Can Maractus be a good troll Pokemon?

Question

I'm making a team of troll Pokemon to battle my friend with and I want to use Pokemon he would never suspect such as Maractus. I'm thinking something like this:

Maractus
Name: (I need a good name to suit this set)
Ability: Water Absorb or Storm Drain? I don't know, you choose.
EVs: Attack and Defense
Item: Leftovers
Moves:
- Cotton Guard
- Ingrain / Toxic
- Leech Seed
- Bounce

Would it work as a good troll?
Any improvements?
Are there any good never-ever used Pokemon trolls?

Comments

one error i see here is that bounce cannot be used after an ingrain, so stick with only toxic
also maractus kinda sucks either way and it will probably die quite easily.

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Toche thats why toxic is there and bounce is only there as a slot filler feel free to replace it if you answer

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Acupressure would work really well , but you would have to rely on luck to get the boosts you want

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True...

Answer 1

In all honesty? No

Maractus has pretty bad bulk - 75/67/67. That's about the bulk of a Castform. And we all know how useful that is normally.
Unfortunately, due to your low speed and defence, you probably won't be able to get up a Cotton Guard anyway. Even if you did, there are a plethra of Pokemon which can still kill you. Using your set, anything along the lines of Heatran or Mega-Venusaur destroys you., which are both very, very common Pokemon, and there will probably be a good chance he will run similar OU Pokemon if he plans on playing seriously. Taunt, Magic Bounce and Magic Guard also shut down all your plans.
>0 SpA Heatran Lava Plume vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Maractus: 302-356 (85.3 - 100.5%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO
>0 Atk Maractus Bounce vs. 232 HP / 0 Def Mega Venusaur: 90-108 (25 - 30%) -- guaranteed 4HKO

etc.

So in all honesty? No, it wouldn't make a good troll unless you're trying to make your friend forfeit out of feeling sorry for you P:
It would be better to go use a Standard wall running Toxic + Healing move. That works better than Maractus, and fulfills the exact same role (There are heaps, just try Blissey or Chansey if you can't think of one).

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Now to your other question
>Are there any good never-ever used Pokemon trolls?

To be honest, there is a reason they aren't used. And that's normally because they're really, really unviable, and using them in any matter, let alone a troll manner would put you in a seriously disadvantaged position. You could however, try bring back something like TormentTran from Gen 4 or Gen 5 Whimsicott which were all very, very annoying sets.

Comments

Thanks, I already tried Whismicott it works perfectly and thanks again I'll try a set with Heatran and torment