ZU Specs Arboliva [GP 1/1]

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[SET]
Choice Specs (Arboliva) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Seed Sower
EVs: 72 HP / 252 SpA / 184 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Fairy
Modest Nature
- Leaf Storm
- Hyper Voice
- Earth Power
- Alluring Voice

[SET COMMENTS]
Arboliva serves as a devastating wallbreaker, utilizing its excellent STAB combination and solid coverage to OHKO or 2HKO almost the entire tier. Hyper Voice serves as an excellent neutral attack, dealing massive damage to foes like Charizard, Rotom-C, and Whimsicott. Leaf Storm is preferred as its Grass-type STAB, maximizing damage against special walls like Snorlax while potentially OHKOing foes like Mesprit and Spiritomb. Earth Power helps Arboliva hit Perrserker, Muk, and Hisuian Qwilfish, while Alluring Voice serves as effective coverage against the likes of Virizion and Lurantis while being an excellent tertiary STAB option post Terastallization. Tera Fairy is used for survivability reasons, flipping its matchup against foes like Passimian and the previously mentioned Virizion. The given EV spread allows Arboliva to outpace Regirock and Weezing to avoid being threatened by their super effective attacks before it can break them.

Arboliva greatly appreciates pivoting teammates that can help safely bring it in like Lanturn, Vikavolt, Floatzel, and Passimian, with it working alongside them to break down opposing teams. Physically offensive teammates like Floatzel, Hisuian Sneasel, and Lycanroc appreciate Arboliva's ability to threaten massive damage to defensive foes like Lanturn, Regirock, and Spiritomb; in turn, they pressure walls Arboliva struggles with like Hisuian Qwilfish and Snorlax. Entry hazard support from the likes of Sandslash and Hisuian Qwilfish help augment Arboliva's wallbreaking, making damage stick on the likes of Snorlax and Muk while potentially pushing them into range to be 2HKOed by Leaf Storm and Hyper Voice, respectively. Defensive Mesprit is a particularly excellent teammate for Arboliva, as it is able to provide a variety of utility options between Knock Off to remove Eviolite and Leftovers, U-turn for momentum, hazard support with Stealth Rock, and Encore to stop Snorlax in its tracks. It also works well with Arboliva defensively, where the former handles Fighting-type foes, while the latter handles Ghost-types like Mismagius and Spiritomb. Defensive teammates like Regirock, Lanturn, and Hisuian Qwilfish help cover for Arboliva’s weaknesses to common threats like Charizard, Sneasel, and Virizion.

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P.S. - I consider Giga Drain as a potential option for Specs Arboliva over Earth Power or Alluring Voice, but didn't want to include it until approved by QC team. I also don't recall if I need to do anything for checks & counters or other options - if I do, just let me know and I'll include those sections as well. Thanks!
 
[SET]
[Choice Specs] Arboliva @ Choice Specs
Ability: Seed Sower
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Fairy
Modest Nature
- Leaf Storm
- Hyper Voice
- Earth Power
- Alluring Voice

[SET COMMENTS]
Arboliva serves as a devastating wallbreaker, utilizing its excellent STAB combination and solid coverage to OHKO or 2HKO almost the entire tier. Hyper Voice serves as an excellent neutral attack, dealing massive damage to Grass-resistant foes like Charizard, Rotom-C, and Whimsicott. Leaf Storm is preferred as its Grass-type STAB over Giga Drain, maximizing damage against special walls like Snorlax does it reach potential damage thresholds? (i.e. 2HKOing Snorlax instead of being a roll) while potentially OHKOing foes like Mesprit and Spiritomb. Earth Power helps Arboliva hit Perrserker, Muk, and Hisuian Qwilfish, while Alluring Voice serves as effective coverage for the likes of Virizion and Lurantis and is an excellent tertiary STAB option post Terastallization. Tera Fairy is used for survivability reasons as well, flipping its matchup against foes like Passimian and the previously mentioned Virizion. Due to Arboliva's lackluster Speed stat, it instead opts to invest into bulk, increasing its survivability.

Arboliva greatly appreciates pivoting teammates that can help safely bring it in like Lanturn, Vikavolt, Floatzel, and Passimian, working alongside them to break down opposing teams. Physically offensive teammates like Floatzel, Hisuian Sneasel, and Lycanroc appreciate Arboliva's ability to threaten massive damage on walls like Lanturn, Regirock, and Spiritomb - in turn, they pressure walls Arboliva struggles with like Hisuian Qwilfish and Snorlax. Hazard support from the likes of Sandslash and Hisuian Qwilfish help augment Arboliva's wallbreaking, making damage stick on the likes of Snorlax and Muk do these hazards reach potential damage thresholds? (i.e. 2HKOing Snorlax instead of being a roll). Mesprit is a particularly excellent teammate for Arboliva, able to provide a variety of helpful roles for Arboliva between Knock Off to remove Eviolite and Leftovers, U-Turn for momentum, hazard support with Stealth Rock, and Encore to stop Snorlax in its tracks.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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QC 2/2, great work!
[SET]
[Choice Specs] Arboliva @ Choice Specs
Ability: Seed Sower
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD 72 HP / 252 SpA / 184 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Fairy
Modest Nature
- Leaf Storm
- Hyper Voice
- Earth Power
- Alluring Voice

