Cacturne

Cacturne has 475 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the physical side (115) and a Speed of 55. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 190, which makes it a balanced physical attacker.

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What Cacturne is weak to

Weak to: Bug (×4), Fire, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Flying, Fairy. Resists: Water, Electric, Grass, Ground, Ghost, Dark. Immune to: Psychic (×0). The ×4 weakness is the danger: one hit of Bug does huge damage.

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Best teammates for Cacturne

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Cacturne: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

1. Tinkaton FairySteel

   Resists ice, poison, flying, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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2. Klefki SteelFairy

   Resists ice, poison, flying, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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3. Mawile SteelFairy

   Resists ice, poison, flying, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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4. Celesteela SteelFlying

   Resists poison, flying, bug, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, fighting super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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5. Corviknight FlyingSteel

   Resists poison, flying, bug, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, fighting super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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6. Skarmory SteelFlying

   Resists poison, flying, bug, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, fighting super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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Counters to Cacturne

1. Pheromosa

   Bug and Fighting STAB hits Cacturne super effectively and it resists everything Cacturne can hit it with by type.

2. Sneasler

   Fighting and Poison STAB hits Cacturne super effectively and it resists everything Cacturne can hit it with by type.

3. Buzzwole

   Bug and Fighting STAB hits Cacturne super effectively and it resists everything Cacturne can hit it with by type.

4. Slither Wing

   Bug and Fighting STAB hits Cacturne super effectively and it resists everything Cacturne can hit it with by type.

5. Heracross

   Bug and Fighting STAB hits Cacturne super effectively and it resists everything Cacturne can hit it with by type.

6. Blaziken

   Fire and Fighting STAB hits Cacturne super effectively and it resists everything Cacturne can hit it with by type.

Where you can use Cacturne

Cacturne is in the regional Pokédex of 3 games we cover: