The skill floor is on the ceiling this generation because anyone can pick up a gambit/zama wincon team and farm unsuspecting players. Gouge even being one of the unfortunate victims to zama. Your last sentence is entirely made up and is your opinion which has been passed off as...
we can argue that Manaphy is still winning a lot of games up there, and it's still a very threatening presence to face, especially on Screens HO, very famously used to farm said ladder, although Kickoff tour for now didn't offer THAT many Manaphy games either, so I still...