What is a good competitive moveset for Corphish? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Corphish is a fabulous Water-typed Pokemon. Corphish is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Corphish can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Corphish's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Species: Corphish Item: Silk Scarf Ability: Hyper Cutter Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Moveset: - Double-Edge / Return - Sludge Bomb - Brick Break / Rock Smash - Ancient Power
Physical Sweeper Corphish (Hyper Cutter)
Corphish is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In the dark days before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Hyper Cutter, prevents other pokemon from lowering Corphish's attack stat stage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Sludge Bomb is a physical 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune). ♦ Rock Smash is a physical 20-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage). ♦ Ancient Power is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Corphish? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Species: Corphish Item: Silk Scarf Ability: Hyper Cutter Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Moveset: - Double-Edge / Return - Sludge Bomb - Brick Break / Rock Smash - Ancient Power
Doubles Physical Sweeper Corphish (Hyper Cutter)
Corphish is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Hyper Cutter, prevents other pokemon from lowering Corphish's attack stat stage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Sludge Bomb is a physical 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune). ♦ Rock Smash is a physical 20-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage). ♦ Ancient Power is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Corphish learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation. Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Corphish can perform in Ruby/Sapphire. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive RS Move and Ability Combos for Corphish
Moves: Endure + Endeavor
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Corphish's stats
Ancient Power
Harden
Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Corphish
Ice Beam
Knock Off
Protect
Rest
Taunt
Toxic
Common Effort Values for Corphish in Ruby and Sapphire
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