# Arboliva: usage, win rate, builds, partners and matchups

> Arboliva in Pokemon Champions VGC, measured from tournament match records: usage, win rate under a fitted prior, the most played build, teammates and head to head.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Corpus | Reg M-C |
| Data published | 2026-09-28 |
| This document | https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon/arboliva.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/arboliva/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `arboliva` |
| Types | Grass / Normal |
| Usage rank | #161 |
| Usage | 0.1% |
| Teams | 11 |
| Win rate | 49.1% |
| Decided matches | 105 |

Win rate is a posterior mean under a prior fitted to the field, credited to every species on
the team rather than to this one alone. Build shares below are of the teams carrying this
species **that published a list**, which at most events is the cut and not the field.

## Most played build

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Moves | Earth Power, Hyper Voice, Leaf Storm, Protect |
| Item | Focus Sash |
| Ability | Seed Sower |
| Nature | Quiet |
| Share of lists | 9.1% |
| Win rate | 45.0% |
| Decided matches | 14 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Protect | 100.0% | 48.1% |
| Earth Power | 54.5% | 45.9% |
| Hyper Voice | 54.5% | 46.2% |
| Giga Drain | 45.5% | 51.0% |
| Energy Ball | 27.3% | 47.1% |
| Leech Seed | 27.3% | 51.0% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sitrus Berry | 27.3% | 49.4% |
| Leftovers | 18.2% | 48.3% |
| Miracle Seed | 18.2% | 48.7% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed Sower | 90.9% | 48.3% |
| Harvest | 9.1% | 49.5% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Modest | 36.4% | 47.0% |
| Quiet | 27.3% | 46.7% |

## Teammates

Share is of this species' own rosters: how often, when someone runs this, they run that.

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Basculegion | 36.4% | 4 | 49.0% |
| Farigiraf | 27.3% | 3 | 48.1% |
| Chandelure | 18.2% | 2 | 46.3% |
| Feraligatr | 18.2% | 2 | 51.5% |
| Gholdengo | 18.2% | 2 | 49.3% |

## Related

- Every species: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon.md
- Archetypes this could belong to: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/teams.md
- The same species on the ladder: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/ladder.md
- Live JSON for this species: https://us-central1-sucker-punch-71328.cloudfunctions.net/api/pokemon/builds?name=arboliva

## Freshness and provenance

- Rendered at deploy time from the published snapshots. Snapshot stamp: 2026-09-28.
- The boards behind them republish daily, so a figure here can trail the live data by a deploy.
- The read that is never behind is the JSON API: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/api.md.
- Tournament data and ladder data are separate populations and are never blended.
- Estimator, denominators and floors: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/method.md.
- Attribution: Sucker Punch, https://suckerpunch.gg.