Shadow Cacnea (Pokémon GO)

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Flygon

Cacturne

#331

709

887

Attacker Rank

F Tier

F Tier

PvP Rank 1 IVs

Great LeagueGreat

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 1404

Ultra LeagueUltra

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 1404

Master LeagueMaster

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 1404

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Shiny

Shadow Cacnea

#331

Grass

Attack

156

Top 60.9%

Defense

Top 94.7%

Stamina

137

Top 76.2%

Total

367

Pokédex details

Shiny available

Rocket Grunts

Lv. 8

221 -280 CP

0/0/0 - 15/15/15

Rocket Grunts (WB)

Lv. 13

389 -461 CP

4/4/4 - 15/15/15

Shadow Raids

Lv. 20

618 -709 CP

6/6/6 - 15/15/15

Shadow Raids (WB)

Lv. 25

773 -887 CP

6/6/6 - 15/15/15

Max CP

Lv. 50

1404 CP

The IV floor for Rocket Grunts is 0/0/0, or 4/4/4 when weather boosted. Shadow Raids use a 6/6/6 IV floor. The hundo CP is always 15/15/15.

How rare is a hundo? See odds by encounter type

It's Super Effective

Damage multipliers Shadow Cacnea takes from each attacking type, sorted from worst weakness to best resistance.

Weak to

Fire

160%

Ice

160%

Poison

160%

Flying

160%

Bug

160%

Resists

Water

62.5%

Electric

62.5%

Grass

62.5%

Ground

62.5%

Best Moves

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Every fast and charged move combo Shadow Cacnea can learn, ranked by simulated raid DPS.

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Sucker Punch
Grass Knot
5.50
19.7
2724.9s
3.24
2
Sucker Punch
Brick Break
5.50
19.7
2724.9s
3.24
3
Sucker Punch
Seed Bomb
5.50
19.7
2724.9s
3.24
4
Sucker Punch
Payback
5.50
19.7
2724.9s
3.24
5
Sucker Punch
Trailblaze
5.50
19.7
2724.9s
3.24
6
Poison Sting
Grass Knot
4.60
16.4
3258.2s
2.71
7
Poison Sting
Brick Break
4.60
16.4
3258.2s
2.71
8
Poison Sting
Seed Bomb
4.60
16.4
3258.2s
2.71
9
Poison Sting
Payback
4.60
16.4
3258.2s
2.71
10
Poison Sting
Trailblaze
4.60
16.4
3258.2s
2.71

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Best Counters

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These are the top ten counters to defeat Shadow Cacnea in a raid.

Pokémon

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Mega Rayquaza
Air Slash
Dragon Ascent
151.50
25084.0
0.0
4.0s
151.50
2
Mega Delphox
Fire Spin
Mystical Fire+
146.30
13756.7
0.0
4.1s
146.30
3
Mega Beedrill
Bug Bite
Fell Stinger+
139.13
12408.9
0.0
4.3s
139.13
4
Blacephalon
Incinerate
Mind Blown
132.09
7373.6
0.1
4.5s
132.09
5
Shadow Reshiram
Fire Fang
Fusion Flare
129.08
12876.4
0.0
4.6s
129.08
6
Mega Blaziken
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
128.00
11018.7
0.1
4.7s
128.00
7
Mega Charizard Y
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
123.46
16252.7
0.0
4.9s
123.46
8
Shadow Salamence
Fire Fang
Fly
122.62
13113.0
0.0
4.9s
122.62
9
Mega Skarmory
Air Slash
Drill Peck+
120.89
15843.4
0.0
5.0s
120.89
10
Shadow Moltres
Fire Spin
Fly
120.15
12605.3
0.0
5.0s
120.15

Go Battle League

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Recommended movesets, best IV spreads, and PvP traits for Shadow Cacnea in each Pokémon GO Battle League.

