Is Corsola Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Available through breeding in Platinum but no wild encounters confirmed. Water/Rock with AbilityNatural Cure clearing status. Corsola doesn't evolve in Gen 4 and the stats aren't strong enough for story or postgame use.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Fantina'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 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.
Corsola resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Corsola on Route 230 (walking, Lv 48, common). Swarm (daily, announced in Sandgem Town).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 48)
- LV 48RockPower GemPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 48WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Fantina
- TM64NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Won at the Veilstone Game Corner after playing ten bonus rounds in a row on the slots
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- TM55WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Crasher Wake
- After Candice
- TM80RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10Mt. Coronet
- After Volkner
- TM71RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Platinum Corsola Locations
Corsola is a swarm-only catch, common at level 48 but present on a single route just one day at a time. Plan around the Sandgem announcement, or you will find that route empty of it.
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.1 location to catch Corsola
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Corsola in Platinum
How to Get Shiny Corsola in Platinum
Corsola clusters in the grass on Route 230, common enough to chain to 40 for a shiny. Compare Shiny Corsola odds across every game
Shiny Corsola Evolution
Does Not EvolvePlatinum Shiny Corsola Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
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 | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
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 Platinum 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
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 4x258-303%KO Earthquake 2x108-128%KO Rock Smash 2x29-35% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 4x269-317%KO Focus Punch 2x112-133%KO | ||
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 4x261-307%KO Earthquake 2x67-79% Focus Blast 2x87-102%KO Shock Wave 2x44-52% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Vileplume builds →Solar Beam 4x261-307%KO Drain Punch 2x34-40% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 4x220-260%KO Focus Punch 2x74-88% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Shiftry builds →Leaf Storm 4x258-303%KO Dig 2x53-63% Focus Blast 2x73-87% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Breloom builds →Seed Bomb 4x201-236%KO Focus Punch 2x188-221%KO | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 4x203-239%KO Earthquake 2x56-66% Rock Smash 2x24-28% | ||
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x180-212%KO Leaf Blade 4x145-171%KO Earthquake 2x81-96% Thunderbolt 2x44-53% | ||
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 4x223-263%KO Focus Punch 2x93-110%KO Earthquake 2x63-74% | ||
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 10 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 7 more to offspring.
Pt Corsola Best Moveset
Water/Rock typing brings five weaknesses including Grass (4x), Electric, Fighting, and Ground, limiting how often the moveset can switch in safely. 95 in both defenses is undermined by the type matchup problems. AbilityNatural Cure clears status.
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 Stone Edge and Surf. 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
38 of 41 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Many live in the clean seas of the south. They apparently can’t live in polluted waters.
Corsola Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Corsola in Platinum 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.
For Platinum, it depends on your team. Corsola rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Water/Rock coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
Yes. Corsola is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Corsola becomes available after the main story is complete in Platinum.
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 Platinum, Corsola plays as a balanced. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. so pick your spots carefully.
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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