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corsola
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Corsola

Coral Pokémon

WaterRock

It continuously sheds and grows. The tip of its head is prized as a treasure because of its beauty.

Base Stats

HP 65
Attack 55
Defense 95
Sp. Atk 65
Sp. Def 95
Speed 35
Total 410

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

cursola Cursola Lv. 38

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Coral Pokémon
Height 0.6 m
Weight 5.0 kg
Base Exp 144
Growth Rate Fast
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 25% ♂ / 75% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water1 ,Water3

Sprites

corsola Front Front
corsola Back Back
corsola Front Shiny Front Shiny
corsola Back Shiny Back Shiny
corsola Official Art Official Art
corsola Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 0.6%
Specially Defensive
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Regenerator
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 252
SpA 4
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

Corsola has alright bulk in combination with a large movepool and a great ability in Regenerator; however, it's still outclassed by most other defensive Rock- and Water-types, which generally have either an offensive presence, better stats, a better support movepool, or a combination of the three. Despite its small niche in its reliable recovery, Corsola doesn't have the sheer defenses needed for that to matter. Corsola's poor offensive stats prevent it from being a prominent attacker, mean that it is walled by Grass-types and opposing bulky Water-types, and make it only useful on defensive teams. Corsola's defensive typing can hold it back, as it is weak to common types in the metagame such as Fighting, Grass, Electric, and Ground, and it easily falls prey to coverage moves. Regenerator enables Corsola to become a pivot, although Tangela is better at this job.

Most Used Moves

Scald
50.1%
Recover
40.8%
Explosion
31.7%
Toxic
27.8%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
45.4%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc