>>18851545vgc is almost guaranteed to be more centralised than any of smogon's metagames purely because it's kalos dex only and tutor moves from previous gens are illegal
pic related is from smogon's own doubles format, a much fairer comparison - singles metas are innately more limited than their doubles counterparts
>>18851634roar/whirlwind never missing has important niche use in doubles too since vgc doesn't have an evasion clause, knock off is powerful in any meta (although you won't be punishing switches with it as often in doubles) and weather nerf means stalling out weather with protect is now a viable tactic (especially since most weather setters in doubles don't carry rocks)
also, didn't smogon consider banning knock off in uu??
