Is Crawdaunt Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Water/Dark with AbilityHyper Cutter preventing Attack drops. Crawdaunt handles Phoebe and contributes against Sidney through Dark coverage. The Wallace Champion fight is neutral for Water. Crawdaunt's Dark subtype gives it endgame coverage that most Water-types in Hoenn can't match.
Corphish resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Corphish trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Corphish's weaknesses hard.
Corphish resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Corphish trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Crawdaunt trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Crawdaunt trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Crawdaunt has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Crawdaunt trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catch Corphish
Catch Corphish on Route 102 (Good Rod fishing, Lv 10-30, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- LV 20WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- LV 35WaterCrabhammerPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- After Juan
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Juan
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Evolve Corphish to Crawdaunt
Corphish evolves into Crawdaunt at Level 30. Your Corphish should hit Level 30 before you reach Winona, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 39WaterCrabhammerPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Steven Stone in his house in Mossdeep City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Crawdaunt in Emerald
A Corphish hooked from the Route 102 or 117 water evolves into Crawdaunt at level 30. There is no way to catch the bully crawfish directly, so the rod that lands the base does all the real work here.
Catch Corphish at any of these 3 spots to eventually evolve into Crawdaunt.
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
- 1Catch Corphish
- 2Evolve Crawdauntat Lv.30
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3How to Obtain Crawdaunt in E
To get Crawdaunt, start by catching Corphish through fishing encounters at Lv. 10-45. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Crawdaunt ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Corphish egg.
How to Get Shiny Crawdaunt in Emerald
Crawdaunt climbs up from Corphish, so fish up a shiny Corphish with the Super Rod on Route 102 or at Petalburg City, then level it to 30 and the shine holds as it evolves into Crawdaunt. Compare Shiny Crawdaunt odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Crawdaunt 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Emerald shiny odds calculator with Crawdaunt already selected.
Crawdaunt Weakness
Type-wise, Crawdaunt takes extra damage from Electric, Grass, Fighting, and Bug. Psychic moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. 6 resistances give it solid defensive coverage on top of that. Crawdaunt's physical bulk (base 85 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass, Fighting, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Ghost, Dark, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Psychic |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Crawdaunt Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Crawdaunt
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x177-208%KO Solar Beam 2x105-124%KO | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x170-200%KO Megahorn 2x136-160%KO | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 2x146-171%KO Brick Break 2x48-56% | ||
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 2x178-210%KO Focus Punch 2x106-125%KO Pin Missile 2x11-13% | ||
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 2x165-194%KO Focus Punch 2x83-97% Fury Cutter 2x7-8% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x146-171%KO Focus Punch 2x70-83% | ||
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Ampharos builds →Thunderbolt 2x141-167%KO Focus Punch 2x75-88% | ||
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Meganium builds →Solar Beam 2x136-160%KO Rock Smash 2x12-14% | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crawdaunt View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 2x133-157%KO Rock Smash 2x12-14% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Crawdaunt Evolutions
Crawdaunt is the evolved form of Corphish. Breeding produces Corphish eggs, and they are quick to hatch. Evolving from Corphish gave Crawdaunt the biggest boost in Attack (+40), bringing the total to 468 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Crawdaunt to get Corphish eggs easily using 58 partners from the Water 1 and Water 3 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Body Slam, Endeavor and 1 more.
E Crawdaunt Best Moveset
120 base Attack behind Water/Dark dual TermStab makes Crawdaunt a wallbreaker that hits hard enough to threaten defensive teams. The moveset runs MoveCrabhammer and MoveCrunch as the primary attacks, though 55 base Speed means it needs priority support or trick room to survive faster threats.
Best Build
Crawdaunt best EVs are HP and Sp. Atk
Special Tank Moveset
- Brick Break
- Crabhammer
- Knock Off
- Ice Beam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Ancient Power and Body Slam give Crawdaunt options it can't learn any other way, and coverage across 8 types already covers a decent range on top of Crabhammer 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
All 28 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A brutish POKéMON that loves to battle. A veteran CRAWDAUNT that has prevailed in hundreds of battles has giant pincers marked with countless scars.
Crawdaunt Emerald Guide
In Emerald, Crawdaunt plays as a cannon. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully. Crabhammer is the primary attack.
In Emerald, Rash is the go-to nature for Crawdaunt. That's +Sp. Atk / -Sp. Def. Pair it with 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpA EVs. Fits the cannon role.
Game Availability
Crawdaunt first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 15 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
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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