Cacnea - Generation 9 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Cacnea can learn in Generation 9, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Scarlet
Pokémon Violet

At the bottom we also list further details for egg moves: which compatible Pokémon can pass down the moves, and how those Pokémon learn said move.

Note: many moves have changed stats over the years. The power, accuracy and other information listed below is as it was in the respective games. Check a move's detail page for stats in the most recent games and when they changed.

Cacnea artwork by Ken Sugimori

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Scarlet/Violet

Moves learnt by level up

Cacnea learns the following moves in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Leer	Normal	—	100
1	Poison Sting	Poison	15	100
4	Absorb	Grass	20	100
7	Growth	Normal	—	—
10	Leech Seed	Grass	—	90
13	Sand Attack	Ground	—	100
16	Bullet Seed	Grass	25	100
19	Power Trip	Dark	20	100
22	Ingrain	Grass	—	—
26	Payback	Dark	50	100
30	Spikes	Ground	—	—
34	Sucker Punch	Dark	70	100
38	Pin Missile	Bug	25	95
42	Energy Ball	Grass	90	100
46	Cotton Spore	Grass	—	100
50	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
54	Destiny Bond	Ghost	—	—

Egg moves

Cacnea learns the following moves via breeding or picnics in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Acid	Poison	40	100
Belch	Poison	120	90
Block	Normal	—	—
Counter	Fighting	—	100
Disable	Normal	—	100
Fell Stinger	Bug	50	100
Switcheroo	Dark	—	100
Teeter Dance	Normal	—	100

Moves learnt by TM

Cacnea is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
01	Take Down	Normal	90	85
06	Scary Face	Normal	—	100
07	Protect	Normal	—	—
12	Low Kick	Fighting	—	100
18	Thief	Dark	60	100
20	Trailblaze	Grass	50	100
25	Facade	Normal	70	100
28	Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
32	Swift	Normal	60	∞
33	Magical Leaf	Grass	60	∞
43	Fling	Dark	—	100
45	Venoshock	Poison	65	100
47	Endure	Normal	—	—
49	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
50	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
51	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
55	Dig	Ground	80	100
56	Bullet Seed	Grass	25	100
58	Brick Break	Fighting	75	100
62	Foul Play	Dark	95	100
66	Body Slam	Normal	85	100
68	Thunder Punch	Electric	75	100
70	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
71	Seed Bomb	Grass	80	100
73	Drain Punch	Fighting	75	100
81	Grass Knot	Grass	—	100
83	Poison Jab	Poison	80	100
85	Rest	Psychic	—	—
88	Swords Dance	Normal	—	—
90	Spikes	Ground	—	—
91	Toxic Spikes	Poison	—	—
94	Dark Pulse	Dark	80	100
103	Substitute	Normal	—	—
111	Giga Drain	Grass	75	100
119	Energy Ball	Grass	90	100
122	Encore	Normal	—	100
130	Helping Hand	Normal	—	—
137	Grassy Terrain	Grass	—	—
140	Nasty Plot	Dark	—	—
159	Leaf Storm	Grass	130	90
168	Solar Beam	Grass	120	100
171	Tera Blast	Normal	80	100
177	Spite	Ghost	—	100
192	Focus Punch	Fighting	150	100
194	Grassy Glide	Grass	55	100
205	Endeavor	Normal	—	100
219	Skitter Smack	Bug	70	90
221	Throat Chop	Dark	80	100
224	Curse	Ghost	—	—

Cacnea egg move parents

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Cacnea

Cacnea's egg groups: Grass, Human-Like

The egg moves for Cacnea are listed below, alongside compatible parent Pokémon it can breed with.

You will need to breed a female Cacnea with a compatible male Pokémon, with either parent (from Gen 6+) knowing the egg move in question. Alternatively, if you already have a Cacnea with the egg move it can breed with Ditto.

Acid

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Oddish Gloom Vileplume Bellsprout Weepinbell Bellossom Toxtricity (Amped Form) Toxtricity (Low Key Form)
Breeding	Cacnea
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Acid

Belch

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Croagunk Toxicroak Toxtricity (Amped Form) Toxtricity (Low Key Form)
Breeding	Cacnea
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Belch

Block

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Breeding	Exeggcute Cacnea Bramblin Brambleghast
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Block

Counter

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Hitmonchan Hitmontop Breloom Meditite Medicham Lucario Scorbunny Raboot Cinderace
Breeding	Chikorita Lotad Makuhita Hariyama Volbeat Cacnea Chimchar Croagunk Toxicroak Timburr
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Counter

Disable

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Drowzee Hypno Sableye Bramblin Brambleghast
Breeding	Ralts Kirlia Gardevoir Cacnea Gallade Phantump Charcadet Armarouge Ceruledge
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Disable