Cacturne

#332 (Hoenn)

#333 Swablu ›

Pokémon type

Grass

Dark

Cacturne weaknesses

Cacturne is weak to Fighting, Flying, Poison, Fire, Ice and Fairy-type moves, and doubly weak to Bug-type moves.

256%

160%

Resistances

Cacturne is resistant to Ground, Ghost, Water, Grass, Electric and Dark-type moves, and doubly resistant to Psychic-type moves.

63%

39%

Best moveset for Cacturne

The best moves for Cacturne are Sucker Punch and Grass Knot when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. In Trainer Battles, Sucker Punch and Payback deal the most damage per turn.

Attacking

Sucker Punch

12DPS

Grass Knot

43.2DPS

Defending

Poison Jab

13DPS

Grass Knot

43.2DPS

Trainer Battles

Sucker Punch

3.5EPT

Payback

2.2DPE

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Evolution

There are 2 Pokémon in the Cacnea family. Cacturne evolves from Cacnea for 50 Candy.

Cacnea

Cacturne

Game images

Cacturne, with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

Summary

Cacturne is a Grass & Dark Pokémon which evolves from Cacnea. It is weak to Bug, Fighting, Flying, Poison, Fire, Ice and Fairy moves. Cacturne's best moveset is Sucker Punch & Grass Knot and it has a Max CP of 2,598.

About

"During the daytime, Cacturne remains unmoving so that it does not lose any moisture to the harsh desert sun. This Pokémon becomes active at night when the temperature drops."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Poison Jab	13	9	13
Sucker Punch	5	12	12
Sand Attack	4	14	8

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Grass Knot	90	2	2.16
Dark Pulse	80	2	1.92
Dynamic Punch	85	2	1.7
Trailblaze	65	2	1.56
Payback	95	1	1.14
Return Purified	25	3	0.76
Frustration Shadow	10	3	0.3

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Sand Attack	2	1	2	4
Poison Jab	7	2	3.5	3.5
Sucker Punch	8	2	4.8	3.5

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Payback	110	60	2.2
Grass Knot	90	50	2.16
Dark Pulse	80	45	2.13
Dynamic Punch	90	45	2
Return Purified	130	70	1.86
Trailblaze ▲ att	65	45	1.73
Frustration Shadow	10	70	0.14

