In this study, the effect of current type and deposition current density on physical properties, wetting behavior and corrosion resistance of nickel coatings electrodeposited on copper substrate were studied. In this order, nickel coatings with hierarchical structure were fabricated on copper substrate by electrodeposition process at the current densities of 10, 20, 30, 50 and 70 mA.cm -2 . For the characterization of the coatings, Morphology, topography, thickness, grain size and texture of the coatings were examined. The coatings morphology studied by scanning electron microscope. The results showed that the coatings structure consisted of micro-cones with nano-cones arrays randomly dispersed on each micro-protrusion. The relative texture was determined by X-ray diffraction pattern which showed the relative texture of (220) for all coatings and it was remained unchanged by increasing the current density. The surface topography of the coatings was studies by means of atomic force microscopy exhibited a reduction of surface roughness by increasing the current density. The water contact angle measurement results showed that nickel coatings was superhydrophil at first, but, for coatings produced at the current density lower then 70 mA.cm -2 . The wettability varied from super-hydrophilicity to super-hydrophobicity by exposing in air at room temperature. The corrosion behavior of different coatings was evaluated in 3.5wt.% NaCl solution by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and potentiodynamic polarization measurements. The results revealed the positive effect of hydrophobicity on corrosion resistance of the coatings and it was shown that the coating produced at 20 mA.cm -2 had higher polarization resistance and lower corrosion current density. In order to investigate the long term durability of superhydrophobic coatings, EIS measurements were carried out after immersion in 3.5wt.% NaCl solution at different times. It was shown that the polarization resistance of coatings was increased and then decreased gradually. Also, in order to study the effect of current type on coatings properties, nickel coatings was performed by pulse electrodeposition on copper substrate at constant current density (20 mA.cm -2 ) and different T on and T off . SEM images showed that the cone size and roughness of surface have been decreased in pulse electrodeposition. The contact angle measurements showed these coatings were not able to be superhydrophobic. Key words : Super-hydrophobicity, Electrodeposition, Morphology , Corrosion