Cacturne

Cacturne is kind of strange Pokemon but yes maybe you had a different thought about it. But what you think about getting into Cacturne Evolution? Yes, that will require a thorough study of Stats, Moveset, Usefulness, Weakness and other important information of Cacturne.

Cacturne is a Grass/Dark-type Pokémon which was first introduced in Generation III. It has a humanoid form with several spikes all over its hands and legs. Its legs are much broader than its hands. Its whole body is coloured in green. The shape of a Cacturne looks pretty much similar to a scarecrow. You may think its a bit weird combo of a cactus and a scarecrow. A large dark green hat is located on top of its head while its eyes are made up of two black circular holes with the centre part coloured in yellow. Its mouth consists of seven black circular holes. They are designed in such a way that they look like a perfect scary grin.

You can see some dark green rhombi on its body. They are placed from its neck to the bottom part of its belly. They are crucial in identifying the gender of Cacturne. A male Cacturne has only three small-shaped rhombi while its female counterpart has a big rhombus just above the smaller one.

About Cacturne

• Japanese Name: Noctus
• National Pokédex Number: 332
• Type: Grass/Dark
• Species: Scarecrow Pokémon
• Height: 1.3 m (4’03”)
• Weight: 77.4 kg (170.6 lbs)
• Abilities:
  • Sand Veil and
  • Water Absorb (Hidden)
• Local Number: 
  • 120 (Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald)
  • 125 (Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire)
• Catch Rate: 60
• Base Friendship: 35
• Base Exp: 166
• Growth Rate: Medium Slow
• Egg Groups: Grass, Human-like
• Gender: 50% Male, 50% Female
• Egg Cycles: 20 (4,884-5,140 steps)

Stats

• HP: 70
• Attack: 115
• Defence: 60
• Special Attack: 115
• Special Defense: 60
• Speed: 55
• Total: 475

Moves Learned By Cacturne

Moves Learned By Levelling up:

Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
1	Spiky Shield	Grass	Status	–	–
1	Destiny Bond	Ghost	Status	–	–
1	Revenge	Fighting	Physical	60	100
1	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100
1	Leer	Normal	Status	–	100
1	Absorb	Grass	Special	20	100
1	Growth	Normal	Status	–	–
Evo.	Spiky Shield	Grass	Status	–	–
4	Absorb	Grass	Special	20	100
7	Growth	Normal	Status	–	–
10	Leech Seed	Grass	Status	–	90
13	Sand Attack	Ground	Status	–	100
16	Needle Arm	Grass	Physical	60	100
19	Feint Attack	Dark	Physical	60	–
22	Ingrain	Grass	Status	–	–
26	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100
30	Spikes	Ground	Status	–	–
35	Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	70	100
38	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	25	95
44	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	90	100
49	Cotton Spore	Grass	Status	90	100
54	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	–	–
59	Destiny Bond	Ghost	Status	–	–

Moves Learned By TM:

TM	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
06	Toxic	Poison	Status	–	90
09	Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100
10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100
11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	–	–
15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90
17	Protect	Normal	Status	–	–
21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	–	100
22	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120	100
27	Return	Normal	Physical	–	100
31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100
32	Double Team	Normal	Status	–	–
37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	–	–
42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100
44	Rest	Psychic	Status	–	–
45	Attract	Normal	Status	–	100
48	Round	Normal	Special	60	100
52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70
53	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	90	100
56	Fling	Dark	Physical	–	100
63	Embargo	Dark	Status	–	100
66	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100
68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90
75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	–	–
84	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100
86	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	–	100
87	Swagger	Normal	Status	–	85
88	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	–	–
90	Substitute	Normal	Status	–	–
96	Nature Power	Normal	Status	–	–
97	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100
100	Confide	Normal	Status	–	–

Location of Cacturne

Cacturne was not introduced in the first two generations of Pokémon. As a result, it didn’t make to the early Pokémon games like Red and Blue, Yellow, Gold and Silver, and Crystal.

Game	Location
Ruby Sapphire	Evolve Cacnea
Emerald	Evolve Cacnea
FireRed LeafGreen	Trade
Colosseum	Trade
XD	Trade
Diamond Pearl	Route 228
Platinum	Route 228
HeartGold SoulSilver	Safari Zone
Pal Park	Mountain
Black White	Trade
Black 2 White 2	Reversal Mountain (Swarm)
X Y	Friend Safari (Dark)
Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire	Evolve Cacnea
Sun Moon	Pokémon Bank
Ultra Sun Ultra Moon	Pokémon Bank
Let’s Go Pikachu Let’s Go Eevee	Unobtainable
Sword Shield	Unobtainable

How To Evolve?

Cacturne is the final evolutionary form of Cacnea. If you want to transform your Cacnea into a Cacturne, then increase its level up to 32.

How Much Useful Is My Cacturne?

Cacturne doesn’t like to move in broad daylight which enables it to store a big quantity of moisture inside its body. It has a strange tendency to follow people at night. It continues to follow them until they become extremely tired. It has sand in its veins instead of blood. It’s probably because of staying in the deserts for a very long period of time.

Sand Veil serves as the most important ability of Cacturne and works very well against the weakness of others. It shields Cacturne from being wrecked by sandstorms. It is also effective in increasing the evasion by one level or you can say 20%.

On the other hand, Water Absorb functions as its hidden ability. It completely protects Cacturne from all types of Water-type move. Plus, it replenishes its HP by a small portion whenever it gets stricken by any Water-type move.

Being a Grass/Dark Pokémon, Cacturne is very unstable against Ice, Fire, Flying, Poison, Fairy, Fighting, and Bug-type Pokemon’s Moveset.

So, does the Moveset, weakness and other information seem worthy for Cacturne Evolution? Then visit the official Pokémon page for Cacturne Evolution.

And if the case is otherwise then you may like to see some other Pokemon Evolution rather than the one for Cacturne and can see for whatever Moveset, weakness and other specification suits better. Visit Herald Journalism for that!