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I'm not so sure Focus Sash would be that bad. Sand and Spikes still exist and will probably continue to be popular, so the only Pokemon that Focus Sash is regularly reliable on are Gliscor, Landorus-T, Bronzong, Landorus-I etc, which clearly have better things to be running. Not to mention Abomasnow is probably infinitely better in a SR-less meta (probably still not excellent, but at least viable outside of the "hail for the sake of hail" gimmick), and I'm sure plenty of people will be trying it out, at least in the early days of this ladder.
Then you have to factor in that Focus Sash still isn't all that great. Sure, you get an almost guaranteed turn of set-up if you a) you are sand immune and b) can keep spikes off the field, but you trade the easy set-up for a complete lack of immediate power. I don't know about everyone else, but I would still much rather run Life Orb, Expert Belt, Gems etc over Focus Sash the vast majority of the time - they are far, far more consistent and will probably win me games far more often than a Focus Sash will, especially given how common priority is.
Simply, if Focus Sash sweepers are really as good as people are attempting to make out, then why is nobody using a team of Focus Sash Pokemon + Xatu / a reliable spinner in current OU? Chances are if you are planning on using Focus Sash on the SR-less ladder, you are probably going to have to run Rapid Spin / Magic Bounce somewhere because the use Spikes will almost definitely still be widespread.
Then you have to factor in that Focus Sash still isn't all that great. Sure, you get an almost guaranteed turn of set-up if you a) you are sand immune and b) can keep spikes off the field, but you trade the easy set-up for a complete lack of immediate power. I don't know about everyone else, but I would still much rather run Life Orb, Expert Belt, Gems etc over Focus Sash the vast majority of the time - they are far, far more consistent and will probably win me games far more often than a Focus Sash will, especially given how common priority is.
Simply, if Focus Sash sweepers are really as good as people are attempting to make out, then why is nobody using a team of Focus Sash Pokemon + Xatu / a reliable spinner in current OU? Chances are if you are planning on using Focus Sash on the SR-less ladder, you are probably going to have to run Rapid Spin / Magic Bounce somewhere because the use Spikes will almost definitely still be widespread.