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Overview
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· Amazing Attacking Stats allows it to go physical or special.
· 5 Weaknesses prevent it from taking hits well.
· The lack of Offensive Grass types (outside of Chlorophyll abusers) gives it little competition as a Offensive Grass type.
· Fairly Strong Priority in Sucker Punch (Sadly Not STAB).
· Immunity to powder moves is nice.
· Extremely low speed makes it rely on Sucker Punch a little too much, and can be easily played around.
Swords Dance
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name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Bullet Seed
move 3: Drain Punch
move 4: Sucker Punch
ability:Water Absorb
item: Eviolite
evs: 36 HP / 156 Att / 196 Def / 116 SpDef
nature: Impish
Moves
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· Swords Dance lets Cacnea reach a huge attack stat of 34 with EV’s and Nature
· Bullet Seed lets Cacnea beat Tirtouga through Sturdy and is its main STAB
· Drain Punch is good coverage, and lets Cacnea beat Steel types, especially Pawniard.
· Sucker Punch, though not STAB, is Cacnea’s only priority and is a must with its pitiful speed.
Set Details
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EViolite gives Cacnea good bulk to set up a Swords Dance. The EV’s help Cacnea reach 21 Def and 34 Attack after a Swords Dance. Water Absorb lets Cacnea get switch-in opportunities, get health back, and use most Water types as Swords Dance bait.
Usage Tips
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· Bring Cacnea in on something that can’t touch it, such as Slowpoke.
· Swords Dance up.
· Bullet Seed lets Cacnea beat Tirtouga through Sturdy and is STAB.
· Drain Punch hits Steel types, especially Pawniard, much harder and gives Cacnea a form of recovery.
· Sucker Punch is to be used as priority, helping Cacnea beat faster threats and alleviates its low speed. It also has good coverage with Drain Punch.
Team Options
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· Abra is an amazing offensive partner with Cacnea, immune to sandstorm thanks to Magic Guard and the ability to beat both Croagunk and Koffing, 2 pokemon that hard wall Cacnea, while Cacnea beats Lileep and most Dark types with Drain Punch.
· Hippo also get a mention for setting the Rocks that let Cacnea get more KOs, getting up the sandstorm that activates Sand Veil, and taking hits for Cacnea as well.
· Hippo + Lileep create a sandstorm core that can weaken most teams with hazards, walling abilities, and powerful attacks that let Cacnea sweeps much more easily
· Sand Rush Drilbur is another good offensive sandstorm partner, either Cacnea beating most Water and Grass types opens up a Drilbur sweep, while Drilbur's ability to hit every one of Cacnea's weaknesses SE with QuakeSlide opens up a Cacnea sweep.
· Chinchou is a good teammate, taking most Flying, Ice, and Firre Attacks for Cacnea while Cacnea resists both of its weaknesses. A rather slow Volt Switch also brings Cacnea in unharmed.
· Steel types such as Pawniard and Magnemite are good teammates and each have their advantages, such as Knocking Off Eviolites and slow Volt Switch, respectively. Cacnea also resists Ground, but the Fire weakness is compounded.
· Fire types such as Ponyta can take Fire, Ice, and Bug attacks, absorb burns and hand them out, and hit things hard with Flare Blitz. Cacnea also resists the Ground and Water weakness.
· Finally, since Cacnea appreciates Wish support and a cleric for burns or paralysis, Spritzee is a decent teammate as well.
Other Options
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· Cacnea learns Nasty Plot, but with no priority is easily revenge killed.
· Seed Bomb is a more reliable STAB, but gets out damaged by Bullet Seed with 3-5 hits and loses to Sturdy Tirtouga.
· Cacnea also learns Switcheroo, letting it do Choice sets decently. It can also get Disable, making Switcheroo + Disable an annoying combination.
· Substitute can help Cacnea eventually get a Sand Veil miss, but it ultimately just wastes sand turns.
· Cacnea also gets access to the new move Fell Stinger, giving it a free Swords Dance when it KOs a pokemon, but Fell Stinger is much too weak to KO most pokemon and, again, Cacnea is too slow to pull it off.
· Cacnea also gets GrassWhistle, putting a counter easily out of commission.... if it had better accuracy.
· Cacnea can actually take advantage of its low speed with Payback, dealing good damage to many things. However, now its bulk prevents it from using it effectively.
· Finally, Growth gives Cacnea powered Sucker Punch, along with STAB recovery in Giga Drain, but Sun is required.
Checks & Counters
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· Poison types wall its STAB and Drain Punch, making them effective counters. Especially Croagunk resist all the moves on the set and Koffing can Will-O-Wisp to make Cacnea useless.
· Cacnea has no way of beating Foongus, which just KOs with Sludge Bomb.
· Pokemon that can outspeed and take a Sucker Punch do well against Cacnea, including Mienfoo, Scraggy, and Pawniard.
· Flying types that can take a Sucker Punch, such as Vullaby, wall Cacnea and kill it easily, despite the fact its suppose to be based off of a Scarecrow.
· Cottonee encores Swords Dance or Sucker Punch and takes all hits easily.
· Fire types are known as the bane of Grass types, and Cacnea's no different. Larvesta, Ponyta, and Growlithe all deal with Cacnea with bulk, Will-O-Wisp, U-Turn, Intimidate, or combinations.
· Misdreavus easily Will-O-Wisp's Cacnea and takes little damage. It is even more threatening when it carries Substitute.