[SET COMMENTS]
Arboliva serves as a devastating wallbreaker, utilizing its excellent STAB combination and solid coverage to OHKO or 2HKO almost the entire tier. Hyper Voice serves as an excellent neutral attack, dealing massive damage to foes like Charizard, Rotom-C, and Whimsicott. Leaf Storm is preferred as its Grass-type STAB over Giga Drain, maximizing damage against special walls like Snorlax while potentially OHKOing foes like Mesprit and Spiritomb. Earth Power helps Arboliva hit Perrserker, Muk, and Hisuian Qwilfish, while Alluring Voice serves as effective coverage for the likes of Virizion and Lurantis Brute Bonnet and is an excellent tertiary STAB option post Terastallization. Tera Fairy is used for survivability reasons as well, flipping its matchup against foes like Passimian and the previously mentioned Virizion. Due to Arboliva's lackluster Speed stat, it instead opts to invest into bulk, increasing its survivability. Anything in particular it needs max bulk for? New spread baybee, add how it needs that much speed to outrun weez and regirock

Arboliva greatly appreciates pivoting teammates that can help safely bring it in like Lanturn, Vikavolt, Floatzel, and Passimian, working alongside them to break down opposing teams. Physically offensive teammates like Floatzel, Hisuian Sneasel, and Lycanroc appreciate Arboliva's ability to threaten massive damage on walls like Lanturn, Regirock, and Spiritomb - in turn, they pressure walls Arboliva struggles with like Hisuian Qwilfish and Snorlax. Hazard support from the likes of Sandslash and Hisuian Qwilfish help augment Arboliva's wallbreaking, making damage stick on the likes of Snorlax and Muk and potentially pushing them into 2HKO range of Leaf Storm and Hyper Voice, respectively. Defensive Mesprit is a particularly excellent teammate for Arboliva, able to provide a variety of helpful roles for Arboliva between Knock Off to remove Eviolite and Leftovers, U-Turn for momentum, hazard support with Stealth Rock, and Encore to stop Snorlax in its tracks. Add how mesprit checks fighters and how arbo helps it against foes like spritomb and missy. Also add a sentence for defensive teammates like Lanturn and Regirock to help it against zard, sneasel etc.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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add remove comment GP Team done
[SET]
[Choice Specs] (Arboliva) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Seed Sower
EVs: 72 HP / 252 SpA / 184 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Tera Type: Fairy
Modest Nature
- Leaf Storm
- Hyper Voice
- Earth Power
- Alluring Voice

[SET COMMENTS]
Arboliva serves as a devastating wallbreaker, utilizing its excellent STAB combination and solid coverage to OHKO or 2HKO almost the entire tier. Hyper Voice serves as an excellent neutral attack, dealing massive damage to foes like Charizard, Rotom-C, and Whimsicott. Leaf Storm is preferred as its Grass-type STAB over Giga Drain (why is Giga Drain mentioned here if it's not presented as a slashed move in the set? you mentioned that Giga Drain would be an alternative to Earth Power or Alluring Voice but this sentence compares Leaf Storm and Giga Drain; it would be better if you restructured this to compare Giga Drain and Earth Power/Alluring Voice if that was the original intention), maximizing damage against special walls like Snorlax while potentially OHKOing foes like Mesprit and Spiritomb. Earth Power helps Arboliva hit Perrserker, Muk, and Hisuian Qwilfish, while Alluring Voice serves as effective coverage for against the likes of Virizion and Lurantis and is while being (changed to avoid successive repetition of "and") an excellent tertiary STAB option post Terastallization. Tera Fairy is used for survivability reasons as well, flipping its matchup against foes like Passimian and the previously mentioned Virizion. The given EV spread allows Arboliva to outpace Regirock and Weezing to avoid being threatened by their super effective attacks before it can break them.

Arboliva greatly appreciates pivoting teammates that can help safely bring it in like Lanturn, Vikavolt, Floatzel, and Passimian, with it working alongside them to break down opposing teams. Physically offensive teammates like Floatzel, Hisuian Sneasel, and Lycanroc appreciate Arboliva's ability to threaten massive damage on walls to defensive foes ("walls" is repeated later on in the sentence) like Lanturn, Regirock, and Spiritomb; (ASC) - in turn, they pressure walls Arboliva struggles with like Hisuian Qwilfish and Snorlax. Hazard Entry hazard support from the likes of Sandslash and Hisuian Qwilfish help augment Arboliva's wallbreaking, making damage stick on the likes of Snorlax and Muk and while potentially pushing them into 2HKO range of to be 2HKOed by (reword to improve flow) Leaf Storm and Hyper Voice, respectively. Defensive Mesprit is a particularly excellent teammate for Arboliva, as it is able to provide a variety of helpful roles for Arboliva utility options (Mesprit doesn't provide "roles" for Arboliva here + removed "for Arboliva" to avoid repetition) between Knock Off to remove Eviolite and Leftovers, U-turn for momentum, hazard support with Stealth Rock, and Encore to stop Snorlax in its tracks. They It also work works well together with Arboliva defensively, where Mesprit the former handles Fighting-type foes, (AC) while the latter for Arboliva while it handles Ghost-types like Mismagius and Spiritomb. (these changes were made to improve clarity on what's being referred to) Defensive teammates like Regirock, Lanturn, and Hisuian Qwilfish help cover for Arboliva’s weaknesses to common threats like Charizard, Sneasel, and Virizion.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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