Pokemon GO: Cacturne raid counters for November 2021

Cacturne is a 3-star raid boss in Pokemon GO and comes from the third generation of Pokemon (Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald). It's a Dark/Grass-type Pokemon that descended from Cacnea. Cacturne can be defeated by a large number of trainers if they employ adequate countermeasures as a low-power 3-star raid boss. Although this may appear to be a limitation, Cacturne has seven elemental weaknesses in Pokemon and Pokemon GO, one of which deals double super-effective damage to it. With that in mind, selecting counters for Cacturne is a breeze compared to other Pokemon.

Pokemon GO: Best counter picks for Cacturne as a raid boss

Cacturne is vulnerable to Poison, Ice, Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Flying, and Bug-type techniques in general. In Pokemon GO, bug-type techniques are doubly effective, causing 256 percent damage to Cacturne.

Players that match their Pokemon types to these move types will receive a Same Type Attack Bonus (STAB), which will increase the raid boss's damage output even further.

Trainers in Pokemon GO who want to select the best alternatives against Cacturne, whether they're playing solo or with a group, should consider the following moves and Pokemon:

Fast Moves

• Bug Bite (Bug-type)
• Fire Spin (Fire-type)
• Fire Fang (Fire-type)
• Gust (Flying-type)
• Low Kick (Fighting-type)
• Fury Cutter (Bug-type)
• Struggle Bug (Bug-type)
• Powder Snow (Ice-type)
• Counter (Fighting-type)
• Infestation (Bug-type)
• Air Slash (Flying-type)
• Frost Breath (Ice-type)

Charge Moves

• X-Scissor (Bug-type)
• Blast Burn (Fire-type)
• Sludge Bomb (Poison-type)
• Flamethrower (Fire-type)
• Brave Bird (Flying-type)
• Focus Blast (Fighting-type)
• Megahorn (Bug-type)
• Bug Buzz (Bug-type)
• Blizzard (Ice-type)
• Overheat (Fire-type)
• Aura Sphere (Fighting-type)
• Avalanche (Ice-type)
• Sky Attack (Flying-type)
• Dynamic Punch (Fighting-type)
• Fire Blast (Fire-type)

Pokemon

• Mega Beedrill
• Mega Charizard X
• Mega Charizard Y
• Mega Houndoom
• Mega Pidgeot
• Mega Lopunny
• Mega Abomasnow
• Mega Venusaur
• Genesect
• Escavalier
• Yanmega
• Pinsir
• Scizor
• Heracross
• Scolipede
• Durant
• Reshiram
• Leavanny
• Lucario
• Accelgor
• Chandelure
• Braviary
• Mamoswine
• Moltres
• Ninjask
• Conkledurr
• Heatran
• Galvantula
• Glaceon
• Sirfetch'd
• Samurott
• Blaziken
• Crustle