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Not as bad as the other anons are describing, but people aren't happy with this gen of Smogon.
With the Current Sword & Shield metagame, you're essentially playing a game of Rock Paper Scissors
> bring balance
FUUUCK I GOT STEAMROLLED BY STALL
> bring stall
FUUUCK I GOT STEAMROLLED BY HYPER OFFENSE
> bring Hyper Offense
FUUUCK I GOT STEAMROLLED BY BALANCE
repeat. It's really tough to build a team that manages to deal with ALL types of team.
Other issue is Heavy Duty Boots. It's a new Gen 8 held item that makes Pokemon immune to all "Entry Hazards" (Moves Like Stealth Rock, Spikes, Sticky Web, etc.) While this has an upside by making a lot of Pokemon that were nigh-unplayable due to entry hazards better (Think Any Pokemon Weak to Rock); This also allows a lot of Pokemon that were well-checked by taking chip damage to switch in for essentially free, and wall for free. Notorious Pokemon that are using Boots to cheese currently include Blissey and Slowbro. Pursuit got removed, and a lot of people are unhappy about that, as well.
And my personal Grievance with this gen (and every gen since Gen5) is the buffing of Knock Off. It went from a 20 damage move that knocks the item off of a pokemon to a 65 damage move that not only knocks the item off a pokemon, but deals 1.5 damage, meaning certain pokemon get a 97.5% base power move that knocks an item off.
