Is Corphish Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Breed-only. Water with AbilityHyper Cutter. Crawdaunt at level 30 adds Water/Dark. The physical/special split gives it physical Dark and Water for the first time.
Corphish has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Corphish has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Corphish has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Corphish trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's typing presses Corphish's defenses.
Corphish has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Corphish trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Clair's typing presses Corphish's defenses.
Corphish has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Misty's typing presses Corphish's defenses.
Corphish trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Erika's team hits Corphish's weaknesses hard.
Corphish trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Corphish trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Corphish has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Corphish trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Crawdaunt trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Crawdaunt trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Crawdaunt trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Corphish in the Safari Zone (Good Rod fishing, Lv 26). Requires 10 Water objects placed in Wetland.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 26)
- LV 26WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 43
- LV 38WaterCrabhammerPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 10
- LV 47DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Corphish to Crawdaunt
Corphish evolves into Crawdaunt at Level 30. Level it up in the post-game, after you beat Lance.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- LV 39DarkNight SlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Clair
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sold by the TM clerk on 3F of the Celadon Department Store
- LV 44WaterCrabhammerPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 10
- LV 57DarkCrunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Corphish in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Corphish skips the wild entirely in these games. A Crawdaunt left at the Day-Care produces its egg, which means bringing a Crawdaunt over before you can hatch one.
1 location to catch Corphish
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Badge 8Where To Catch Corphish in HGSS
The line opens with Corphish at Lv. 26-46 via fishing encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Evolve into Crawdaunt
Bring the right balls: check Corphish catch odds in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Corphish in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Corphish asks for the Day Care, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign parent at 1 in 1,638 for a shiny. Compare Shiny Corphish odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver 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
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Raikou Electric | B | |
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
 Jolteon Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Manectric 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, Dragon Dance and 5 more to offspring.
HGSS Corphish Best Moveset
80 Attack and 65 Defense for a first-stage Water. AbilityHyper Cutter prevents Attack drops from Intimidate. Physical Water presence that needs Crawdaunt to compete.
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
All 29 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It was originally a Pokémon from afar that escaped to the wild. It can adapt to the dirtiest river.
Corphish HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- Where in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone can I find Corphish?
See the Locations section above for where to find Corphish in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Corphish from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Corphish easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Corphish has 308 BST and evolves into Crawdaunt. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
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
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