Shadow Cacnea Weaknesses and Strengths

Shadow Cacnea is a Grass type Pokemon. When dealing damage with Grass Type Moves, they will deal an additional 20% damage.

Weak Against
Types	Damage
Flying	160%
Poison	160%
Bug	160%
Fire	160%
Ice	160%

Resistant Against
Types	Damage
Ground	62.5%
Water	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Electric	62.5%

Best Moves for Shadow Cacnea in Pokemon GO

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

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	51.54	335.45
Poison Sting	Grass Knot	49.87	325.65
Sucker Punch	Trailblaze	49.00	296.94
Sucker Punch	Seed Bomb	41.43	296.76
Poison Sting	Trailblaze	47.33	284.26
Poison Sting	Seed Bomb	39.76	281.81
Sucker Punch	Return	60.00	276.56
Sucker Punch	Payback	55.45	266.23
Poison Sting	Return	58.33	258.12
Poison Sting	Payback	53.78	245.21

All Moves for Shadow Cacnea

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

Move	Type	Power	DPS	Duration	Energy
Trailblaze	Charged	65	39	2000ms	-50
Grass Knot	Charged	90	41.54	2600ms	-50
Brick Break	Charged	40	25	1600ms	-33
Seed Bomb	Charged	55	31.43	2100ms	-33
Payback	Charged	100	45.45	2200ms	-100
Frustration	Charged	10	5	2000ms	-33
Return	Charged	35	50	700ms	-33
Poison Sting	Quick	5	8.33	600ms	7
Sucker Punch	Quick	7	10	700ms	8

Shadow Cacnea Evolution

Cacnea

Requires 50x Candy

Cacturne

Best Shadow Cacnea Raid Counters in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best counters for Shadow Cacnea 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) Shadow Cacnea in a raid.

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