Maractus
![](https://bogleech.com/pokemon/allpokes/556Maractus.png)
We now come to the fifth generation's token misfit. Every generation has that single stage pokemon with below-average stats, a highly ordinary movepool and no outstanding gimmicks or surprise twists. This time, it's a humanoid cactus, but while we already have a pretty awesome grass/dark cactus from the third generation, I find Maractus equally as charming in its own way. It also serves to make Lilligant look even more boring, because it's similar in overall shape and principle except this is a thorny desert plant with spooky eyes and a hollow body that sounds like a maraca when it dances. In fact, of all the grass types that sort of look like people, I'm gonna say none are quite as cute as this thing.
![](https://bogleech.com/pokemon/pr4.png)
Maractus is way too cute, and really deserved better.