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 has the type edge here and should clean up 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.
Corsola can be received through an in-game trade on Pacifidlog Town. Trade Bellossom. Trade a Bellossom to a man in a house in Pacifidlog Town
- After Roxanne
- TM39RockRock Tomb9095%15
- LV 23WaterBubble Beam98100%20
- After Wattson
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- TM29PsychicPsychic90100%10
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquake100100%10
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater Pulse90100%20
- LV 45RockAncient Power90100%5
Catch Corsola on Route 128 (Super Rod fishing, Lv 30-35, uncommon).
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30WaterBubble Beam98100%20
- After Roxanne
- TM39RockRock Tomb9095%15
- After Wattson
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- TM29PsychicPsychic90100%10
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquake100100%10
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater Pulse90100%20
- LV 45RockAncient Power90100%5
Ruby & Sapphire Corsola Locations
Corsola appears at decent spawn rates across 6 spots in mid-game fishing spots. Sort by Best below if you want the highest rate, or Earliest if you want the quickest access point in your playthrough.
Best 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.
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 2x184-216%KO Mega Drain 4x57-68% | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x171-201%KO Dig 2x47-56% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x144-171%KO Dig 2x41-48% | ||
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Combusken builds →Focus Punch 2x132-156%KO Dig 2x35-43% | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x185-218%KO Mega Drain 4x54-64% | ||
Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x173-204%KO Dig 2x48-57% | ||
Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x148-175%KO Dig 2x42-50% | ||
Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Combusken builds →Focus Punch 2x133-157%KO Dig 2x36-43% | ||
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x189-222%KO Mega Drain 4x57-67% | ||
Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x174-206%KO Dig 2x47-56% | ||
Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x152-179%KO Dig 2x42-49% | ||
Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Combusken builds →Focus Punch 2x134-158%KO Dig 2x38-45% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x187-221%KO Solar Beam 4x154-181%KO | ||
Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x175-207%KO Dig 2x48-57% | ||
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x182-215%KO Dig 2x49-58% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 4x250-294%KO Focus Punch 2x113-134%KO | ||
Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x187-220%KO Solar Beam 4x149-175%KO | ||
Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x173-204%KO Earthquake 2x78-92% | ||
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
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 4x248-292%KO Focus Punch 2x112-133%KO | ||
Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x188-221%KO Solar Beam 4x146-172%KO | ||
Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x175-206%KO Earthquake 2x78-92% | ||
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x180-212%KO Earthquake 2x81-96% | ||
Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Corsola View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 4x246-290%KO Focus Punch 2x112-133%KO | ||
Corsola Evolutions
Corsola is what you get. No evolutions, but it breeds through two egg groups with plenty of partners. Hatching is average hatch time. 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 Water1 and Water3 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
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
In Ruby & Sapphire, Corsola isn't fully evolved, so it's not built for competitive play. You'll want to evolve it into Cursola to unlock its full potential. At 390 BST, it's a stepping stone rather than a team anchor.
In Ruby & Sapphire, Corsola's biggest threats include Venusaur (Grass), Jolteon (Electric), and Hitmonlee (Fighting), all carrying super-effective STAB moves. Venusaur is the most dangerous since Grass moves deal 4x damage. Ground-type attackers are also a problem. At base 35 Speed, Corsola won't outrun any of these threats so switching to a resist is usually the safer play.
Trade a Bellossom to a man in a house in Pacifidlog Town. This is an NPC trade, so the Corsola you receive is yours immediately, no transfer cable needed.
In Ruby & Sapphire, Run Natural Cure on Corsola. It's the ability that defines how you build around it and the main reason it holds a competitive niche. Corsola also gets Hustle, but they don't compare.
In Ruby & Sapphire, Corsola fills the balanced role. It's a mixed attacker with base 55 Attack and 65 Sp. Atk. Base 35 Speed is low. Priority moves or Trick Room are the way to go. And it's enough bulk to take a hit or two.
Game Availability
Corsola first appeared in Gold & Silver and spans 17 games across 9 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 7LGPE
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
Winds & Waves