Is Corsola Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Breed-only in HeartGold. Water/Rock with AbilityNatural Cure or AbilityHustle. Low stats across the board and too many better Water-types exist. Not worth the breeding effort.
Corsola resists most of Falkner's coverage and hits back hard.
Corsola resists most of Bugsy's coverage and hits back hard.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's Pokemon outpace and outclass Corsola here.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Corsola in Cherrygrove City (Good Rod fishing, Lv 20, rare).
Recommended Moves
- 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
- LV 25WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 32RockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 44RockPower GemPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 53GroundEarth PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
HeartGold & SoulSilver Corsola Locations
Corsola is a fishing catch, common on the Super Rod and a rare Good Rod nibble at coastal towns across both games. The Super Rod is the trick, since it turns a rare reef into a steady one.
Wild Corsola may be holding when caught:
Hard Stone (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is an unbreakable stone that ups the power of Rock-type moves.7 locations to catch Corsola
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
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Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Corsola in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Bring Good Rod and Super Rod for Corsola. There are 14 fishing encounters from Lv. 20-40 with no walking alternatives. Pick the spot with the best rate and settle in.
How to Get Shiny Corsola in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Corsola sits in the reefs off Cherrygrove and Cianwood City, though a shiny hatches faster from Masuda breeding. Compare Shiny Corsola odds across every game
Shiny Corsola Evolution
Does Not EvolveHeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Corsola 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 Corsola in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Corsola Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Corsola
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Vileplume builds →Solar Beam 4x265-313%KO Drain Punch 2x36-43% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 4x277-326%KO Focus Punch 2x114-134%KO | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Meganium builds →Solar Beam 4x211-249%KO Rock Smash 2x24-30% | ||
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x176-207%KO Dig 2x63-74% | ||
 Leafeon Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Leafeon builds →Solar Beam 4x168-198%KO Dig 2x60-70% Rock Smash 2x30-36% | ||
 Quagsire WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodCliff Edge Gate Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Quagsire builds →Focus Punch 2x90-106%KO Dig 2x72-86% | ||
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) | ||
 Jumpluff Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodSafari Zone Surfing | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Marowak builds →Focus Punch 2x84-100%KO Dig 2x70-83% | ||
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Ampharos builds →Thunderbolt 2x109-128%KO Focus Punch 2x81-96% | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Primeape builds →Focus Punch 2x156-185%KO Dig 2x57-68% Thunderbolt 2x45-53% | ||
Corsola Evolutions
Corsola is what you get. No evolutions, but it breeds through two egg groups with plenty of partners. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. 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 Water 1 and Water 3 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Amnesia, Aqua Ring, Barrier and 8 more to offspring.
HGSS Corsola Best Moveset
Water/Rock with 95 Defense and 95 Sp. Def providing balanced bulk on both sides. AbilityNatural Cure clears status on the switch. The moveset has 65 in both offenses, too weak to threaten while walling. 35 Speed compounds the lack of pressure.
Best Build
Corsola best EVs are HP and Speed
Hazard Setter Moveset
- Stealth Rock
- Rock Polish
- Endeavor
- Protect
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Amnesia and Aqua Ring give Corsola options it can't learn any other way, and coverage across 7 types already covers a decent range on top of Surf and Power Gem. 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
All 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It continuously sheds and grows. The tip of its head is prized as a treasure because of its beauty.
In a south-sea nation, the people live in communities that are built on groups of these Pokémon.
Corsola HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Yes. Wild Corsola in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Hard Stone (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Hard Stone.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Corsola can work for a story run. It rates C-Tier, a middle-of-the-pack pick, so the Water/Rock typing decides whether it earns a team slot.
Yes. Galarian Corsola is a regional variant with different typing and a reworked stat spread. Introduced in Gen 8. Plays completely differently from the original.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Corsola plays as a balanced. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. so pick your spots carefully.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Timid is the go-to nature for Corsola. That's +Speed / -Attack. Pair it with 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Corsola first appeared in Gold & Silver and spans 16 games across 8 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 7Let's Go
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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