Is Corphish Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Route 102 fishing. Water/Dark with AbilityHyper Cutter or AbilityShell Armor. Crawdaunt at 30 hits hard physically. Handles Phoebe, Tate and Liza, and most late trainers. Dark coverage against Phoebe's Ghost E4 makes Corphish one of the better early fishing catches in Emerald.
Corphish resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Corphish trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Corphish's weaknesses hard.
Corphish resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Corphish trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Crawdaunt trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Crawdaunt trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Crawdaunt trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Corphish on Route 102 (Good Rod fishing, Lv 10-30, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- LV 20WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- LV 35WaterCrabhammerPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- After Juan
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Juan
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Evolve Corphish to Crawdaunt
Corphish evolves into Crawdaunt at Level 30. Your Corphish should hit Level 30 before you reach Winona, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 39WaterCrabhammerPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Steven Stone in his house in Mossdeep City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Corphish in Emerald
Corphish snaps at the rods on Routes 102 and 117 and in Petalburg, biting freely on the Super Rod and only now and then on the Good Rod. It is one of the earliest river catches you can make once you own any decent rod.
3 locations to catch Corphish
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3Where To Catch Corphish in E
The line opens with Corphish at Lv. 10-45 via fishing encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Evolve into CrawdauntBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Corphish egg.
Bring the right balls: check Corphish catch odds in the Emerald Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Corphish in Emerald
Corphish snaps at the Good Rod and Super Rod along Route 102, Route 117, and the Petalburg City waterfront, so pick a bank, cast over and over, and release each catch while chasing the shiny recolor. Compare Shiny Corphish odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Corphish Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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 Emerald 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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Corphish Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Corphish
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 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 58 breeding partners from the Water 1 and Water 3 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Body Slam, Endeavor and 1 more to offspring.
E Corphish Best Moveset
AbilityHyper Cutter prevents Attack drops from AbilityIntimidate, but Corphish's stats are too low for competitive use. The moveset should run physical Water and Dark moves while building toward Crawdaunt.
Best Build
Corphish best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Utility Moveset
- Harden
- Bubble Beam
- Crabhammer
- Vise Grip
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Corphish misses out on Ancient Power and Body Slam. That's 4 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Crabhammer and Surf, with coverage across 9 types 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. 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
All 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Once it grips prey with its large pincers, it will never let go, no matter what. It is a hardy POKéMON that can thrive in any environment.
Corphish Emerald Guide
In Emerald, 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 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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