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Maractus, a Grass type Pokémon, official artwork

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Maractus: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

GrassIllegal

Maractus is a straightforward attacker, led by its Sp. Atk (106) and Attack (86), with a base stat total of 461.

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What is Maractus weak to?

How much damage Maractus takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toBugFireFlyingIcePoison
0.5×ResistsElectricGrassGroundWater

With Water Absorb, Water attacks do nothing instead of half damage.

With Storm Drain, Water attacks do nothing instead of half damage.

Maractus takes super-effective damage from Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison. It resists Electric, Grass, Ground, Water. That is by type alone: with Water Absorb, Water attacks do nothing instead of half damage; with Storm Drain, Water attacks do nothing instead of half damage.

Best moveset for Maractus

Maractus has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Leaf StormGrass130
  • Hyper VoiceNormal90
  • BounceFlying85
  • Poison JabPoison80

Best nature for Maractus

Modest. Maractus leans special (106 Sp. Atk vs 86 Attack) and isn't winning speed ties, so Modest (+Sp. Atk, −Attack) maximises damage.

Abilities

  • Water AbsorbThis Pokemon heals 1/4 of its max HP when hit by Water moves; Water immunity.
  • ChlorophyllIf Sunny Day is active, this Pokemon's Speed is doubled.
  • Storm DrainThis Pokemon draws Water moves to itself to raise Sp. Atk by 1; Water immunity.
Full learnset (65 moves; tap to expand)

Maractus is not obtainable in Scarlet/Violet, so this is its National Dex movepool.

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Leaf StormGrass13090%Special
Petal DanceGrass120100%Special
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
Wood HammerGrass120100%Physical
Energy BallGrass90100%Special
Hyper VoiceNormal90100%Special
Petal BlizzardGrass90100%Physical
UproarNormal90100%Special
BounceFlying8585%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
Seed BombGrass80100%Physical
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
Drain PunchFighting75100%Physical
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Secret PowerNormal70100%Physical
Sucker PunchDark70100%Physical
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
AssuranceDark60100%Physical
Hidden Power WaterWater60100%Special
Needle ArmGrass60100%Physical
RoundNormal60100%Special
Grassy GlideGrass55100%Physical
SnoreNormal50100%Special
Weather BallNormal50100%Special
Mega DrainGrass40100%Special
PeckFlying35100%Physical
Bullet SeedGrass25100%Physical
Pin MissileBug2595%Physical
AbsorbGrass20100%Special
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
FrustrationNormal?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
ReturnNormal?100%Physical
AcupressureNormal--Status
After YouNormal--Status
AttractNormal-100%Status
ConfideNormal--Status
Cotton GuardGrass--Status
Cotton SporeGrass-100%Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Grass WhistleGrass-55%Status
Grassy TerrainGrass--Status
GrowthNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
IngrainGrass--Status
Leech SeedGrass-90%Status
Nature PowerNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
SafeguardNormal--Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpikesGround--Status
Spiky ShieldGrass--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
Sweet ScentNormal-100%Status
SynthesisGrass--Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status
Worry SeedGrass-100%Status