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cacturne
#332

Cacturne

Scarecrow Pokémon

GrassDark

It becomes active at night, seeking prey that is exhausted from the day’s desert heat.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 115
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 115
Sp. Def 60
Speed 55
Total 475

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

cacturne Cacturne Lv. 32

Moves

Details

Category Scarecrow Pokémon
Height 1.3 m
Weight 77.4 kg
Base Exp 166
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Rough Terrain
Egg Groups Plant ,Humanshape

Sprites

cacturne Front Front
cacturne Back Back
cacturne Front Shiny Front Shiny
cacturne Back Shiny Back Shiny
cacturne Front ♀ Front ♀
cacturne Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
cacturne Official Art Official Art
cacturne Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 11.0%
Mixed Wallbreaker
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Water Absorb
Nature
Rash
EVs
Atk 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Swords Dance
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Water Absorb
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Cacturne's incredible offensive stats and large movepool make it a top wallbreaker in the PU metagame. Unlike most other wallbreakers, it has access to a very strong priority move in Sucker Punch, making it difficult to revenge kill and allowing it to threaten offensive teams. Cacturne also has the ability to utilize both specially and physically based sets, which share no counters, while a Swords Dance set can easily sweep in the late-game. Unfortunately, defensive answers to Cacturne like Clefairy, Vullaby, and Muk are fairly common, though only Muk can reliably counter both sets, whereas Monferno, the best offensive Cacturne check, is very common and can act as a potential switch-in. Lastly, Cacturne's low Speed, poor bulk, and bad defensive typing mean it is overly reliant on Sucker Punch, which can be taken advantage of with status moves such as Will-O-Wisp and Encore.

Most Used Moves

Seed Bomb
31.8%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
74.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc