Best moves

Cacturne

Movepool

3 fast and 5 charged moves, elite / legacy included. Ranked by damage per second (fast) and damage per energy (charged), both with this form's x1.2 STAB applied where it earns it.

Best moveset23.1 DPS

darkSucker Punch

grassGrass Knot

9 x Sucker Punch per Grass Knot · 7.0s cycle · 162 power with STAB

#221.9 DPS

poisonPoison Jab

grassGrass Knot

6 x Poison Jab per Grass Knot · 8.5s cycle · 186 power with STAB

#321.5 DPS

groundSand Attack

grassGrass Knot

8 x Sand Attack per Grass Knot · 6.5s cycle · 140 power with STAB

Fast moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	EPS	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
Poison Jab	poison	13	+9	1.0s	13.00	9.00	4.3	13.0	7 / 7 / 2t	standard
Sucker PunchSTAB	dark	5	+6	0.5s	12.00	12.00	2.0	10.0	8 / 7 / 2t	standard
Sand Attack	ground	4	+7	0.5s	8.00	14.00	1.6	8.0	2 / 4 / 1t	standard

Charged moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	DPE	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
Grass KnotSTAB	grass	90	-50	2.5s	43.20	2.16	20.0	36.0	90 / 50	standard
Dark PulseSTAB	dark	80	-50	3.0s	32.00	1.92	16.0	26.7	80 / 50	standard
Dynamic Punch	fighting	85	-50	2.5s	34.00	1.70	18.9	34.0	90 / 45	standard
TrailblazeSTAB	grass	65	-50	2.0s	39.00	1.56	16.3	32.5	65 / 45	standard
PaybackSTAB	dark	95	-100	2.0s	57.00	1.14	23.8	47.5	110 / 60	standard

STAB marks moves that share a type with this form (x1.2 damage), and the DPS and DPE columns above already have that x1.2 in them — so a STAB move and a stronger-on-paper neutral move can be compared straight down the column, which is how the best-moveset cards rank them too. Power and Duration stay raw; hover a DPS or DPE figure to see the arithmetic. Att DPS and Def DPS are the two columns pokebattler.com prints in the same table, reproduced exactly: both are raw with no STAB, Def DPS is power / duration, and Att DPS is power / (duration + 2s), the gym move delay. They are there so this table can be diffed against theirs row by row — every row on the pages read on 2026-09-11 matches. Energy is gained on fast moves and spent on charged moves. Every move name opens its own page with the damage window and every other form that learns it — or browse all moves.