>>58885657lovely cactuse
>>58885668quite a few pokemon in gen 1 were designed more as pokemon NPCs would use against you. if you wanted to fix maractus, you could go that route. give it some niche.
>give it plenty of ground type attacks without making it ground type>sand rush+sandstorm for needle arm flinch shenanigans>give it acupressure earlier so it'll have it in wild encounters>give it an ability that damages foes who make contact (this would overlap with other unova pokemon unfortunately)if it's not fun to use, make it fun to fight
