#0331

Cacnea

Cactus Pokémon

The more arid and harsh the environment, the more pretty and fragrant a flower Cacnea grows. This Pokémon battles by wildly swinging its thorny arms.

In Pokémon GO · 1242 max CP 3 TCG Pocket cards

Details

Height0.4 m

Weight51.3 kg

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate190

Base friendship35

Growth ratemedium slow

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.

Egg groups: Grass, Human-Like

Appears in these games

Ruby · Sapphire · Emerald#119 Omega Ruby · Alpha Sapphire#124 Scarlet · Violet#252

Base stats

Attack

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

335

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Flying2×

Poison2×

Bug2×

Fire2×

Ice2×

Resistant to

Ground½×

Water½×

Grass½×

Electric½×

Evolution

#0331Cacnea

Lv. 32

#0332Cacturne

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Cacnea can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Sprites & renders

19 sprites & renders for Cacnea.

Across the games

Moves

Lv.	Move	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100	30
1	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
4	Absorb	Grass	Special	20	100	25
7	Growth	Normal	Status	—	—	20
10	Leech Seed	Grass	Status	—	90	10
13	Sand Attack	Ground	Status	—	100	15
16	Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical	25	100	30
16	Needle Arm	Grass	Physical	60	100	15
16	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
19	Assurance	Dark	Physical	60	100	10
19	Feint Attack	Dark	Physical	60	—	20
19	Power Trip	Dark	Physical	20	100	10
22	Ingrain	Grass	Status	—	—	20
26	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100	10
30	Spikes	Ground	Status	—	—	20
34	Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	70	100	5
38	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	25	95	20
42	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	90	100	10
46	Cotton Spore	Grass	Status	—	100	40
50	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—	10
54	Destiny Bond	Ghost	Status	—	—	5