Game version
AppearanceStandard
- Height
- 0.4 m
- Weight
- 51.3 kg
Training & breeding details
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate190(35.2%)Moderate
Base friendship35Low
Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps
Growth ratemedium slow
Base EXP67
Base stats
HP
50
Attack
85
Defense
40
Sp. Atk
85
Sp. Def
40
Speed
35
Total
335
Base Stat Total
Abilities
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Competitive movesets
Smogon UniversityBattle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.
Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026
Where to find Cacnea
Recorded encounter locations across the games. Orre includes Snags, gifts and trades; evolution and other acquisition methods may not appear here.
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SoulSilver
Evolution
Lv. 32
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Cacnea can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
21 of 21
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| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Poison Sting Has a chance to poison the target. | Poison | Physical | 15 | 100 | 35 |
| 4 | Absorb Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 25 |
| 7 | Growth Raises the user’s Attack and Special Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 10 | Leech Seed Seeds the target, stealing HP from it every turn. | Grass | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 13 | Sand Attack Lowers the target’s accuracy by one stage. | Ground | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 16 | Bullet Seed Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Grass | Physical | 25 | 100 | 30 |
| 16 | Needle Arm Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Grass | Physical | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| 16 | Poison Jab Has a chance to poison the target. | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 19 | Assurance Power is doubled if the target has already received damage this turn. | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 19 | Feint Attack Never misses. | Dark | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 19 | Power Trip Power is higher the more the user’s stats have been raised, to a maximum of 31×. | Dark | Physical | 20 | 100 | 10 |
| 22 | Ingrain Prevents the user from leaving battle. User regains 1/16 of its max HP every turn. | Grass | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 26 | Payback Power is doubled if the target has already moved this turn. | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 30 | Spikes Scatters Spikes, hurting opposing Pokémon that switch in. | Ground | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 34 | Sucker Punch Only works if the target is about to use a damaging move. | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 5 |
| 38 | Pin Missile Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Bug | Physical | 25 | 95 | 20 |
| 42 | Energy Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Grass | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 46 | Cotton Spore Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages. | Grass | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 50 | Sandstorm Changes the weather to a sandstorm for five turns. | Rock | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 54 | Destiny Bond If the user faints this turn, the target automatically will, too. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Cacnea can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
23 sprites & renders for Cacnea.
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Cite this page
“Cacnea”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/cacnea.
Species data from PokéAPI.