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>Claims itself to be the bastion of singles competitive pokemon
>Claims it promotes skillful play
>Claims that trapping is uncompetitive
>Trapping rewards players who have more skill because it allows them to assess their opponents team and see which threats they need to take out.
>It also rewards good plays on the other end as it promotes prediction which also rewards skillful play
>Trapping also nerfs switching one of the most broken mechanics in the game
>Numerous methods of escape are avaliable against trappers. Shed shell, Ghosts, Flying types and levitate(For arena trap) pokemon etc.
>Meanwhile no drawback moves like u-turn, teleport, volt switch, flip turn are allowed which allow you to grab free momentum and minimizes predicting your opponents moves because they chip your opponents pokemon while allowing you to switching into your counter for free.