Best moveset

Sucker Punch

Multipurpose

Trailblaze

Boost

Payback

Nuke

Rank 1 IVs

500

0/15/14

IV (A/D/S) · Lv. 15.5

82.05

Attack

46.81

Defense

Stat Product · 303,402

Attack

Defense

Top IV spreads

IV (A/D/S)	Level	CP	% of Rank 1
0/15/14	15.5	500	100.00%
1/14/14	15.5	500	99.51%
1/15/12	15.5	500	99.37%
2/13/14	15.5	500	99.01%
2/14/12	15.5	500	98.88%
0/14/15	15.5	499	98.88%
0/14/14	15.5	497	98.88%
0/15/13	15.5	498	98.73%
0/15/12	15.5	496	98.73%
2/15/10	15.5	499	98.72%
0/9/15	16	500	98.70%
0/10/13	16	499	98.66%
5/15/14	15	499	98.61%
0/11/11	16	499	98.59%
0/12/10	16	500	98.48%
0/12/9	16	499	98.48%
1/13/15	15.5	499	98.38%
1/13/14	15.5	497	98.38%
3/13/12	15.5	500	98.37%
0/13/8	16	500	98.35%
1/14/13	15.5	498	98.25%
1/14/12	15.5	497	98.25%
3/14/10	15.5	500	98.23%
0/14/6	16	499	98.19%
1/8/15	16	500	98.14%
6/14/14	15	499	98.11%
1/9/13	16	500	98.11%
1/15/11	15.5	498	98.09%
1/15/10	15.5	496	98.09%
3/15/8	15.5	499	98.05%
1/10/11	16	499	98.05%
4/15/15	15	498	98.00%
4/15/14	15	496	98.00%
0/15/5	16	500	98.00%
0/15/4	16	498	98.00%
1/11/9	16	499	97.96%
6/15/12	15	499	97.95%
2/12/15	15.5	499	97.87%
2/12/14	15.5	498	97.87%
1/12/8	16	500	97.84%
2/13/13	15.5	499	97.75%
2/13/12	15.5	497	97.75%
0/13/15	15.5	496	97.75%
0/13/14	15.5	494	97.75%
4/13/10	15.5	500	97.72%
1/13/6	16	500	97.70%
0/14/13	15.5	495	97.62%
0/14/12	15.5	494	97.62%
2/14/11	15.5	498	97.61%
2/14/10	15.5	497	97.61%

Top 50 Little League spreads for wild-caught IVs, powered up to Level 50. Select a spread to preview its stats.

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Traits (5)

Moves

Every fast and charged attack Shadow Cacnea can learn in Pokémon GO, including legacy and elite TM moves.

Fast Attacks

Poison Sting
4
6
0.5s
8
Sand Attack
4
7
0.5s
8
Sucker Punch
5
6
0.5s
10

Charged Attacks

Brick Break
40
-33
1.5s
26.67
Grass Knot
90
-50
2.5s
36
Payback
95
-100
2.0s
47.5
Seed Bomb
55
-33
2.0s
27.5
Trailblaze
65
-50
2.0s
32.5

Evolve

Every form this Pokémon evolves from and into, plus the requirements to trigger each stage.

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Cacnea	50 Candy 45 Candy (purified)	Cacturne

Family

All of the Pokémon related to Cacnea including its evolutions, shadow versions, regional forms, and Dynamax and Gigantamax forms.

Cacnea

#331

Shadow Cacnea

#331

Cacturne

#332

Shadow Cacturne

#332

Mega Boost

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These Mega and Primal Pokémon provide a 1.3× damage boost to Grass-type attacks when active in raids. Catching Shadow Cacnea with one of these active will increase your XP and candy rewards.

Mega Venusaur #3

Boosts:

Mega Victreebel #71

Boosts:

Mega Sceptile #254

Boosts:

Primal Groudon #383

Boosts:

Mega Abomasnow #460

Boosts:

Mega Chesnaught #652

Boosts:

Size

Ranges from 0.201 m to 0.82 m tall, averaging 0.41 m.

Size	Lower bound	Upper bound
XXS	0.201 m 0'08"	0.205 m 0'08"
XS	0.205 m 0'08"	0.307 m 1'00"
M	0.307 m 1'00"	0.512 m 1'08"
XL	0.512 m 1'08"	0.615 m 2'00"
XXL	0.615 m 2'00"	0.82 m 2'08"

XXS

0.201 m

0'08"

0.205 m

0'08"

0.205 m

0'08"

0.307 m

1'00"

0.307 m

1'00"

0.512 m

1'08"

0.512 m

1'08"

0.615 m

2'00"

XXL

0.615 m

2'00"

0.82 m

2'08"

Catch Screen

How this Pokémon moves and dodges on the catch screen.

Movement	Jump
Movement timer	11s
Jump time	1.1s
Attack probability	20%
Attack timer	20s
Dodge probability	10%
Dodge duration	1s
Dodge distance	1
Min action frequency	0.2s
Max action frequency	1.6s

Hundo CP

This chart shows the maximum Combat Power for Shadow Cacnea at each level, with perfect 15/15/15 Individual Values (IVs). See hundo odds by encounter type.

