#0332

Cacturne

Grass Dark

📏 1.3 m ⚖️ 77.4 kg 🎯 60 · Average difficulty

If a traveler is going through a desert in the thick of night, Cacturne will follow in a ragtag group. The Pokémon are biding their time, waiting for the traveler to tire and become incapable of moving.

Cacturne is a Grass/Dark-type Pokémon. It takes double damage from Fire, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Flying and Fairy, quadruple damage from Bug, resists six types, and is immune to Psychic. Its base stats add up to 475: the highest are Attack and Special Attack (115) and the lowest is Speed (55).

It is the second stage of its evolution line, along with Cacnea. Its ability is Sand Veil, and its Hidden Ability is Water Absorb. It is in the Grass and Human-Like egg groups and can breed with 158 species. In Scarlet and Violet it learns 18 moves by level-up and 59 by TM.

BASE STATS

AT LV 100

HP 70

250-344

Attack 115

211-361

Defense 60

112-240

Sp. Atk 115

211-361

Sp. Def 60

112-240

Speed 55

103-229

TOTAL 475

EVs on defeat: Attack +1 Sp. Atk +1

ABILITIES

Sand Veil

Boosts the Pokémon's evasiveness in a sandstorm.

Water Absorb (hidden)

If hit by a Water-type move, the Pokémon has its HP restored instead of taking damage.

BREEDING

GroupsGrass Human-Like

Gender50% ♂ / 50% ♀

Breeds with158

MOVES

Data from Scarlet/Violet 18 moves

Start Spiky Shield Grass Status — — 10

Lv. 1 Poison Sting Poison Physical 15 100% 35

Lv. 1 Leer Normal Status — 100% 30

Lv. 1 Absorb Grass Special 20 100% 25

Lv. 1 Growth Normal Status — — 20

Lv. 1 Destiny Bond Ghost Status — — 5

Lv. 10 Leech Seed Grass Status — 90% 10

Lv. 13 Sand Attack Ground Status — 100% 15

Lv. 16 Bullet Seed Grass Physical 25 100% 30

Lv. 19 Power Trip Dark Physical 20 100% 10

Lv. 22 Ingrain Grass Status — — 20

Lv. 26 Payback Dark Physical 50 100% 10

Lv. 30 Spikes Ground Status — — 20

Lv. 35 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 70 100% 5

Lv. 38 Pin Missile Bug Physical 25 95% 20

Lv. 44 Energy Ball Grass Special 90 100% 10

Lv. 49 Cotton Spore Grass Status — 100% 40

Lv. 54 Sandstorm Rock Status — — 10

WEAKNESSES & RESISTANCES

EVOLUTION LINE

#0331 Cacnea

Lv. 32 ▶

#0332 Cacturne