Cacturne counters

#0332

grass darkTier 1

Lobby CP

6,591

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

140

Defense

Difficulty

0.04

Pokebattler scale

Beating Cacturne should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,243-1,313.

Weak tobug2.56xfighting1.6xflying1.6xpoison1.6xfire1.6xice1.6xfairy1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy ★Partly cloudy Cloudy ★Windy ★Snow ★Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Bug Mega — most top counters attack with Bug

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Cacturne counters are Mega Pinsir, Pheromosa, Shadow Vikavolt, Shadow Pinsir, Volcarona & Shadow Scizor.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Pinsir
Pheromosa
S. Vikavolt
S. Pinsir
Volcarona
S. Scizor

4 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Mega PinsirMegapartyFury Cutter / X-Scissor0.040:07
2PheromosaLegendarypartyBug Bite / Bug Buzz0.040:08
3Shadow VikavoltShadowpartyBug Bite / X-Scissor0.040:08
4Shadow PinsirShadowpartyBug Bite / X-Scissor0.040:08
5Mega BeedrillMegaInfestation / X-Scissor0.040:08
6Mega ScizorMegaFury Cutter / X-Scissor0.040:08
7VolcaronapartyBug Bite / Bug Buzz0.040:08
8Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.040:08
9Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.040:08
10Shadow ScizorShadowpartyFury Cutter / X-Scissor0.040:08

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Top 15 Cacturne counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Pinsirbugflyingjoint top pick	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	4,182	0:07	0.04	6115.3%
2	Pheromosabugfighting	bugBug BitebugBug Buzz	2,842	0:08	0.04	5759.8%
3	Shadow Vikavoltbugelectric	bugBug BitebugX-Scissor	3,117	0:08	0.04	5575.6%
4	Shadow Pinsirbug	bugBug BitebugX-Scissor	2,959	0:08	0.04	5526.1%
5	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugInfestationbugX-Scissor	3,383	0:08	0.04	5491.3%
6	Mega Scizorbugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	4,087	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
7	Volcaronabugfire	bugBug BitebugBug Buzz	3,632	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
8	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:08	0.04	5450.1%
9	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.04	5448.8%
10	Shadow Scizorbugsteel	bugFury CutterbugX-Scissor	3,001	0:08	0.04	5423.0%
11	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	bugFury CutterbugMegahorn	4,814	0:08	0.05	5376.2%
12	Vikavoltbugelectric	bugBug BitebugX-Scissor	3,117	0:08	0.05	5369.5%
13	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	groundSand AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	0:08	0.05	5355.0%
14	Heracrossbugfighting	bugFury CutterbugMegahorn	3,101	0:08	0.05	5246.8%
15	Shadow Accelgorbug	bugInfestationbugBug Buzz	2,441	0:08	0.05	5129.4%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Cacturne.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Cacturne's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	1133%	5687.1%	0:08	0.04
Sand Attack / Payback	100%	889%	5393.9%	0:08	0.05
Sucker Punch / Payback	100%	894%	5522.0%	0:08	0.04
Sand Attack / Trailblaze	100%	1285%	5536.6%	0:08	0.04
Sand Attack / Dynamic Punch	100%	1240%	5551.3%	0:08	0.04
Sand Attack / Dark Pulse	100%	1250%	5561.2%	0:08	0.04
Sand Attack / Grass Knot	100%	1223%	5576.0%	0:08	0.04
Poison Jab / Payback	100%	1081%	5626.0%	0:08	0.04
Sucker Punch / Dynamic Punch	100%	1191%	5641.1%	0:08	0.04
Sucker Punch / Trailblaze	100%	1185%	5656.4%	0:08	0.04
Poison Jab / Dark Pulse	100%	1142%	5666.6%	0:08	0.04
Sucker Punch / Dark Pulse	100%	1140%	5687.1%	0:08	0.04
Sucker Punch / Grass Knot	100%	1201%	5697.5%	0:08	0.04
Poison Jab / Trailblaze	100%	1176%	5702.6%	0:08	0.04
Poison Jab / Dynamic Punch	100%	1241%	5718.2%	0:08	0.04
Poison Jab / Grass Knot	100%	1221%	5718.2%	0:08	0.04