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	17 CP	27	958 CP
2	55 CP	28	993 CP
3	92 CP	29	1029 CP
4	130 CP	30	1064 CP
5	167 CP	31	1082 CP
6	205 CP	32	1100 CP
7	242 CP	33	1118 CP
8	280 CP	34	1135 CP
9	317 CP	35	1153 CP
10	355 CP	36	1171 CP
11	390 CP	37	1188 CP
12	425 CP	38	1206 CP
13	461 CP	39	1224 CP
14	496 CP	40	1242 CP
15	532 CP	41	1257 CP
16	567 CP	42	1273 CP
17	603 CP	43	1289 CP
18	638 CP	44	1305 CP
19	674 CP	45	1322 CP
20	709 CP	46	1338 CP
21	745 CP	47	1354 CP
22	780 CP	48	1371 CP
23	816 CP	49	1387 CP
24	851 CP	50	1404 CP
25	887 CP	51	1421 CP
26	922 CP

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	17 CP	18	638 CP	35	1153 CP
2	55 CP	19	674 CP	36	1171 CP
3	92 CP	20	709 CP	37	1188 CP
4	130 CP	21	745 CP	38	1206 CP
5	167 CP	22	780 CP	39	1224 CP
6	205 CP	23	816 CP	40	1242 CP
7	242 CP	24	851 CP	41	1257 CP
8	280 CP	25	887 CP	42	1273 CP
9	317 CP	26	922 CP	43	1289 CP
10	355 CP	27	958 CP	44	1305 CP
11	390 CP	28	993 CP	45	1322 CP
12	425 CP	29	1029 CP	46	1338 CP
13	461 CP	30	1064 CP	47	1354 CP
14	496 CP	31	1082 CP	48	1371 CP
15	532 CP	32	1100 CP	49	1387 CP
16	567 CP	33	1118 CP	50	1404 CP
17	603 CP	34	1135 CP	51	1421 CP

Level Up

Total Stardust, Candy, and Candy XL to power Shadow Cacnea up to each level from level 1.


50.0	624,000	406	360
40.0	324,000	406	-
35.0	218,400	262	-
30.0	144,000	180	-
25.0	91,200	132	-
20.0	54,000	94	-
15.0	28,320	64	-
10.0	12,000	36	-
5.0	2,880	16	-


1.5	240	2	-
2.0	480	4	-
2.5	720	6	-
3.0	960	8	-
3.5	1,440	10	-
4.0	1,920	12	-
4.5	2,400	14	-
5.0	2,880	16	-
5.5	3,600	18	-
6.0	4,320	20	-
6.5	5,040	22	-
7.0	5,760	24	-
7.5	6,720	26	-
8.0	7,680	28	-
8.5	8,640	30	-
9.0	9,600	32	-
9.5	10,800	34	-
10.0	12,000	36	-
10.5	13,200	38	-
11.0	14,400	40	-
11.5	15,960	43	-
12.0	17,520	46	-
12.5	19,080	49	-
13.0	20,640	52	-
13.5	22,560	55	-
14.0	24,480	58	-
14.5	26,400	61	-
15.0	28,320	64	-
15.5	30,600	67	-
16.0	32,880	70	-
16.5	35,160	73	-
17.0	37,440	76	-
17.5	40,080	79	-
18.0	42,720	82	-
18.5	45,360	85	-
19.0	48,000	88	-
19.5	51,000	91	-
20.0	54,000	94	-
20.5	57,000	97	-
21.0	60,000	100	-
21.5	63,600	104	-
22.0	67,200	108	-
22.5	70,800	112	-
23.0	74,400	116	-
23.5	78,600	120	-
24.0	82,800	124	-
24.5	87,000	128	-
25.0	91,200	132	-
25.5	96,000	136	-
26.0	100,800	140	-
26.5	105,600	145	-
27.0	110,400	150	-
27.5	115,800	155	-
28.0	121,200	160	-
28.5	126,600	165	-
29.0	132,000	170	-
29.5	138,000	175	-
30.0	144,000	180	-
30.5	150,000	185	-
31.0	156,000	190	-
31.5	163,200	198	-
32.0	170,400	206	-
32.5	177,600	214	-
33.0	184,800	222	-
33.5	193,200	232	-
34.0	201,600	242	-
34.5	210,000	252	-
35.0	218,400	262	-
35.5	228,000	274	-
36.0	237,600	286	-
36.5	247,200	298	-
37.0	256,800	310	-
37.5	267,600	325	-
38.0	278,400	340	-
38.5	289,200	355	-
39.0	300,000	370	-
39.5	312,000	388	-
40.0	324,000	406	-
40.5	336,000	406	12
41.0	348,000	406	24
41.5	361,200	406	36
42.0	374,400	406	48
42.5	387,600	406	63
43.0	400,800	406	78
43.5	415,200	406	93
44.0	429,600	406	108
44.5	444,000	406	126
45.0	458,400	406	144
45.5	474,000	406	162
46.0	489,600	406	180
46.5	505,200	406	201
47.0	520,800	406	222
47.5	537,600	406	243
48.0	554,400	406	264
48.5	571,200	406	288
49.0	588,000	406	312
49.5	606,000	406	336
50.0	624,000	406	360

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