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[SET]
Choice Specs (Hoopa) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Magician
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Fighting
Timid Nature
- Shadow Ball
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast
- Trick

[SET COMMENTS]
Hoopa is one of the most powerful special wallbreakers thanks to its spammable Ghost- and Psychic-type STAB moves. Its good special bulk gives it opportunities to switch in and threaten foes like Florges, Galarian Articuno, and Tatsugiri. Psyshock's advantage over Psychic is targeting specially bulky Pokemon like Florges and Goodra, and it also circumvents the Special Defense boosts of setup sweepers like Quiver Dance Frosmoth and Calm Mind Dudunsparce. Focus Blast nails Dark-types like Scrafty and Wo-Chien, and Hoopa can use it to blast past bulky Fighting-weak Pokemon like Rhydon, Naclstack, and specially defensive Dudunsparce. Trick punishes passive walls Hoopa might otherwise struggle to break through, such as Tera Fairy Porygon2, and it also disrupts slower setup sweepers like Bulk Up Scrafty. Tera Fighting remedies Hoopa's major vulnerability to Dark-type moves, notably Sucker Punch and Knock Off, while powering up its Focus Blast to the point it can OHKO Assault Vest Copperajah.

VoltTurn teams appreciate Hoopa as a strong wallbreaker they can bring in using pivots like Rotom-H, Hisuian Electrode, and Toxtricity, and it's especially noteworthy for busting through problematic tanks and walls like Rhydon, Golurk, and Mudsdale. Slow and bulky pivots like Bellibolt are especially helpful at managing Hoopa's poor physical bulk by bringing it in safely against physical attackers like Arcanine, Hisuian Decidueye, and Hariyama. Hoopa's solid special bulk makes it a useful answer to special attackers like Florges, Rotom-H, and Galarian Articuno, which is much appreciated by specially frail Pokemon like Tatsugiri, Golurk, and Mudsdale. Psychic-weak Pokemon, such as Paldean Tauros-F, similarly benefit from Hoopa checking many foes like Galarian Articuno and Uxie. Hoopa's 4x Dark and Ghost weaknesses make it reliant on teammates like Florges, Skuntank, and Dudunsparce. Physically offensive revenge killers like Bruxish and Pawmot are a major pain for Hoopa, which can be mitigated by having switch-ins like Bellibolt, Houndstone, and Palossand at the ready. Hoopa is quite slow for a wallbreaker, so it benefits from paralysis users like Dudunsparce and Grimmsnarl; notably, Grimmsnarl can ease Hoopa's ability to hit the field safely with Parting Shot.

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missangelic said:
[SET]
Choice Specs (Hoopa) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Magician
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Fighting
Timid Nature
- Shadow Ball
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast
- Trick

[SET COMMENTS]
Hoopa is one of the most powerful special wallbreakers thanks to its spammable Ghost-type STAB (I would mention Psychic-type STAB aswell since Psyshocks are relatively spammable too, and also mention solid enough special bulk and defensive typing for an offensive breaker.). Psyshock's advantage over Psychic is targeting specially bulky Pokemon like Florges and Goodra, and it also circumvents the Special Defense boosts of setup sweepers like Frosmoth and Calm Mind Dudunsparce. Focus Blast nails Dark-types like Scrafty and Wo-Chien, and Hoopa can use it to blast past bulky Fighting-weak Pokemon like Rhydon, Naclstack, and specially defensive Dudunsparce. Trick punishes passive walls Hoopa might otherwise struggle to break through, such as Wo-Chien, and it also disrupts slower setup sweepers like Dudunsparce. Tera Fighting remedies Hoopa's major vulnerability to Dark-type moves (especially sucker punch) while powering up its Focus Blast to the point it can OHKO specially defensive Naclstack. (this is a good but a bit niche of an example. Perhaps mentioning that it OHKOs non Tera'd K9 and Assault Vest Copper could be good here.)

VoltTurn teams appreciate Hoopa as a strong breaker they can bring in using pivots like Rotom-H, Hisuian Electrode, and Toxtricity, and it's especially noteworthy for busting through problematic tanks and walls like Rhydon, Golurk, and Mudsdale. Slow and bulky pivots like Bellibolt are especially helpful at managing Hoopa's poor physical bulk by bringing it in safely. Hoopa's solid special bulk makes it a useful answer to special attackers like Floette (LOL) Florges, Rotom-H, and Galarian Articuno, which is much appreciated by specially frail Pokemon like Tatsugiri, Golurk, and Mudsdale. Psychic-weak Pokemon, such as Paldean Tauros-F, similarly benefit from Hoopa checking many Psychic-types. Hoopa's 4x Dark and Ghost weaknesses make it reliant on teammates like Florges, Skuntank, and Dudunsparce. Physically offensive revenge killers like Bruxish and Pawmot are a major pain for Hoopa, which can be mitigated by having switch-ins like Bellibolt, Houndstone, and Palossand at the ready. (Probably wanna mention how hoopa is pretty slow for a breaker, so it likes having para spread by stuff like Duduns / Grimm / etc.)

