Maractus
No. 0556
Type: Grass
Once each year, this Pokémon scatters its seeds. They’re jam-packed with nutrients, making them a precious food source out in the desert.
Base stats
| HP | 75 |
|---|---|
| Attack | 86 |
| Defense | 67 |
| Sp. Attack | 106 |
| Sp. Defense | 67 |
| Speed | 60 |
Total 461
What to answer with
Attacking types that hit what hits it hard, and the best move of each one it learns.
- Rock — Cover 4 weaknesses (Fire, Ice, Flying, Bug) — It learns nothing of that type
- Fire — Cover 2 weaknesses (Ice, Bug) — It learns nothing of that type
- Ground — Cover 2 weaknesses (Fire, Poison) — It learns nothing of that type
- Fighting — Covers 1 weakness (Ice) — Drain Punch
- Flying — Covers 1 weakness (Bug) — Bounce
- Electric — Covers 1 weakness (Flying) — It learns nothing of that type
Abilities
- Water Absorb
- Chlorophyll
- Storm Drain (Hidden)
Moves
- Absorb
- Acupressure
- After You
- Assurance
- Attract
- Bounce
- Bullet Seed
- Cotton Guard
- Cotton Spore
- Drain Punch
- Endure
- Energy Ball
- Facade
- Giga Drain
- Grass Knot
- Grassy Glide
- Grassy Terrain
- Growth
- Helping Hand
- Hyper Voice
- Ingrain
- Leaf Storm
- Leech Seed
- Mega Drain
- Peck
- Petal Blizzard
- Petal Dance
- Pin Missile
- Poison Jab
- Protect
- Rain Dance
- Rest
- Round
- Safeguard
- Screech
- Seed Bomb
- Sleep Talk
- Snore
- Solar Beam
- Spikes
- Spiky Shield
- Substitute
- Sucker Punch
- Sunny Day
- Sweet Scent
- Synthesis
- Throat Chop
- Uproar
- Weather Ball
- Wood Hammer
- Worry Seed
What the optimizer would run
Rules: Gen 9 OU (singles)
- Role
- Setup sweeper
- Ability
- Water Absorb
- Item
- Life Orb
- Nature
- Modest
- EVs
- 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
- Moves
- Cotton Guard, Leaf Storm, Hyper Voice, Cotton Spore