Cacturne Weaknesses and Strengths

Cacturne is a dual-type Pokemon of types Grass and Dark. When dealing damage with moves of those types, they will deal an additional 20% damage.

Weak Against
Types	Damage
Flying	160%
Poison	160%
Fire	160%
Ice	160%
Fighting	160%
Fairy	160%
Bug	256%

Resistant Against
Types	Damage
Psychic	39.1%
Ground	62.5%
Water	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Electric	62.5%
Ghost	62.5%
Dark	62.5%

Best Moves for Cacturne in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best Fast Move and Charge Move combo for Cacturne.

We simulate the damage (DPS) of two moves combined and then rank them based on how much damage they deal over a period of time (CDPS).

Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	CDPS
Sucker Punch	Grass Knot	53.54	503.26
Poison Jab	Grass Knot	54.04	477.78
Sucker Punch	Payback	66.55	452.37
Sucker Punch	Trailblaze	51.00	451.16
Sucker Punch	Dark Pulse	44.00	445.30
Sucker Punch	Dynamic Punch	45.33	443.85
Poison Jab	Trailblaze	51.50	429.84
Poison Jab	Dynamic Punch	45.83	428.94
Sucker Punch	Return	62.00	427.34
Poison Jab	Dark Pulse	44.50	426.50

All Moves for Cacturne

Below are all the moves that Cacturne can learn. Some moves are only available using Elite TM items.

Move	Type	Power	DPS	Duration	Energy
Dynamic Punch	Charged	90	33.33	2700ms	-50
Grass Knot	Charged	90	41.54	2600ms	-50
Payback	Charged	100	45.45	2200ms	-100
Frustration	Charged	10	5	2000ms	-33
Return	Charged	35	50	700ms	-33
Trailblaze	Charged	65	39	2000ms	-50
Dark Pulse	Charged	80	26.67	3000ms	-50
Poison Jab	Quick	10	12.5	800ms	7
Sucker Punch	Quick	7	10	700ms	8

Cacturne Evolution

Cacnea

Requires 50x Candy

Cacturne

Best Cacturne Raid Counters in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best counters for Cacturne Raids and the best movesets to use. We run a simulation with every Pokemon GO in our database to figure out the quickest time to defeat (TTK) Cacturne in a raid.

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