Cacturne

No. 0332 · Gen 3

Cacturne weakness and type

Hit CACTURNE with Bug for 4× damage. Fire, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Flying and Fairy also deal 2×.

Moves against Cacturne

4×Hits hardest
½×Not very effective
0×No effect

In Pokémon GO: Bug deals 2.56× instead of 4×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • Sand VeilNo change to type matchups
  • Water AbsorbImmune to Water

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Base stats

  • HP70
  • Attack115
  • Defense60
  • Sp. Atk115
  • Sp. Def60
  • Speed55
  • Total475

Best nature

AdamantFor a physical moveset: more Attack, less Sp. Atk.
ModestFor a special moveset: more Sp. Atk, less Attack.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Cacturne gives 1 Attack EV, 1 Sp. Atk EV.

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How Cacturne evolves

CacneaGrass
  • Level 32
    CacturneGrassDark
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What Cacturne can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
NormalHyper BeamSpecial150
FightingFocus PunchPhysical150
GrassLeaf Stormsame typeSpecial130
DarkFoul Playsame typePhysical95
PoisonPoison JabPhysical80
BugLungePhysical80
GroundDigPhysical80
GhostShadow BallSpecial80
PsychicZen HeadbuttPhysical80
ElectricThunder PunchPhysical75

Type counters to Cacturne

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.