Perhaps most important of all: I believe LC players are using the safest mons they can find. This is hampering innovation and is providing cringe-worthy teambuilding. The average player's usage stats show clearly a balance of all of these "safe mons" who sit around 15% or higher, while the 1760+ stats show only an amplified version of this (6 Pokemon at around 30% usage or higher). I do not believe this is due to overcentralization, but due to pressure to have a well-rounded team. What people churn out are teams in which "safe" Pokemon (regenerators, Focus Sash Abra, Knock Off spam, Acrobatics spam) lack synergy but simply overpower the layman's LC through the allowance of multiple mistakes within a single game. The truly skilled player can punish this playstyle heavily through the use of baits and lures, but also through hyper offense or even stall. To players that wish to become the best right now: focus not on well-rounded teambuilding but on better playing that has fewer mistakes, which allows you to use objectively stronger Pokemon in the same slots.