Pokedex #260

Cacturne

GrassDark

Standard form

Base Stats

BST 475

HP: 70
Attack: 115
Defense: 60
Sp. Atk: 115
Sp. Def: 60
Speed: 55

Abilities & Innates

Regular Abilities

Sand Veil
Boosts the Pokemon's evasiveness by 25% in a sandstorm. Reduces wild encounter rate by 50% when first in the party.

Hidden Ability

Water Absorb
Water-type moves do not work on the Pokemon. Instead, they restore 1/4 of its max HP.

Innates

Level 75Rough Skin
When the Pokemon is hit by a contact move, the attacker takes damage equal to 1/8 of its max HP.
Level 85Stakeout
Moves deal double damage against targets that switched in this turn.
Level 95Merciless
The Pokemon's attacks always land critical hits on poisoned foes.

Training & Breeding

EV yield: 1 Attack · 1 Sp. Atk
Egg Groups: Grass · Human Like
Held items: Sticky Barb (rare)

Evolution

Cacnea

→
- Level 32
Cacturne

Locations & Acquisition

Starting with Cacnea

Vajra Desert West
Method
Grass / land
Level
26–29
Rate
15%

Evolve CacneaLevel 32To obtain Cacturne

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Learnsets

Level Up21 moves

Level Up moves, types and battle properties
Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Evolution	Spiky Shield	Grass	Status	0	0	10
1	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
1	Leer	Normal	Status	0	100	30
1	Absorb	Grass	Special	20	100	25
1	Growth	Normal	Status	0	0	20
1	Destiny Bond	Ghost	Status	0	0	5
1	Revenge	Fighting	Physical	60	100	10
10	Leech Seed	Grass	Status	0	90	10
13	Sand Attack	Ground	Status	0	100	15
16	Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical	25	100	30
16	Needle Arm	Grass	Physical	60	100	15
19	Power Trip	Dark	Physical	20	100	10
19	Feint Attack	Dark	Physical	60	0	20
22	Ingrain	Grass	Status	0	0	20
26	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100	10
30	Spikes	Ground	Status	0	0	20
35	Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	70	100	5
38	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	25	95	20
44	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	90	100	10
49	Cotton Spore	Grass	Status	0	100	40
54	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	0	0	10

TM/HM40 moves

TM/HM moves, types and battle properties
Machine	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
TM06 Toxic	Toxic	Poison	Status	0	90	10
TM09 Venoshock	Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100	10
TM Hidden Power	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM11 Sunny Day	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0	0	5
TM12 Taunt	Taunt	Dark	Status	0	100	20
TM15 Hyper Beam	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
TM17 Protect	Protect	Normal	Status	0	0	10
TM18 Rain Dance	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0	0	5
TM21 Frustration	Frustration	Normal	Physical	1	100	20
TM22 Solar Beam	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120	100	10
TM27 Return	Return	Normal	Physical	1	100	20
TM30 Shadow Ball	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100	15
TM31 Brick Break	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15
TM32 Double Team	Double Team	Normal	Status	0	0	15
TM37 Sandstorm	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	0	0	10
TM42 Facade	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM44 Rest	Rest	Psychic	Status	0	0	5
TM45 Attract	Attract	Normal	Status	0	100	15
TM46 Thief	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
TM48 Round	Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM52 Focus Blast	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70	5
TM53 Energy Ball	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	90	100	10
TM56 Fling	Fling	Dark	Physical	1	100	10
TM60 Trailblaze	Trailblaze	Grass	Physical	50	100	20
TM63 Thunder Punch	Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100	15
TM66 Payback	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100	10
TM68 Giga Impact	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
TM75 Swords Dance	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	0	0	20
TM77 Dig	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
TM78 Bulldoze	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
TM84 Poison Jab	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
TM85 Drain Punch	Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	75	100	10
TM86 Grass Knot	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	1	100	20
TM87 Giga Drain	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100	10
TM90 Substitute	Substitute	Normal	Status	0	0	10
TM96 Nature Power	Nature Power	Normal	Status	1	0	20
TM97 Dark Pulse	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100	15
HM01 Cut	Cut	Steel	Physical	50	95	30
HM04 Strength	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
HM05 Flash	Flash	Normal	Status	0	100	20

Tutor40 moves

Tutor moves, types and battle properties
Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100	15
Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical	25	100	30
Counter	Fighting	Physical	1	100	20
Curse	Ghost	Status	0	0	10
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	50	5
Encore	Normal	Status	0	100	5
Endeavor	Normal	Physical	1	100	5
Endure	Normal	Status	0	0	10
Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
Foul Play	Dark	Physical	95	100	15
Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95	20
Grassy Glide	Grass	Physical	55	100	20
Grassy Terrain	Grass	Status	0	0	10
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
Helping Hand	Normal	Status	0	0	20
Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100	20
Lash Out	Dark	Physical	75	100	5
Leaf Storm	Grass	Special	130	90	5
Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	1	100	20
Lunge	Bug	Physical	80	100	15
Mega Kick	Normal	Physical	120	75	5
Mega Punch	Normal	Physical	80	85	20
Mimic	Normal	Status	0	0	10
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	0	0	20
Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	80	100	15
Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	1	100	20
Skitter Smack	Bug	Physical	70	90	10
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	0	0	10
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Spikes	Ground	Status	0	0	20
Spite	Ghost	Status	0	100	10
Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100	10
Superpower	Fighting	Physical	120	100	5
Swagger	Normal	Status	0	85	15
Swift	Normal	Special	60	0	20
Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	0	0	20
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90	15

Egg18 moves

Egg moves, types and battle properties
Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Grass Whistle	Grass	Status	0	55	15
Acid	Poison	Special	40	100	30
Teeter Dance	Normal	Status	0	100	20
Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	50	5
Counter	Fighting	Physical	1	100	20
Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	1	100	20
Smelling Salts	Normal	Physical	70	100	10
Magical Leaf	Grass	Special	60	0	20
Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	80	100	15
Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	0	0	20
Disable	Normal	Status	0	100	20
Block	Normal	Status	0	0	5
Worry Seed	Grass	Status	0	100	10
Switcheroo	Dark	Status	0	100	10
Fell Stinger	Bug	Physical	50	100	25
Belch	Poison	Special	120	90	10
Rototiller	Ground	Status	0	0	10
Power-Up Punch	Fighting	Physical	40	100	20

Base Stats

Abilities & Innates

Regular Abilities

Hidden Ability

Innates

Training & Breeding

Evolution

Locations & Acquisition

Starting with Cacnea

Learnsets

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