This is Maractus.
Say something nice to it.
Maractus is cute! CUTE!
>>32357375
The first time i've ever lost a fight in Gen 5 was against one of her kind.
Who has the comic of Maractus growing more handsome every day? I don't have it but I want it
During my first ever Nuzlocke, I actually managed to get a Maractus. It made Clay possible while my barely passable team was limping towards the mid-late game, but it died on Route 7.
The second time I Nuzlocked White, I got it again, and it died again, except before Elesa. I want to keep one of these things alive, but can't.
>>32357375
It's one of four Pokemon to get Spiky Shield (the others being Chesnaught, Cacturne, and Togedemaru). That said, I do hope Needle Arm gets a buff to 80BP, so that it can be a grass-type Waterfall. Sort of like how Lunge, Leech Life, and X-Scissor all are physical bug-type moves with 80BP, but all have differing distribution.