>>43729027You're just looking at the Pokemon they use and not the sets. Even when the teams look similar, the moves, EV spreads, natures, and items are completely different. And even then, there's still creativity in the Pokemon department, like that Chinese guy who won with a Pachirisu.
I'd love to see a top fanfic player win with Pachirisu, but smogonshitters are allergic to innovation and would never use something that there aren't clear instructions on how to use.
Even a mediocre VGC player could break smogon over his knee, reach the top of the ladder, and force their retarded incel council to ban everything he used because the new strats being introduced would ruin their safe and comfy stall meta.
But of course, a VGC player would need to stoop low enough to care about literal fanfic shit for that to happen.