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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[SET]
Choice Specs (Hoopa) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Magician
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Fighting
Timid Nature
- Shadow Ball
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast
- Trick

[SET COMMENTS]
Hoopa is one of the most powerful special wallbreakers thanks to its spammable Ghost-type and Psychic-type STAB moves. Its good special bulk gives it opportunities to switch in and threaten foes like Florges, Galarian Articuno, and Altaria (not incorrect but the smogon set of alt has a physical move, mention something else with a special move). Psyshock's advantage over Psychic is targeting specially bulky Pokemon like Florges and Goodra, and it also circumvents the Special Defense boosts of setup sweepers like Frosmoth and Calm Mind Dudunsparce (again not incorrect but ice scales actually halves psyshock damage as well, you should mention something else). Focus Blast nails Dark-types like Scrafty and Wo-Chien, and Hoopa can use it to blast past bulky Fighting-weak Pokemon like Rhydon, Naclstack, and specially defensive Dudunsparce. Trick punishes passive walls Hoopa might otherwise struggle to break through, such as Wo-Chien (but this was already an example of a mon focus blast hits, maybe choose something else it struggles to break past instead that hasn't been mentioned), and it also disrupts slower setup sweepers like Dudunsparce (choose something else, 3 mentions in one paragraph is a bit too much). Tera Fighting remedies Hoopa's major vulnerability to Dark-type moves, notably Sucker Punch and Knock Off, while powering up its Focus Blast to the point it can OHKO Assault Vest Copperajah.

VoltTurn teams appreciate Hoopa as a strong breaker they can bring in using pivots like Rotom-H, Hisuian Electrode, and Toxtricity, and it's especially noteworthy for busting through problematic tanks and walls like Rhydon, Golurk, and Mudsdale. Slow and bulky pivots like Bellibolt are especially helpful at managing Hoopa's poor physical bulk by bringing it in safely (on what?). Hoopa's solid special bulk makes it a useful answer to special attackers like Florges, Rotom-H, and Galarian Articuno, which is much appreciated by specially frail Pokemon like Tatsugiri, Golurk, and Mudsdale. Psychic-weak Pokemon, such as Paldean Tauros-F, similarly benefit from Hoopa checking many Psychic-types (like?). Hoopa's 4x Dark and Ghost weaknesses make it reliant on teammates like Florges, Skuntank, and Dudunsparce. Physically offensive revenge killers like Bruxish and Pawmot are a major pain for Hoopa, which can be mitigated by having switch-ins like Bellibolt, Houndstone, and Palossand at the ready. Hoopa is quite slow for a wallbreaker, so it benefits from paralysis users like Dudunsparce and Grimmsnarl; notably, Grimmsnarl can ease Hoopa's ability to hit the field safely with Parting Shot.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/missangelic.452572/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bella.567483/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/hera.414072/
Grammar checked by:

qc 2/2!
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1/1 GP Team done great writing as always
[SET]
Choice Specs (Hoopa) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Magician
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Fighting
Timid Nature
- Shadow Ball
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast
- Trick

[SET COMMENTS]
Hoopa is one of the most powerful special wallbreakers thanks to its spammable Ghost-type Ghost- and Psychic-type STAB moves. Its good special bulk gives it opportunities to switch in and threaten foes like Florges, Galarian Articuno, and Tatsugiri. Psyshock's advantage over Psychic is targeting specially bulky Pokemon like Florges and Goodra, and it also circumvents the Special Defense boosts of setup sweepers like Quiver Dance Frosmoth and Calm Mind Dudunsparce. Focus Blast nails Dark-types like Scrafty and Wo-Chien, and Hoopa can use it to blast past bulky Fighting-weak Pokemon like Rhydon, Naclstack, and specially defensive Dudunsparce. Trick punishes passive walls Hoopa might otherwise struggle to break through, such as Tera Fairy Porygon2, and it also disrupts slower setup sweepers like Bulk Up Scrafty. Tera Fighting remedies Hoopa's major vulnerability to Dark-type moves, notably Sucker Punch and Knock Off, while powering up its Focus Blast to the point it can OHKO Assault Vest Copperajah.

VoltTurn teams appreciate Hoopa as a strong breaker wallbreaker 'breaker' on its own isn't accepted - it's eitehr wallbreaker or stallbreaker they can bring in using pivots like Rotom-H, Hisuian Electrode, and Toxtricity, and it's especially noteworthy for busting through problematic tanks and walls like Rhydon, Golurk, and Mudsdale. Slow and bulky pivots like Bellibolt are especially helpful at managing Hoopa's poor physical bulk by bringing it in safely against physical attackers like Arcanine, Hisuian Decidueye, and Hariyama. Hoopa's solid special bulk makes it a useful answer to special attackers like Florges, Rotom-H, and Galarian Articuno, which is much appreciated by specially frail Pokemon like Tatsugiri, Golurk, and Mudsdale. Psychic-weak Pokemon, such as Paldean Tauros-F, similarly benefit from Hoopa checking many Psychic-types foes just breaks up the Psychic-type repetition bc you've already said Psychic-weak like Galarian Articuno and Uxie. Hoopa's 4x Dark and Ghost weaknesses make it reliant on teammates like Florges, Skuntank, and Dudunsparce. Physically offensive revenge killers like Bruxish and Pawmot are a major pain for Hoopa, which can be mitigated by having switch-ins like Bellibolt, Houndstone, and Palossand at the ready. Hoopa is quite slow for a wallbreaker, so it benefits from paralysis users like Dudunsparce and Grimmsnarl; notably, Grimmsnarl can ease Hoopa's ability to hit the field safely with Parting Shot.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/missangelic.452572/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/bella.567483/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/hera.414072/
Grammar checked by:
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