(meant to do this ages ago but forgot to post it lol)
Arena Trap and Shadow Tag are banned, Gothita line unbanned
I've been talking to some people about this, and the general consensus is that trapping is bad for the Averagemons metagame. Most trappers are managable in standard tiers due to their weak stats, making them generally limited in their utility. However, in Averagemons all trappers actually have very respectable stats, and are able to trap and take out a wide variety of mons. The most dangerous trapper is Dugtrio, which can threaten a huge range of mons with STAB Earthquake, Stone Edge and Sucker Punch, and it can support the team with Memento and Stealth Rock, as well as pull some bullshit with Final Gambit. Dugtrio forms very dangerous cores when paired with the likes of Dragalge or Talonflame, which it can remove Steel and Rock types for, respectively, making them almost unstoppable; people have resorted to crap like Shed Shell to deal with this. Other trappers are not quite as unhealthy as Dugtrio, but I feel that trapping is just really overcentralising and uncompetitive in general, and thus Arena Trap and Shadow Tag have been banned. The Gothita line is unbanned bc they suck without Shadow Tag