#0331

Cacnea

#0331Generation III

Cacnea

Cactus Pokémon

Grass

Height 0.4 m

Weight 51.3 kg

Role Physical Attacker

Top 31% Sp. Atk of all Pokémon

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CACNEA lives in arid locations such as deserts. It releases a strong aroma from its flower to attract prey. When prey comes near, this POKéMON shoots sharp thorns from its body to bring the victim down.

Base stats

HP0

▸ 20%

Attack0

▸ 60%

Defense0

▸ 8%

Sp. Atk0

▸ 69%

Sp. Def0

▸ 9%

Speed0

▸ 12%

Base stat total

Top 72% overall

Top 70% among Grass

Type defenses

Damage Cacnea takes by type.

2× damage

Fire Ice Poison Flying Bug

½× damage

Water Electric Grass Ground

Abilities

Sand Veil

Increases evasion to 1.25× during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.

Water AbsorbHidden

Absorbs Water moves, healing for 1/4 max HP.

Evolution line

Cacnea

Lv. 32

Cacturne

Moves (104)

Move	Type	Cat.	Pow	Acc	PP	Learn
Leer	Normal	Status	—	100	30	Lv. 1
Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100	35	Lv. 1
Absorb	Grass	Special	20	100	25	Lv. 4
Growth	Normal	Status	—	—	20	Lv. 7
Leech Seed	Grass	Status	—	90	10	Lv. 10
Sand Attack	Ground	Status	—	100	15	Lv. 13
Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical	25	100	30	Lv. 16
Needle Arm	Grass	Physical	60	100	15	Lv. 16
Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20	Lv. 16
Assurance	Dark	Physical	60	100	10	Lv. 19
Feint Attack	Dark	Physical	60	—	20	Lv. 19
Power Trip	Dark	Physical	20	100	10	Lv. 19
Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	25	95	20	Lv. 21
Ingrain	Grass	Status	—	—	20	Lv. 22
Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100	10	Lv. 26
Spikes	Ground	Status	—	—	20	Lv. 30
Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	70	100	5	Lv. 34
Cotton Spore	Grass	Status	—	100	40	Lv. 41
Energy Ball	Grass	Special	90	100	10	Lv. 42
Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—	10	Lv. 45
Destiny Bond	Ghost	Status	—	—	5	Lv. 49
Acid	Poison	Special	40	100	30	egg
Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15	machine
Belch	Poison	Special	120	90	10	egg
Block	Normal	Status	—	—	5	egg
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100	15	tutor
Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15	machine
Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20	machine
Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100	20	machine
Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20	machine
Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20	egg
Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10	machine
Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95	30	machine
Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100	15	machine
Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10	machine
Disable	Normal	Status	—	100	20	egg
Double Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15	tutor
Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15	machine
Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	75	100	10	machine
Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	50	5	egg
Encore	Normal	Status	—	100	5	machine
Endeavor	Normal	Physical	—	100	5	machine
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10	tutor
Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20	machine
Fell Stinger	Bug	Physical	50	100	25	egg
Flash	Normal	Status	—	100	20	machine
Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100	10	machine
Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20	machine
Foul Play	Dark	Physical	95	100	15	machine
Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20	machine
Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95	20	tutor
Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100	10	machine
Grass Knot	Grass	Special	—	100	20	machine
Grass Whistle	Grass	Status	—	55	15	egg
Grassy Glide	Grass	Physical	55	100	20	machine
Grassy Terrain	Grass	Status	—	—	10	machine
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15	tutor
Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—	20	machine
Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15	machine
Leaf Storm	Grass	Special	130	90	5	machine
Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20	egg
Magical Leaf	Grass	Special	60	—	20	egg
Mega Punch	Normal	Physical	80	85	20	tutor
Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10	tutor
Mud Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10	tutor
Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	—	—	20	egg
Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100	15	machine
Nature Power	Normal	Status	—	—	20	machine
Power Up Punch	Fighting	Physical	40	100	20	machine
Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10	machine
Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5	machine
Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	5	machine
Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20	machine
Role Play	Psychic	Status	—	—	10	tutor
Rototiller	Ground	Status	—	—	10	egg
Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15	machine
Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	10	machine
Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100	20	machine
Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	80	100	15	egg
Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20	tutor
Skitter Smack	Bug	Physical	70	90	10	machine
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10	tutor
Smelling Salts	Normal	Physical	70	100	10	egg
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15	tutor
Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120	100	10	machine
Spite	Ghost	Status	—	100	10	tutor
Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	10	tutor
Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5	machine
Swagger	Normal	Status	—	85	15	tutor
Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20	machine
Switcheroo	Dark	Status	—	100	10	egg
Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20	tutor
Synthesis	Grass	Status	—	—	5	tutor
Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20	machine
Teeter Dance	Normal	Status	—	100	20	egg
Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100	10	machine
Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25	machine
Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100	15	machine
Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100	15	tutor
Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10	machine
Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	—	—	20	machine
Trailblaze	Grass	Physical	50	100	20	machine
Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100	10	machine
Worry Seed	Grass	Status	—	100	10	tutor

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Cacnea

Base stats

Type defenses

Abilities

Evolution line

Moves (104)

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