
Is Corphish Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Route 102 fishing. Water/Dark with AbilityHyper Cutter or AbilityShell Armor. Crawdaunt at 30 hits hard physically. Handles Phoebe, Tate and Liza, and most late trainers. Dark coverage against Phoebe's Ghost E4 makes Corphish one of the better early fishing catches in Emerald.
Corphish resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Corphish has the type edge here and should clean up 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.
Corphish trades roughly evenly with 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 on Route 102 (Super Rod fishing, Lv 20-45, common).
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20WaterBubble Beam98100%20
- After Brawly
- TM36PoisonSludge Bomb90100%10
- After Wattson
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- LV 35WaterCrabhammer15090%10
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfall120100%15
- After Juan
- TM03WaterWater Pulse90100%20
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
Your Corphish should hit Level 30 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30WaterBubble Beam98100%20
- LV 30DarkKnock Off98100%20
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- After Winona
- TM15NormalHyper Beam15090%5
- LV 39WaterCrabhammer15090%10
- After Tate & Liza
- HM08WaterDive120100%10
- HM07WaterWaterfall120100%15
- After Juan
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
How to Get Corphish in Emerald
high spawn rates in early-game fishing spots across 6 locations. Corphish's one of the easier catches on the list. Knock it out fast and save your time for harder targets.
3 locations to catch Corphish
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Where To Catch Corphish in E
The path to Corphish starts with Corphish at Lv. 10-45 via fishing encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
Step 1Corphish ✓Petalburg CityLv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 102Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Route 117Lv.10-30Good RodRate 20%Petalburg CityLv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Route 102Lv.20-45Super RodRate 100%Route 117Lv.20-45Super RodRate 100%
Step 2Evolve into CrawdauntBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Crawdaunt egg.
Corphish Weakness
Electric and Grass moves hit Corphish for super-effective damage. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Corphish's physical bulk (base 65 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Corphish Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Corphish
In Emerald, Raikou can KO Corphish with Thunderbolt (202-238%). Breloom's Mach Punch hits Corphish for 34-40%.
Raikou Electric | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Corphish View Raikou builds →Thunderbolt 2x202-238%KO | ||
Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityEffect Spore ItemLeftovers NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Corphish View Breloom builds →Mach Punch34-40% | ||
Corphish Evolutions
Corphish is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Crawdaunt. Check the evolution method below. Plenty of partners for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 160 total stats over Corphish. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Corphish easily with 58 breeding partners from the Water1 and Water3 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Body Slam, Endeavor and 1 more to offspring.
E Corphish Best Moveset
AbilityHyper Cutter prevents Attack drops from AbilityIntimidate, but Corphish's stats are too low for competitive use. The moveset should run physical Water and Dark moves while building toward Crawdaunt.
Best Build
Corphish best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Utility Moveset
- Harden
- Bubble Beam
- Crabhammer
- Vise Grip
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Corphish misses out on Ancient Power and Body Slam. That's 4 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Crabhammer and Surf, with coverage across 9 types rounding things out.
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
Once it grips prey with its large pincers, it will never let go, no matter what. It is a hardy POKéMON that can thrive in any environment.
Corphish Emerald Guide
In Emerald, For a casual playthrough, Corphish works as a placeholder. Water coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Crawdaunt. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Corphish appears in 15 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
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 7LGPE

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

Winds & Waves