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Cacturne, a Grass and Dark type Pokémon, official artwork

#0332

Cacturne: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

GrassDarkZU

Cacturne is a straightforward attacker, led by its Attack (115) and Sp. Atk (115), with a base stat total of 475. Competitively it is a lower-tier option.

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What is Cacturne weak to?

How much damage Cacturne takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toBug
2×Weak toFairyFightingFireFlyingIcePoison
0.5×ResistsDarkElectricGhostGrassGroundWater
0×Immune toPsychic

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

Cacturne takes super-effective damage from Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison (Bug hit it for 4x damage). It resists Dark, Electric, Ghost, Grass, Ground, Water and is immune to Psychic. That is by type alone: with Water Absorb, Water attacks do nothing instead of half damage.

Best moveset for Cacturne

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

  • Focus PunchFighting150
  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Leaf StormGrass130
  • Foul PlayDark95

Best nature for Cacturne

Careful or Bold. Cacturne'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 (73 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Leaf StormGrass13090%Special
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
Foul PlayDark95100%Physical
Energy BallGrass90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
DigGround80100%Physical
LungeBug80100%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
Seed BombGrass80100%Physical
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Drain PunchFighting75100%Physical
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Skitter SmackBug7090%Physical
Sucker PunchDark70100%Physical
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
VenoshockPoison65100%Special
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Magical LeafGrass60-Special
SwiftNormal60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Grassy GlideGrass55100%Physical
PaybackDark50100%Physical
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
Bullet SeedGrass25100%Physical
Pin MissileBug2595%Physical
AbsorbGrass20100%Special
Power TripDark20100%Physical
Poison StingPoison15100%Physical
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
Cotton SporeGrass-100%Status
CurseGhost--Status
Destiny BondGhost--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
Spiky ShieldGrass--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
Toxic SpikesPoison--Status