Overview
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· Amazing Attacking Stats allows it to go physical or special.
· 5 Weaknesses prevent it from taking hits well.
· The lack of Offensive Grass types (outside of Chlorophyll abusers) gives it little competition as a Offensive Grass type.
· Fairly Strong Priority in Sucker Punch (Sadly Not STAB).
· Immunity to powder moves is nice.
· Extremely low speed makes it rely on Sucker Punch a little too much, and can be easily played around.
Swords Dance
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name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Bullet Seed
move 3: Drain Punch
move 4: Sucker Punch
ability:Water Absorb
item: Eviolite
evs: 36 HP / 156 Att / 196 Def / 116 SpDef
nature: Impish
Moves
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· Swords Dance lets Cacnea reach a huge attack stat of 34 with EV’s and Nature
· Bullet Seed lets Cacnea beat Tirtouga through Sturdy and is its main STAB
· Drain Punch is good coverage, and lets Cacnea beat Steel types, especially Pawniard.
· Sucker Punch, though not STAB, is Cacnea’s only priority and is a must with its pitiful speed.
Set Details
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EViolite gives Cacnea good bulk to set up a Swords Dance. The EV’s help Cacnea reach 21 Def and 34 Attack after a Swords Dance. Water Absorb lets Cacnea get switch-in opportunities, get health back, and use most Water types as Swords Dance bait.
Usage Tips
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· Bring Cacnea in on something that can’t touch it, such as Slowpoke.
· Swords Dance up.
· Bullet Seed lets Cacnea beat Tirtouga through Sturdy and is STAB.
· Drain Punch hits Steel types, especially Pawniard, much harder and gives Cacnea a form of recovery.
· Sucker Punch is to be used as priority, helping Cacnea beat faster threats and alleviates its low speed. It also has good coverage with Drain Punch.
Team Options
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· Abra is an amazing offensive partner with Cacnea, immune to sandstorm thanks to Magic Guard and the ability to beat both Croagunk and Koffing, 2 pokemon that hard wall Cacnea, while Cacnea beats Lileep and most Dark types with Drain Punch.
· Hippo also get a mention for setting the Rocks that let Cacnea get more KOs, getting up the sandstorm that activates Sand Veil, and taking hits for Cacnea as well.
· Hippo + Lileep create a sandstorm core that can weaken most teams with hazards, walling abilities, and powerful attacks that let Cacnea sweeps much more easily
· Sand Rush Drilbur is another good offensive sandstorm partner, either Cacnea beating most Water and Grass types opens up a Drilbur sweep, while Drilbur's ability to hit every one of Cacnea's weaknesses SE with QuakeSlide opens up a Cacnea sweep.
· Chinchou is a good teammate, taking most Flying, Ice, and Firre Attacks for Cacnea while Cacnea resists both of its weaknesses. A rather slow Volt Switch also brings Cacnea in unharmed.
· Steel types such as Pawniard and Magnemite are good teammates and each have their advantages, such as Knocking Off Eviolites and slow Volt Switch, respectively. Cacnea also resists Ground, but the Fire weakness is compounded.
· Fire types such as Ponyta can take Fire, Ice, and Bug attacks, absorb burns and hand them out, and hit things hard with Flare Blitz. Cacnea also resists the Ground and Water weakness.
· Finally, since Cacnea appreciates Wish support and a cleric for burns or paralysis, Spritzee is a decent teammate as well.
Other Options
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· Cacnea learns Nasty Plot, but with no priority is easily revenge killed.
· Seed Bomb is a more reliable STAB, but gets out damaged by Bullet Seed with 3-5 hits and loses to Sturdy Tirtouga.
· Cacnea also learns Switcheroo, letting it do Choice sets decently. It can also get Disable, making Switcheroo + Disable an annoying combination.
· Substitute can help Cacnea eventually get a Sand Veil miss, but it ultimately just wastes sand turns.
· Cacnea also gets access to the new move Fell Stinger, giving it a free Swords Dance when it KOs a pokemon, but Fell Stinger is much too weak to KO most pokemon and, again, Cacnea is too slow to pull it off.
· Cacnea also gets GrassWhistle, putting a counter easily out of commission.... if it had better accuracy.
· Cacnea can actually take advantage of its low speed with Payback, dealing good damage to many things. However, now its bulk prevents it from using it effectively.
· Finally, Growth gives Cacnea powered Sucker Punch, along with STAB recovery in Giga Drain, but Sun is required.
Checks & Counters
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· Poison types wall its STAB and Drain Punch, making them effective counters. Especially Croagunk resist all the moves on the set and Koffing can Will-O-Wisp to make Cacnea useless.
· Cacnea has no way of beating Foongus, which just KOs with Sludge Bomb.
· Pokemon that can outspeed and take a Sucker Punch do well against Cacnea, including Mienfoo, Scraggy, and Pawniard.
· Flying types that can take a Sucker Punch, such as Vullaby, wall Cacnea and kill it easily, despite the fact its suppose to be based off of a Scarecrow.
· Cottonee encores Swords Dance or Sucker Punch and takes all hits easily.
· Fire types are known as the bane of Grass types, and Cacnea's no different. Larvesta, Ponyta, and Growlithe all deal with Cacnea with bulk, Will-O-Wisp, U-Turn, Intimidate, or combinations.
· Misdreavus easily Will-O-Wisp's Cacnea and takes little damage. It is even more threatening when it carries Substitute.
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