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 1 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Cacturne weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

bug2.56x fighting1.6x flying1.6x poison1.6x fire1.6x ice1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x rock1x steel1x dragon1x ground0.63x ghost0.63x water0.63x grass0.63x electric0.63x dark0.63x psychic0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (6)
Neutral (4)
Resists (7)

It resists psychic0.39xground0.625xghost0.625xwater0.625xgrass0.625xelectric0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Cacturne throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonPoison Jab	13	+9	1.0s	0.40s
darkSucker PunchSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.10s
groundSand Attack	4	+7	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkPaybackSTAB	95	-100	2.0s	0.90s
grassGrass KnotSTAB	90	-50	2.5s	1.60s
grassTrailblazeSTAB	65	-50	2.0s	1.20s
fightingDynamic Punch	85	-50	2.5s	1.00s
darkDark PulseSTAB	80	-50	3.0s	1.40s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,243	1,554
11/11/11	1,257	1,571
12/12/12	1,271	1,589
13/13/13	1,285	1,606
14/14/14	1,299	1,624
15/15/15hundo	1,313	1,641

Caught CP range 1,243 - 1,313, or 1,554 - 1,641 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Cacturne is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 140 / Defense 77 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	100%	6115.3%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,182	87.8	625
2	Pheromosa bugfighting Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	80%	5759.8%	0.04	0:08	100%	2,842	93.0	704
3	Shadow Vikavolt bugelectricshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	79%	5575.6%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,117	90.6	707
4	Shadow Pinsir bugshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	77%	5526.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	2,959	84.1	663
5	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Infestation / X-Scissor	Infestation / X-Scissor+23 more movesets	80%	5491.3%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,383	85.9	681
6	Mega Scizor bugsteelmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	89%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	4,087	75.5	604
7	Volcarona bugfire Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	82%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,632	76.6	613
8	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	78%	5450.1%	0.04	0:08	100%	4,161	75.1	601
9	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	98%	5448.8%	0.04	0:08	100%	6,112	93.6	749
10	Shadow Scizor bugsteelshadow Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+7 more movesets	83%	5423.0%	0.04	0:08	100%	3,001	77.3	622
11	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	88%	5376.2%	0.05	0:08	100%	4,814	103.9	842
12	Vikavolt bugelectric Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+15 more movesets	76%	5369.5%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,117	74.6	605
13	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Sand Attack / Brave Bird+	Sand Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	93%	5355.0%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,979	76.6	623
14	Heracross bugfighting Fury Cutter / Megahorn	Fury Cutter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	81%	5246.8%	0.05	0:08	100%	3,101	73.6	611
15	Shadow Accelgor bugshadow Infestation / Bug Buzz	Infestation / Bug Buzz+14 more movesets	71%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,441	72.8	619
16	Shadow Scolipede bugpoisonshadow Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	72%	5129.4%	0.05	0:08	100%	2,447	70.7	601
17	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword	Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	67%	4882.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,677	70.3	627
18	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	69%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,826	68.0	612
19	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	64%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,297	69.8	628
20	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+23 more movesets	69%	4823.0%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,783	73.1	660
21	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	72%	4770.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	4,455	69.5	635
22	Shadow Scyther bugflyingshadow Fury Cutter / Bug Buzz	Fury Cutter / Bug Buzz+14 more movesets	66%	4628.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,706	71.1	676
23	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Ice Beam	Counter / Ice Beam+26 more movesets	65%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	6,428	64.4	612
24	Yanmega bugflying Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+5 more movesets	67%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,946	63.8	606
25	Frosmoth icebug Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	63%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,728	63.6	604
26	Shadow Escavalier bugsteelshadow Bug Bite / Megahorn	Bug Bite / Megahorn+9 more movesets	65%	4565.4%	0.05	0:10	100%	2,889	85.7	816
27	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	71%	4560.6%	0.05	0:10	100%	5,713	85.5	816
28	Pinsir bug Bug Bite / X-Scissor	Bug Bite / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	64%	4541.6%	0.05	0:10	100%	2,959	65.7	632
29	Shadow Sneasler fightingpoisonshadow Poison Jab / X-Scissor	Poison Jab / X-Scissor+8 more movesets	64%	4467.1%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,222	68.7	670
30	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Focus Blast	Force Palm / Focus Blast+11 more movesets	62%	4439.8%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,337	63.2	620

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.1 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.