Is Corsola Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Not native to Hoenn in the main game. AbilityNatural Cure heals status on switch-out and AbilityHustle boosts Attack at the cost of accuracy. Water/Rock with mediocre stats. RS's deep Water roster makes importing Corsola pointless.
Corsola resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Corsola resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Corsola has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Corsola trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Corsola on Route 128 (Super Rod fishing, Lv 30-35, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
- LV 45RockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
Ruby & Sapphire Corsola Locations
Corsola has two paths in Hoenn: a Super Rod catch off Evergrande City and Route 128 in the low 30s, or a one-time NPC trade in Pacifidlog Town that wants a Bellossom for it. The trade is the quicker pickup.
Wild Corsola may be holding when caught:
Red Shard (5% chance) A shard from an ancient item. Can be sold cheaply.3 locations to catch Corsola
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
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Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Corsola in Ruby & Sapphire
Fishing and trade encounters at Lv. 30-35 across 3 spots for Corsola. Sorted by progression so you can see what's reachable at your current point in the game.
How to Get Shiny Corsola in Ruby & Sapphire
Out in the waters of Route 128 and Ever Grande City, wild Corsola bite the Super Rod, so keep reeling them in until one gleams shiny. Compare Shiny Corsola odds across every game
Shiny Corsola Evolution
Does Not EvolveRuby & Sapphire Shiny Corsola 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 Corsola in the Ruby & Sapphire 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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Corsola Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Corsola
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x187-220%KO Solar Beam 4x162-191%KO | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x173-204%KO Earthquake 2x78-92% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x181-212%KO Earthquake 2x81-96% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 4x271-319%KO Focus Punch 2x112-133%KO | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 4x252-297%KO Focus Punch 2x88-104%KO Earthquake 2x60-71% | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 4x203-239%KO Earthquake 2x57-67% Rock Smash 2x13-16% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 4x220-260%KO Brick Break 2x50-60% Dig 2x42-50% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Blaziken builds →Focus Punch 2x173-204%KO Earthquake 2x78-92% | ||
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x150-178%KO Earthquake 2x67-80% | ||
 Swampert WaterGround | S | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Swampert builds →Earthquake 2x108-127%KO Focus Punch 2x108-127%KO | ||
 Tropius Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Tropius builds →Solar Beam 4x189-223%KO Earthquake 2x50-58% Rock Smash 2x12-14% | ||
 Medicham FightingPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Medicham builds →Focus Punch 2x101-119%KO Thunder Punch 2x35-41% | ||
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 8 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Corsola easily with 58 breeding partners from the Water 1 and Water 3 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Amnesia, Barrier, Confuse Ray and 5 more to offspring.
RS Corsola Best Moveset
Water/Rock with balanced but low stats. AbilityNatural Cure clears status on switch-out, or AbilityHustle boosts Attack at an accuracy cost. MoveRecover provides HP recovery. Held ItemLeftovers stacks. Neither offensive stat threatens competitive targets.
Best Build
Corsola best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Wallbreaker Moveset
- Earthquake
- Explosion
- Hidden Power Rock
- Body Slam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Amnesia and Barrier give Corsola options it can't learn any other way, and Normal and Psychic coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Surf and Rock Slide. 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 29 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
CORSOLA’s branches glitter very beautifully in seven colors when they catch sunlight. If any branch breaks off, this POKéMON grows it back in just one night.
Clusters of CORSOLA congregate in warm seas where they serve as ideal hiding places for smaller POKéMON. When the water temperature falls, this POKéMON migrates to the southern seas.
Corsola Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Trade a Bellossom to a woman in a house in Pacifidlog Town. This is an NPC trade, so the Corsola you receive is yours immediately, no transfer cable needed.
Yes. Wild Corsola in Ruby & Sapphire can hold Red Shard (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Red Shard.
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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