ponyta is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Rapidash. Check the evolution method below. Plenty of partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 90 total stats over Ponyta. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Ponyta easily with 66 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Charm, Double Kick, Flame Wheel and 3 more to offspring.
C Ponyta Best Moveset
Fire pre-evolution with decent Speed heading toward Rapidash. MoveFire Blast from low Sp. Atk can't threaten competitive targets. The Fire type's problems persist through the evolution line.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Fire Blast
- Double Edge
- Hypnosis
- Hidden Power Grass
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Ponyta misses out on Charm and Double Kick. That's 6 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Fire Blast and Flamethrower, with Normal and Steel coverage rounding things out.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
14 of 18 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Training by jumping over grass that grows longer every day has made it a world-class jumper.
Ponyta Crystal Guide
In Crystal, for a casual playthrough, Ponyta works as a placeholder. Fire coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Rapidash. That's where the stats start mattering.
In Crystal, use Ponyta as a support. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling,
Game Availability
Available since Red & Blue, Ponyta appears in 20 games spanning 9 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Galarian form in Generation 8.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwShGalarian
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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