Is Corphish Good in Black 2 & White 2 Playthrough?
Water with AbilityHyper Cutter preventing Attack drops. Wild on Route 3 early. Crawdaunt at level 30 adds Dark. Physical Water moves connect to the strong Attack. An early catch that evolves into something useful.
Corphish resists most of Cheren's coverage and hits back hard.
Corphish has the type edge here and should clean up Roxie's team.
Corphish trades roughly evenly with Burgh's team.
Corphish trades roughly evenly with Elesa's team.
Corphish has the type edge here and should clean up Clay's team.
Corphish trades roughly evenly with Skyla's team.
Drayden's typing presses Corphish's defenses.
Marlon's typing presses Corphish's defenses.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Shauntal's team.
Crawdaunt trades roughly evenly with Grimsley's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Caitlin's team.
Marshal's team hits Crawdaunt's weaknesses hard.
Crawdaunt trades roughly evenly with Iris's team.
Catch Corphish on Route 3 (Surf, Lv 45-60, common).
Your Corphish should hit Level 30 before you reach Shauntal, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Corphish in Black 2 & White 2
high spawn rates across 4 locations for Corphish in late-game water routes. Scroll the sorted list below and pick whichever spot sits closest to your current route. The rate differences between locations are worth comparing.
Where To Catch Corphish in B2W2
The path to Corphish starts with Corphish at Lv. 45-60 via surfing and walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
Step 1Corphish ✓Route 3Lv.45-60Surfing on waterRate 30%AnyStriaton CityLv.45-60Surfing on waterRate 30%Any
Step 2Catch or Evolve into CrawdauntRoute 3Lv.50-60Rippling Water SurfRate 100%AnyShaking spotStriaton CityLv.50-60Rippling Water SurfRate 100%AnyShaking spotor evolve from Corphish (Step 1)
Corphish Weakness
Electric and Grass moves hit Corphish for super-effective damage. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Corphish's physical bulk (base 65 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Corphish Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Corphish
 Snivy Grass | D | |
Obtain MethodAspertia City Gift | ||
 Lilligant Grass | C | |
 Leafeon Grass | B | |
 Whimsicott Grass | C | |
 Servine Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Snivy (Aspertia City Gift) | ||
 Swadloon BugGrass | C | |
 Maractus Grass | C | |
Lilligant Grass | C | |
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Corphish View Sunflora builds →Petal Dance 2x255-300%KO | ||
Leafeon Grass | B | |
Whimsicott Grass | C | |
Maractus Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Corphish View Maractus builds →Petal Dance 2x252-297%KO | ||
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Sunflora Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Corphish View Sunflora builds →Petal Dance 2x249-294%KO | ||
 Leavanny BugGrass | C | |
Lilligant Grass | C | |
Maractus Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Corphish View Maractus builds →Petal Dance 2x261-308%KO | ||
Lilligant Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Corphish View Lilligant builds →Petal Dance 2x268-316%KO | ||
Sunflora Grass | C | |
Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Leafeon Grass | B | |
Maractus Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Corphish View Maractus builds →Petal Dance 2x259-305%KO | ||
Lilligant Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Corphish View Lilligant builds →Petal Dance 2x269-318%KO | ||
Sunflora Grass | C | |
Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Leafeon Grass | B | |
Maractus Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Corphish View Maractus builds →Petal Dance 2x266-313%KO | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
Lilligant Grass | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Corphish View Lilligant builds →Petal Dance 2x275-324%KO | ||
 Tangrowth Grass | B | |
Sunflora Grass | C | |
In Black 2 & White 2, Raikou can KO Corphish with Thunderbolt (197-232%). Breloom's Bullet Seed hits Corphish for 51-60%.
 Raikou Electric | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemLife Orb NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Corphish View Raikou builds →Thunderbolt 2x197-232%KO Aura Sphere58-69% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityTechnician ItemLife Orb NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Corphish View Breloom builds →Mach Punch40-47% Bullet Seed 2x51-60% | ||
Corphish Evolutions
Corphish is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Crawdaunt. Check the evolution method below. Plenty of partners for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 160 total stats over Corphish. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Corphish easily with 78 breeding partners from the Water1 and Water3 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Body Slam, Chip Away and 8 more to offspring.
B2W2 Corphish Best Moveset
AbilityAdaptability as a hidden ability doubles TermStab bonus from 1.5x to 2x. 80 Attack behind doubled Water bonus fires hard for a first stage. The moveset threatens through boosted Water TermStab at pre-evolution levels. Crawdaunt one evolution away adds Dark typing.
Best Build
Corphish best EVs are Speed and Attack
Utility Moveset
- Crabhammer
- Dragon Dance
- Superpower
- Crunch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Need something that threatens multiple types? Corphish's movepool delivers. Coverage across 10 types plus STAB from Crabhammer and Surf gives it answers for most defensive cores you'll run into.
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. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
No matter how dirty the water in the river, it will adapt and thrive. It has a strong will to survive.
Corphish Black 2 & White 2 Guide
In Black 2 & White 2, For a casual playthrough, Corphish works as a placeholder. Water coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Crawdaunt. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Corphish appears in 15 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
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