Fastest Pokémon Forms Ever, Ranked by Base Speed

Ask a group of Pokémon fans which Pokémon is the fastest and you’ll get a handful of confident, slightly different answers. Deoxys. Ninjask. Zeraora. Somebody always says Electrode, usually with a story about it exploding first in a Gen 4 playthrough. All reasonable guesses. None of them the actual answer.

The real answer is Regieleki, and it isn’t especially close — its 200 base Speed sits comfortably above everything else that’s been released. What has changed lately is everything below Regieleki. Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s Mega Dimension DLC added a batch of new Mega Evolutions, and a few of them are fast enough to have quietly broken most of the “fastest Pokémon” lists that were written before this year. If you’ve seen one of those older rankings, it’s probably out of date now.

Before ranking the fastest Pokémon here, it’s worth being clear about what “fastest” means, because the word gets used loosely.

A quick note on methodology: everything below is ranked by base Speed — the fixed stat baked into a species or forme, not anything affected by what you do in battle. That means officially released alternate formes and Mega Evolutions are fair game, but items, abilities, EVs, IVs, Natures, and Speed-boosting moves like Agility are not factored in at all. Those things change how fast a Pokémon acts in a specific fight; they don’t change its base stat. And one more thing up front: the fastest Pokémon here end in a four-way tie near the bottom of this list. More on that tie when we get there.

1. Regieleki Is Still the Fastest Pokémon Ever

Electric-type | Debuted in Generation VIII (Pokémon Sword and Shield: The Crown Tundra) | Base Speed: 200

There isn’t much suspense here. Regieleki’s 200 base Speed doesn’t just lead the pack, it leads by 20 full points over whoever’s in second place — a gap wider than the distance separating most of the rest of this list. For context, Pokémon Database’s stat table shows Regieleki’s Speed reaching 548 at level 100 under ideal conditions (31 IVs, a helpful Nature, full EV investment). That 548 number gets thrown around a lot, but don’t mix it up with the base stat — 548 is what you get after building the Pokémon out in battle; 200 is what it starts with, and that’s the number this list actually cares about.

2. Speed Forme Deoxys Ruled Before Regieleki Showed Up

Psychic-type | Base Speed: 180 (Speed Forme only)

For years, Speed Forme Deoxys was the answer to this question, and its 180 base Speed still holds up as the second-highest in the entire franchise. Deoxys is a strange case because its four formes barely resemble each other stat-wise — Speed Forme gives up almost all of its offensive punch in exchange for pure velocity. Worth flagging: Normal and Attack Forme Deoxys only sit at 150 Speed, and Defense Forme is slower still, so this entry is specifically about the Speed Forme. If you want to see how lopsided the four formes really are, Bulbapedia’s Deoxys page lays it all out side by side.

3. Ninjask Outruns Almost Every Legendary in the Game

Bug/Flying-type | Debuted in Generation III | Base Speed: 160

Ninjask is the one that tends to surprise people. It’s not Legendary, not Mythical, not even a fully unique design gimmick — it’s a regular evolutionary Pokémon that happens to zip past nearly every Legendary and Mythical in the series. That 160 base Speed has made it one of the most recognizable speed-focused Pokémon in the franchise for over two decades now, and it fits the ninja theme a little too perfectly. Full stats are on Bulbapedia if you want to see how it stacks up against its evolutionary line.

4. Mega Zeraora Just Rewrote the Ranking

Electric-type | Base Speed: 153 (up from 143 as a regular Zeraora)

This is the entry that tells you whether a “fastest Pokémon” list was written this year or two years ago. Regular Zeraora sits at a solid but unremarkable 143 Speed. Mega Evolve it, though, and that number jumps to 153, on top of 157 Attack and 147 Special Attack. Mega Zeraora is one of the new forms added through the Mega Dimension DLC, alongside Mega Lucario Z and Mega Garchomp Z, both of which show up further down this list. That 153 is enough to push Mega Zeraora ahead of Pheromosa, which had held fourth place among the franchise’s fastest Pokémon before the new Mega arrived — which brings us to a messier situation.

5. A Four-Way Tie at 151: Pheromosa and Three New Mega Evolutions

Here’s where it would be easy to fudge things for the sake of a clean list — pick one Pokémon, call it #5, and move on. That wouldn’t be accurate. Four separate Pokémon and forms currently sit at exactly 151 base Speed, and none of them is objectively faster than the others. So instead of forcing an order, here’s who’s in the tier:

• Pheromosa — Bug/Fighting Ultra Beast from Generation VII. 151 Speed, paired with 137 Attack and 137 Special Attack and defenses low enough to make it feel almost glass-cannon by design. That single point above 150 matters more than it looks like it should, since it’s what separates Pheromosa from a genuinely crowded group of Pokémon parked at exactly 150. (Bulbapedia)
• Mega Garchomp Z — also 151 Speed, which is a strange sentence to write given that ordinary Mega Garchomp is famous for tanking down to just 92 Speed. Mega Garchomp Z flips that entirely, turning one of the series’ slowest Megas into one of its fastest Pokémon, period. (Official reveal)
• Mega Lucario Z — 151 Speed again, stacked with a huge 164 Special Attack. (Official page)
• Mega Absol Z — rounds out the group at 151 Speed as well, per current Generation IX stat listings. (Bulbapedia)

So: Pheromosa, Mega Garchomp Z, Mega Lucario Z, and Mega Absol Z are all tied for fifth. Not fifth-through-eighth, not “fifth but Pheromosa was here first” — genuinely tied.

What About the Pokémon Sitting at 150?

Right below that tie sits a much bigger crowd at exactly 150 base Speed — Mega Alakazam, Mega Aerodactyl, Calyrex Shadow Rider, Electrode, Hisuian Electrode, and both Normal and Attack Forme Deoxys among them. That’s not a full ranking of its own, just useful context: it shows how much of a squeeze that one extra point at 151 really is, and why lumping the four Pokémon above into their own tier is the honest way to handle it rather than pretending 151 breaks down further than it actually does.

Why Base Speed Isn’t the Whole Story in Battle

Worth remembering: base Speed decides potential, not outcomes. In an actual match, Nature, EVs, and IVs all shift a Pokémon’s real Speed stat, and things like a Choice Scarf, certain abilities, Tailwind, or Trick Room can rearrange turn order entirely. Priority moves ignore Speed altogether. So while Regieleki has the highest base Speed of anything ever released, that doesn’t mean it’s guaranteed to move first against, say, a Choice Scarf user under Trick Room — base Speed is a ceiling, not a promise.

The Bottom Line

Regieleki’s 200 base Speed is still untouched at the top, and Speed Forme Deoxys and Ninjask aren’t going anywhere from second and third either. The interesting shifts are happening further down: Mega Zeraora’s 153 has bumped it into fourth, and Pheromosa now shares its old spot with three brand-new Mega Evolutions — Mega Garchomp Z, Mega Lucario Z, and Mega Absol Z — all locked at 151. If you run into another “fastest Pokémon” list that doesn’t mention any of the three, it was probably written before Mega Dimension came out.

If ranked lists like this are your thing, our roundup of the best video games of 2026 so far is worth a look too — same idea, different genre: cutting through the noise to see what’s actually on top.