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Cacnea, a Grass type Pokémon, official artwork

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Cacnea: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Cacnea is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Attack (85) and Sp. Atk (85), with a base stat total of 335. Competitively it is a Little Cup Pokémon.

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What is Cacnea weak to?

How much damage Cacnea takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toBugFireFlyingIcePoison
0.5×ResistsElectricGrassGroundWater

With Water Absorb, Water attacks do nothing instead of half damage.

Cacnea takes super-effective damage from Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison. It resists Electric, Grass, Ground, Water. That is by type alone: with Water Absorb, Water attacks do nothing instead of half damage.

Best moveset for Cacnea

Cacnea has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Focus PunchFighting150
  • Leaf StormGrass130
  • BelchPoison120
  • Foul PlayDark95

Best nature for Cacnea

Careful or Bold. Cacnea's mixed stats mean the best nature depends on the set: boost whichever defense or attacking stat your build leans on.

Abilities

  • Sand VeilIf Sandstorm is active, this Pokemon's evasiveness is 1.25x; immunity to Sandstorm.
  • Water AbsorbThis Pokemon heals 1/4 of its max HP when hit by Water moves; Water immunity.

Evolution line

Cacnea
Cacturne
Full learnset (70 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Leaf StormGrass13090%Special
BelchPoison12090%Special
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
Foul PlayDark95100%Physical
Energy BallGrass90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
DigGround80100%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
Seed BombGrass80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Drain PunchFighting75100%Physical
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Skitter SmackBug7090%Physical
Sucker PunchDark70100%Physical
VenoshockPoison65100%Special
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Magical LeafGrass60-Special
SwiftNormal60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Grassy GlideGrass55100%Physical
Fell StingerBug50100%Physical
PaybackDark50100%Physical
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
AcidPoison40100%Special
Bullet SeedGrass25100%Physical
Pin MissileBug2595%Physical
AbsorbGrass20100%Special
Power TripDark20100%Physical
Poison StingPoison15100%Physical
CounterFighting?100%Physical
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
BlockNormal--Status
Cotton SporeGrass-100%Status
CurseGhost--Status
Destiny BondGhost--Status
DisableNormal-100%Status
EncoreNormal-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
Grassy TerrainGrass--Status
GrowthNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
IngrainGrass--Status
Leech SeedGrass-90%Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
Nasty PlotDark--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Sand AttackGround-100%Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpikesGround--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwitcherooDark-100%Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
Teeter DanceNormal-100%Status
Toxic SpikesPoison--Status