Pokémon Black and White versions

SR makes the metagame sorta predictable. The point of playing "Outside the box" was to come up with better ways and perhaps more effective ways to beat your opponent. While SR does both, it's very predictable. Problem here is that it eliminates fun teams such as Monos. SR is so over-used that I cringe when I see someone using SR. I made a couple teams without using SR, and I admit that though it was harder to win, it was less predictable, along with the fact that there was more of an achievement when I won.

During 3rd gen meta, SkarmBliss was everywhere. All of my friends said "Why don't you have a Rapid Spinner?", I said "Why should I?". They replied with "SkarmBliss + Spikesx3 + mass Roar = GG". I said "There are other ways to get around that". I proved it to them.

The only way to make a secure team that will beat SR would be to have either half of your team (or more) having access to Taunt and/or Rapid Spin. I recommend both, but it weakens your offense.

I remember using a strange Ttar set in the day to counter SkarmBliss. BoltBeam + Taunt + Focus Punch (predicting Skarm2Bliss switch).