Is Corsola Good in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Playthrough?
Underground Water/Rock. Low stats everywhere. Corsola is not viable for gym battles or the E4. A collection piece.
Corsola resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Cynthia's team hits Corsola's weaknesses hard.
Catch Corsola on Route 230 (walking, Lv 50, common). Swarm.
How to Get Corsola in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
A handful of locations for Corsola with high spawn rates across endgame routes. The sort toggle below swaps between best odds and earliest access, so you can approach it based on where you are in the game.
Where To Catch Corsola in BDSP
To get Corsola, start by catching Corsola through walking encounters at Lv. 50-63. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
Step 1Corsola ✓Route 230Lv.50GrassRate 40%Swarm activeFountainspring CaveLv.58-63CavePost-gameRiverbank CaveLv.58-63CavePost-gameStill-Water CavernLv.58-63CavePost-game
Step 2Evolve into Cursola
Corsola Weakness
Type-wise, Corsola takes extra damage from Grass, Electric, Fighting, and Ground. Watch out for Grass attacks, those deal 4x damage. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Grass |
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Fighting, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Ice, Poison, Flying |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Fire |
What is Corsola Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Corsola
 Machop Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Machop builds →Focus Punch 2x111-130%KO Earthquake 2x50-61% | ||
 Budew GrassPoison | D | |
 Cubone Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Cubone builds →Earthquake 2x61-72% Focus Punch 2x54-65% | ||
 Phanpy Ground | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Phanpy builds →Earthquake 2x65-78% Rock Smash 2x22-26% | ||
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Geodude builds →Earthquake 2x76-91% Focus Punch 2x74-87% | ||
Machop Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Machop builds →Focus Punch 2x114-135%KO Earthquake 2x51-61% | ||
Budew GrassPoison | D | |
 Pachirisu Electric | C | |
Cubone Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Cubone builds →Earthquake 2x61-73% Focus Punch 2x57-69% | ||
 Luxio Electric | D | |
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x130-153%KO Earthquake 2x59-70% | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x75-89% Focus Punch 2x73-86% | ||
Budew GrassPoison | D | |
 Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Gastrodon builds →Earthquake 2x77-92% Rock Smash 2x23-27% | ||
 Donphan Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Donphan builds →Earthquake 2x101-119%KO Thunder Fang 2x45-55% Rock Smash 2x28-34% | ||
Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x130-153%KO Earthquake 2x59-70% | ||
Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x75-89% Focus Punch 2x73-86% | ||
Budew GrassPoison | D | |
Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Gastrodon builds →Earthquake 2x77-92% Rock Smash 2x23-27% | ||
 Quagsire WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodGreat Marsh Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Quagsire builds →Earthquake 2x77-92% Focus Punch 2x77-91% | ||
Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x128-151%KO Earthquake 2x57-68% | ||
Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x71-84% Focus Punch 2x71-83% | ||
Budew GrassPoison | D | |
Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Gastrodon builds →Earthquake 2x74-87% Rock Smash 2x21-25% | ||
Quagsire WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodGreat Marsh Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Quagsire builds →Earthquake 2x77-90% Focus Punch 2x76-89% | ||
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x126-149%KO Earthquake 2x56-67% | ||
Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Gastrodon builds →Earthquake 2x73-86% Rock Smash 2x21-25% | ||
Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x71-84% Focus Punch 2x70-83% | ||
Quagsire WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodGreat Marsh Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Quagsire builds →Earthquake 2x76-89% Focus Punch 2x73-86% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Abomasnow builds →Solar Beam 4x188-222%KO Focus Punch 2x76-91% Earthquake 2x52-62% | ||
Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Gastrodon builds →Earthquake 2x72-86% Rock Smash 2x19-24% | ||
Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x124-146%KO Earthquake 2x55-66% | ||
Quagsire WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodGreat Marsh Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Quagsire builds →Earthquake 2x75-88% Focus Punch 2x72-86% | ||
Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Abomasnow builds →Solar Beam 4x188-222%KO Focus Punch 2x76-91% Earthquake 2x52-62% | ||
Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Gastrodon builds →Earthquake 2x72-86% Rock Smash 2x19-24% | ||
Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x124-146%KO Earthquake 2x55-66% | ||
Quagsire WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodGreat Marsh Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Quagsire builds →Earthquake 2x75-88% Focus Punch 2x72-86% | ||
Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Vileplume builds →Petal Dance 4x218-257%KO Drain Punch 2x35-42% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 4x227-267%KO Focus Punch 2x94-111%KO | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 4x187-221%KO Focus Punch 2x77-91% Earthquake 2x52-62% | ||
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Garchomp can KO Corsola with Earthquake (103-121%).
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
Recommended Build AbilityRough Skin ItemLeftovers NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Garchomp builds →Earthquake 2x103-121%KO | ||
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Recommended Build AbilityLevitate ItemStickybarb NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Rotom builds →Hex19-23% | ||
Corsola Evolutions
Corsola is what you get. No evolutions, but it breeds through two egg groups with plenty of partners. Hatching is average hatch time. It's got 11 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Corsola easily with 69 breeding partners from the Water1 and Water3 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Amnesia, Aqua Ring, Confuse Ray and 8 more to offspring.
BDSP Corsola Best Moveset
95/95 across both defenses with hidden AbilityRegenerator healing a third of HP every switch. Water/Rock typing adds common Grass and Fighting weaknesses. The moveset has defensive presence at 65 HP but 55/65 offenses at 35 Speed contribute nothing. E-tier because the bulk and recovery can't compensate for the typing flaws.
Best Build
Corsola best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Recover
- Scald
- Curse
- Mirror Coat
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Amnesia and Aqua Ring give Corsola options it can't learn any other way, and Normal and Ground coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Head Smash and Stone Edge. The egg moves push it further.
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
Base Stats
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Corsola Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Guide
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Corsola isn't fully evolved, so it's not built for competitive play. You'll want to evolve it into Cursola to unlock its full potential. At 410 BST, it's a stepping stone rather than a team anchor.
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Corsola's biggest threats include Venusaur (Grass), Jolteon (Electric), and Hitmonlee (Fighting), all carrying super-effective STAB moves. Venusaur is the most dangerous since Grass moves deal 4x damage. Ground-type attackers are also a problem. At base 35 Speed, Corsola won't outrun any of these threats so switching to a resist is usually the safer play.
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Run Regenerator on Corsola. It's the ability that defines how you build around it and the main reason it holds a competitive niche. Corsola also gets Hustle and Natural Cure, but they don't compare.
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Regenerator is the hidden ability. It heals for 1/3 max HP upon switching out. Worth hunting for if you want Corsola to compete at a higher level.
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Corsola fills the support role. It's a special attacker with base 65 Sp. Atk. Base 35 Speed is low. Priority moves or Trick Room are the way to go. And it's enough bulk to take a hit or two.
Game Availability
Corsola first appeared in Gold & Silver and spans 17 games across 9 generations. It later gained a Galarian form in Generation 8, adding new dimensions to its competitive identity.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
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 8SwShGalarian
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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