>>33827684Normal typing and bulk helped it a lot in doubles.
But then again, it is balanced enough, if you see this monkey you will most likely double target it. Trick Room control isn't extremely difficult to run, a little more in VGC however but even there monke does okay without being broken.
Guess it's one of the few successful mons explicitly aimed for doubles format, it could have been one of the Kalos failed attempts named Florges, Aromatisse and Gogoat in the same meta they have introduced Zard Y and -abilities for STAB Hyper Voice meta and friends.