#0222 · Johto · Generation 2

Corsola

Coral Pokémon · Water/Rock-type

Corsola is a Water/Rock-type Pokémon, the Coral Pokémon, number 222 (#0222) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 2 and comes from the Johto region. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 5 kg.

Corsola is the Coral Pokémon, a pink coral that regrows its branches when they break off. The Pokédex says people keep the prettiest branches as charms for safe childbirth, and in one southern sea nation whole communities are built on groups of Corsola.

How to pronounce Corsola

Corsola is pronounced kor-SOH-luh. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Corsola said out loud:

In Japanese it is サニーゴ (Sunnygo).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Corsola is a small, round, pink Pokémon with branch-like coral growths on its back, a blunt horn on its forehead and a smiling mouth. It is 0.6 m (2 ft) tall and weighs 5 kg (11.0 lb). The Ruby Pokédex says its branches glitter in seven colours in sunlight, and Bulbapedia says its horn is prized for jewellery and carving.

Behaviour

Corsola gathers in large groups, and Small Pokémon such as Horsea and Luvdisc shelter among its branches, Bulbapedia says. In Alola, where Mareanie hunt it for its branches, the Moon Pokédex says it may snap them off itself as a decoy while it escapes.

Habitat

The Pokédex says it lives in warm southern seas and needs clean water, since polluted water makes its coral lose colour and crumble. It is listed as a Sea Pokémon, and it is not available in Scarlet and Violet or Legends: Z-A.

Powers

Natural Cure heals status problems when it switches out, Hustle boosts its physical attacks, and Regenerator is hidden. Its base Defense and Special Defense are both 95, and in Sword and Shield it learns Recover and Mirror Coat. Galarian Corsola is a pure Ghost type: a bleached, frowning coral whose wavy, translucent branches can vanish at will, and the Shield Pokédex says it absorbs others' life force through them. It has Weak Armor, with Cursed Body hidden, and curses anyone who kicks it by mistake.

Name origin

Corsola may combine 'coral' with 'sole' or 'solar', and Bulbapedia notes it might also echo the name Ursula. The Japanese name is Sunnygo (サニーゴ), from 'sunny' and sango (珊瑚, 'coral').

Design inspiration

Bulbapedia reads Corsola as the skeleton of stony coral, whose mineral make-up may explain its Rock type, and possibly precious coral used in jewellery. Galarian Corsola appears to be bleached coral, which loses its colour under heat stress. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Corsola does not evolve, but its Galarian form evolves into Cursola at level 38.

In the games

Sword and Shield gave Corsola a Galarian form, wild in Shield's Giant's Mirror while Sword players must trade for it. The original is caught by fishing in Gold and Silver, where it debuted.

In the anime

Professor Elm's Corsola debuted in 'Around the Whirlpool', and the sight of it inspired Misty to catch her own. Goh caught a Galarian Corsola in 'The Winding Path to Greatness!'.

Fun facts

• The Pokédex cannot agree on regrowth time: Ruby says a broken branch grows back in one night, while Sun says about three days.
• Bulbapedia says Corsola is Generation II's only species in the Water 3 Egg Group.
• Bulbapedia compares it with Farfetch'd: neither original form evolves, but each has a mono-typed Galarian form that evolves once.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Corsola (Pokémon) · Serebii: Corsola (Sword/Shield Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 65
• Attack: 55
• Defense: 95
• Sp. Atk: 65
• Sp. Def: 95
• Speed: 35

Corsola’s base stat total is 410. Its highest stat is Defense and Sp. Def.

Type matchups

What is Corsola weak to?

Corsola takes extra damage from Grass (4×), Electric (2×), Fighting (2×), Ground (2×) moves.

It resists Fire (¼×), Normal (½×), Ice (½×), Poison (½×), Flying (½×).

Evolution

How does Corsola evolve?

Corsola evolves into Cursola (Galarian Corsola: Level 38).

The whole family: Corsola, Cursola.

Forms

• Galarian Corsola (Galarian form): Ghost-type, base stat total 410 (HP 60, Attack 55, Defense 100, Sp. Atk 65, Sp. Def 100, Speed 30). Abilities: Weak Armor, Cursed Body (hidden).

Abilities

• Hustle: Strengthens physical moves to inflict 1.5× damage, but decreases their accuracy to 0.8×.
• Natural Cure: Cures any major status ailment upon switching out.
• Regenerator (hidden ability): Heals for 1/3 max HP upon switching out.

Moves

Moves Corsola learns by level up in Sword / Shield

TM moves (46)

Corsola can learn 46 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Dig, Screech, Light Screen, Reflect, Safeguard, Self-Destruct, Rest, Rock Slide, Snore, Protect, Icy Wind, Attract, Sandstorm, Rain Dance, Sunny Day, Hail, Whirlpool, Facade, Rock Tomb, Icicle Spear, Rock Blast, Brine, Round, Bulldoze, Stomping Tantrum, Body Slam, Hydro Pump, Surf, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Earthquake, Psychic, Amnesia, Substitute, Endure, Sleep Talk, Shadow Ball, Iron Defense, Calm Mind, Power Gem, Earth Power, Stone Edge, Stealth Rock, Scald, Throat Chop, Liquidation.

Egg moves (6):Confuse Ray, Curse, Head Smash, Mist, Nature Power, Water Pulse.

Move tutor moves (1): Meteor Beam.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 25% male, 75% female.
• Egg groups: Water 1, Water 3.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 60 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Fast (800,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Defense and 1 Sp. Def effort values.
• Base experience yield: 144.

Pokédex entries

These Pokémon live in warm seas. In prehistoric times, many lived in the oceans around the Galar region as well. (Shield)

It will regrow any branches that break off its head. People keep particularly beautiful Corsola branches as charms to promote safe childbirth. (Sword)

In Alola, where their natural enemies Mareanie are plentiful, many Corsola have stubby branches on their heads. (Ultra Moon)

The pink of Corsola that live in Alola is deep and vibrant, thanks to seas filled with nutrition. (Ultra Sun)

Pursued by Mareanie for the branches on its head, this Pokémon will sometimes snap its own branches off as a diversion while it escapes. (Moon)

Coral branches grow from its head. They break off quite easily, but they grow back in about three days. (Sun)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Lightest Rock type: 5 kg.
• Lightest Rock type in Gen 2: 5 kg.
• Shortest Rock type in Gen 2: 0.6 m, shared with 2 others.
• Taller than 25% of all Pokémon (0.6 m).
• Heavier than 15% of all Pokémon (5 kg).
• Base stat total 410, ranked #590 of 1,025.
• One of 11 Pokémon that are both Water and Rock.
• One of 60 pink Pokémon.
• Number 71 of 100 Pokémon introduced in Generation 2 (Johto).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 63 different moves in Sword / Shield.
• Catch rate 60: about 7.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 15 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Corsola (Pokémon), Serebii: Corsola (Sword/Shield Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (kor-SOH-luh): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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