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Attacking

Defending

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Grass Knot 43.2 DPS	13	100%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Grass Knot 43.2 DPS	12.3	95%
Poison Jab 13 DPS	Grass Knot 43.2 DPS	12	92%
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Trailblaze 39 DPS	11.5	89%
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Payback 57 DPS	11.5	88%
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Dark Pulse 32 DPS	11.2	86%
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Dynamic Punch 34 DPS	11.2	86%
Poison Jab 13 DPS	Trailblaze 39 DPS	10.7	83%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Trailblaze 39 DPS	10.6	82%
Poison Jab 13 DPS	Dark Pulse 32 DPS	10.6	81%
Poison Jab 13 DPS	Payback 57 DPS	10.6	81%
Poison Jab 13 DPS	Dynamic Punch 34 DPS	10.5	81%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Dark Pulse 32 DPS	10.4	80%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Payback 57 DPS	10.4	80%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Dynamic Punch 34 DPS	10.4	80%
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	10.3	79%
Poison Jab 13 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	9.6	74%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	9	69%
Poison Jab 13 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	7.2	56%
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	7.2	56%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	5.1	40%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Poison Jab 13 DPS	Grass Knot 43.2 DPS	4.6	100%
Poison Jab 13 DPS	Dark Pulse 32 DPS	4.2	91%
Poison Jab 13 DPS	Dynamic Punch 34 DPS	4	88%
Poison Jab 13 DPS	Trailblaze 39 DPS	3.9	86%
Poison Jab 13 DPS	Payback 57 DPS	3.6	78%
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Grass Knot 43.2 DPS	3.4	75%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Grass Knot 43.2 DPS	3.3	73%
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Dark Pulse 32 DPS	3.1	68%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Dark Pulse 32 DPS	3	66%
Poison Jab 13 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	3	65%
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Dynamic Punch 34 DPS	2.9	64%
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Trailblaze 39 DPS	2.9	63%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Dynamic Punch 34 DPS	2.8	62%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Trailblaze 39 DPS	2.7	59%
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Payback 57 DPS	2.5	56%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Payback 57 DPS	2.3	50%
Poison Jab 13 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	2.2	47%
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	2.1	45%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	1.8	39%
Sucker Punch 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.4	32%
Sand Attack 8 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.1	25%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Sucker Punch 3.5 EPT	Payback 2.2 DPE	18	12.5	100%
Sucker Punch 3.5 EPT	Grass Knot 2.16 DPE	16	12.4	99%
Sucker Punch 3.5 EPT	Dark Pulse 2.13 DPE	14	12.3	98%
Sucker Punch 3.5 EPT	Dynamic Punch 2 DPE	14	11.8	94%
Sucker Punch 3.5 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	20	11.3	90%
Poison Jab 3.5 EPT	Payback 2.2 DPE	18	11.2	90%
Poison Jab 3.5 EPT	Grass Knot 2.16 DPE	16	11.1	88%
Poison Jab 3.5 EPT	Dark Pulse 2.13 DPE	14	11	88%
Sucker Punch 3.5 EPT	Trailblaze 1.73 DPE	14	10.9	87%
Sand Attack 4 EPT	Payback 2.2 DPE	15	10.8	86%
Sand Attack 4 EPT	Grass Knot 2.16 DPE	13	10.6	85%
Sand Attack 4 EPT	Dark Pulse 2.13 DPE	12	10.5	84%
Poison Jab 3.5 EPT	Dynamic Punch 2 DPE	14	10.5	84%
Poison Jab 3.5 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	20	10	80%
Sand Attack 4 EPT	Dynamic Punch 2 DPE	12	10	80%
Poison Jab 3.5 EPT	Trailblaze 1.73 DPE	14	9.6	77%
Sand Attack 4 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	18	9.4	75%
Sand Attack 4 EPT	Trailblaze 1.73 DPE	12	8.9	71%
Sucker Punch 3.5 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	20	5.3	42%
Poison Jab 3.5 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	20	4	32%
Sand Attack 4 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	18	2.6	21%

A rough guide only. Turns is how many turns of Fast Attacks it takes to reach the Charged Attack; DPT is the damage per turn over repeated Fast and Charged Attacks, from move power and STAB. It leaves out shields, stat changes and matchups.

Counters & Raids

What counters Cacturne?

Cacturne is weak to Fighting, Flying, Poison, Fire, Ice and Fairy moves, and doubly weak to Bug moves.

The best counter to Cacturne is Mega Beedrill with Bug Bite and Fell Stinger+, followed by Mega Heracross, Pheromosa and Mega Pinsir.

The top Cacturne counters, ranked by the damage each Pokémon and moveset does to it. Filter the list to see how your own Pokémon compare.

Pokémon	Moveset	Effective damage
Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite Fell Stinger+	100%
Mega Beedrill	Infestation Fell Stinger+	97%
Mega Heracross	Fury Cutter Megahorn	95%
Pheromosa	Bug Bite Bug Buzz	87%
Mega Heracross	Struggle Bug Megahorn	85%
Mega Pinsir	Fury Cutter X-Scissor	81%
Mega Beedrill	Poison Sting Fell Stinger+	81%
Mega Pinsir	Bug Bite X-Scissor	81%
Mega Beedrill	Poison Jab Fell Stinger+	80%
Mega Beedrill	Bug Bite X-Scissor	80%

These moves are calculated using type advantages / disadvantages, and including STAB. Click here for more info »

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		221
Defense		115
Stamina		172

Max HP

Level 40

147

Size

Height	1.3 m
Weight	77.4 kg

Other

Base capture rate	0%
Base flee rate	0%
Buddy walk distance	3 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	985
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	1,313
Level 30 Max wild	1,970
Level 40	2,298
Level 50	2,598

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	1,641
Level 35 (wild)	2,134