Is Corphish Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Transfer-only Water from Hoenn. Crawdaunt at 30 adds Dark. AbilityHyper Cutter prevents Attack drops. The physical/special split is the story for this line.
Corphish resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Corphish trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Corphish has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Crasher Wake's typing presses Corphish's defenses.
Corphish trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Corphish has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Corphish trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Corphish trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Crawdaunt resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Crawdaunt trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Corphish in Celestic Town (Super Rod fishing, Lv 30-40, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lake Acuity
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- After Fantina
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Ravaged Path
- LV 38WaterCrabhammerPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Corphish to Crawdaunt
Corphish evolves into Crawdaunt at Level 30. You get it at Level 30 or higher, so it evolves into Crawdaunt the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- LV 39DarkNight SlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 44WaterCrabhammerPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- LV 57DarkCrunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Corphish in Diamond & Pearl
The water by Celestic Town is the only place Corphish lurks, a common Super Rod catch at level 30 to 40. Once you can fish that northern pond, the ruffian crayfish is an easy pull.
1 location to catch Corphish
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Badge 3Where To Catch Corphish in DP
The line opens with Corphish at Lv. 30-40 via fishing encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 1Corphish ✓
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Crawdauntor evolve from Corphish (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Corphish catch odds in the Diamond & Pearl Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Corphish in Diamond & Pearl
Corphish leans on the Masuda Method, so run it for far better egg odds with a foreign parent. Compare Shiny Corphish odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Corphish Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Corphish in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
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
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Leafeon Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Snover GrassIce | D | |
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
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 69 breeding partners from the Water 1 and Water 3 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Body Slam, Endeavor and 4 more to offspring.
DP Corphish Best Moveset
80 Attack and AbilityHyper Cutter preventing Attack drops give some physical value, but stats in the 35-80 range are too low overall. The moveset has physical Water hits at low power. Evolve to Crawdaunt.
Best Build
Corphish best EVs are Speed and Attack
Utility Moveset
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Knock Off
- Superpower
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
37 of 38 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Its hardy vitality enables it to adapt to any environment. Its pincers will never release prey.
Corphish Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Corphish has 308 BST and evolves into Crawdaunt. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Corphish is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Corphish becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Corphish appears in 15 games across 7 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 7Let's Go
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
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