What is a good competitive moveset for Corphish? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Corphish is an outstanding 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: Shell Bell / Life Orb Ability: Adaptability Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 124 Hp / 252 Atk / 132 SpD Moveset: - Crabhammer / Waterfall - Superpower / Brick Break - Double-Edge / Return - Knock Off / Night Slash
Physical Sweeper Corphish (Adaptability)
Corphish is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Corphish's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Adaptability, Corphish's same-type attack bonus (stab) is 2 instead of 1.5.
♦ Crabhammer is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Water-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Corphish's attack and defense by 1 stage). ♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune). ♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item). ♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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 X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Species: Corphish Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb Ability: Adaptability Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 124 Hp / 252 Atk / 132 SpD Moveset: - Crabhammer / Waterfall - Rock Slide / Rock Tomb - Superpower / Brick Break - Double-Edge / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Corphish (Adaptability)
Corphish is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Corphish's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Adaptability, Corphish's same-type attack bonus (stab) is 2 instead of 1.5.
♦ Crabhammer is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Water-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage). ♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Corphish's attack and defense by 1 stage). ♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune). ♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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 X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Corphish
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