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Cacturne

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Generation III
Cacturne artwork

CANONICAL RECORD

Species information

Species ID
332
Generation
Generation III
Legendary
No
Mythical
No

RECORDED FORMS

Forms

1 form records are associated with this species.

Cacturne

Default form

Dataset record: cacturne

Cacturne sprite
Grass Dark

Base stat profile

Scale: 255
Cacturne base statistics HP 70 Attack 115 Defense 60 Sp. Atk 115 Sp. Def 60 Speed 55

Total base stats475

Abilities

Sand Veil
Slot 1 Gen III Main series
Water Absorb Hidden ability
Slot 3 Gen III Main series

Weak to

Fighting ×2 Flying ×2 Poison ×2 Bug ×4 Fire ×2 Ice ×2 Fairy ×2

Resists

Ground ×0.5 Ghost ×0.5 Water ×0.5 Grass ×0.5 Electric ×0.5 Dark ×0.5

Immune to

Psychic

What the data tells you

Base-stat profile

Highest value (115): Attack, Sp. Atk.

Lowest value (55): Speed.

These values describe this recorded form's base-stat distribution. They do not, by themselves, establish battle performance or an optimal competitive set.

Type matchup summary
  • 4× weaknesses: Bug
  • 2× weaknesses: Fighting, Flying, Poison, Fire, Ice, Fairy
  • ½× resistances: Ground, Ghost, Water, Grass, Electric, Dark
  • Immunities: Psychic

This summary is based on recorded defensive typing and the type chart. It is not a full battle simulation and does not account for ability effects, move effects, battle state, or format-specific rules.

Partner type coverage
  • Bug: Resisting types: Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Poison, Steel.
  • Fairy: Resisting types: Fire, Poison, Steel.
  • Fighting: Immune types: Ghost. Resisting types: Bug, Fairy, Flying, Poison, Psychic.
  • Fire: Resisting types: Dragon, Fire, Rock, Water.
  • Flying: Resisting types: Electric, Rock, Steel.
  • Ice: Resisting types: Fire, Ice, Steel, Water.
  • Poison: Immune types: Steel. Resisting types: Ghost, Ground, Poison, Rock.

No complete single- or dual-type coverage was found in the current type chart.

This is a defensive typing relationship calculated from the recorded type chart. It does not recommend specific Pokémon partners or establish competitive viability.

Height 1.3 m

Weight 77.4 kg

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GEN 9 SOURCE DATA

Available learnset

73 recorded moves with matching catalog entries.

Learnset entries available in the Gen 9 source; these are not a recommended competitive set.

Browse available moves 73 moves
Absorb Grass

Special

Power
20
Accuracy
100%
PP
25
Body Slam Normal

Physical

Power
85
Accuracy
100%
PP
15
Brick Break Fighting

Physical

Power
75
Accuracy
100%
PP
15
Bulldoze Ground

Physical

Power
60
Accuracy
100%
PP
20
Bullet Seed Grass

Physical

Power
25
Accuracy
100%
PP
30
Cotton Spore Grass

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
100%
PP
40
Curse Ghost

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
10
Dark Pulse Dark

Special

Power
80
Accuracy
100%
PP
15
Destiny Bond Ghost

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
5
Dig Ground

Physical

Power
80
Accuracy
100%
PP
10
Drain Punch Fighting

Physical

Power
75
Accuracy
100%
PP
10
Encore Normal

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
100%
PP
5
Endeavor Normal

Physical

Power
—
Accuracy
100%
PP
5
Endure Normal

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
10
Priority
+4
Energy Ball Grass

Special

Power
90
Accuracy
100%
PP
10
Facade Normal

Physical

Power
70
Accuracy
100%
PP
20
Fling Dark

Physical

Power
—
Accuracy
100%
PP
10
Focus Blast Fighting

Special

Power
120
Accuracy
70%
PP
5
Focus Punch Fighting

Physical

Power
150
Accuracy
100%
PP
20
Priority
-3
Foul Play Dark

Physical

Power
95
Accuracy
100%
PP
15
Giga Drain Grass

Special

Power
75
Accuracy
100%
PP
10
Giga Impact Normal

Physical

Power
150
Accuracy
90%
PP
5
Grass Knot Grass

Special

Power
—
Accuracy
100%
PP
20
Grassy Glide Grass

Physical

Power
55
Accuracy
100%
PP
20
Grassy Terrain Grass

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
10
Growth Normal

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
20
Helping Hand Normal

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
20
Priority
+5
Hyper Beam Normal

Special

Power
150
Accuracy
90%
PP
5
Ingrain Grass

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
20
Knock Off Dark

Physical

Power
65
Accuracy
100%
PP
20
Lash Out Dark

Physical

Power
75
Accuracy
100%
PP
5
Leaf Storm Grass

Special

Power
130
Accuracy
90%
PP
5
Leech Seed Grass

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
90%
PP
10
Leer Normal

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
100%
PP
30
Low Kick Fighting

Physical

Power
—
Accuracy
100%
PP
20
Lunge Bug

Physical

Power
80
Accuracy
100%
PP
15
Magical Leaf Grass

Special

Power
60
Accuracy
—
PP
20
Nasty Plot Dark

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
20
Payback Dark

Physical

Power
50
Accuracy
100%
PP
10
Pin Missile Bug

Physical

Power
25
Accuracy
95%
PP
20
Poison Jab Poison

Physical

Power
80
Accuracy
100%
PP
20
Poison Sting Poison

Physical

Power
15
Accuracy
100%
PP
35
Power Trip Dark

Physical

Power
20
Accuracy
100%
PP
10
Protect Normal

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
10
Priority
+4
Rain Dance Water

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
5
Rest Psychic

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
5
Sand Attack Ground

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
100%
PP
15
Sandstorm Rock

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
10
Scary Face Normal

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
100%
PP
10
Seed Bomb Grass

Physical

Power
80
Accuracy
100%
PP
15
Shadow Ball Ghost

Special

Power
80
Accuracy
100%
PP
15
Skitter Smack Bug

Physical

Power
70
Accuracy
90%
PP
10
Sleep Talk Normal

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
10
Solar Beam Grass

Special

Power
120
Accuracy
100%
PP
10
Spikes Ground

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
20
Spiky Shield Grass

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
10
Priority
+4
Spite Ghost

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
100%
PP
10
Stomping Tantrum Ground

Physical

Power
75
Accuracy
100%
PP
10
Substitute Normal

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
10
Sucker Punch Dark

Physical

Power
70
Accuracy
100%
PP
5
Priority
+1
Sunny Day Fire

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
5
Swift Normal

Special

Power
60
Accuracy
—
PP
20
Swords Dance Normal

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
20
Take Down Normal

Physical

Power
90
Accuracy
85%
PP
20
Taunt Dark

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
100%
PP
20
Tera Blast Normal

Special

Power
80
Accuracy
100%
PP
10
Thief Dark

Physical

Power
60
Accuracy
100%
PP
25
Throat Chop Dark

Physical

Power
80
Accuracy
100%
PP
15
Thunder Punch Electric

Physical

Power
75
Accuracy
100%
PP
15
Toxic Spikes Poison

Status

Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
20
Trailblaze Grass

Physical

Power
50
Accuracy
100%
PP
20
Venoshock Poison

Special

Power
65
Accuracy
100%
PP
10
Zen Headbutt Psychic

Physical

Power
80
Accuracy
90%
PP
15