Counterpoint: No, trapping is inherently uncompetitive and doesn't help the tier in any positive way. As well your reasonings don't actually prove much.Arena Trap should be unbanned in 350 Cup
Defensive pivots and entry hazards exist. Hazards help remedy it's damage "problem", with defensive pivots or pivot move users in general helping it get on the field to most likely to take a ko or chunk a mon for free.dealing subpar damage, extremely low bulk,
This was a good point until you said final gambit, like who tf used it before anyways????In a metagame where all stats, including HP, are doubled, Final Gambit becomes borderline useless to use
Again, defensive pivots. They don't have to stay in and take every attackDiglett and Dugtrio both die to priority
Well then use a choice band or rest talk set, it has the bulk to survive just about any defensive mons hits without investment and then just kill them with very little support because of it's fuckin 200 Atk. It also learns quick attack and first impression so it can deal with some offensive mons as well, but it's not like it can't have defensive pivots like diglett.Being able to trap stall Pokemon does not matter at all if your Pokemon are slower.
It also helps them by letting them pick and choose what they want to trap and remove, plus there are like 3 teras that are fully helpful against them, being Ghost, Flying, and Grass. The first 2 because you can now switch with Grass being the only other option to resist their eqs. Everything else is neutral and can be removed by them or by a teammate after they effectively force them to tera.Terastalization also allows Pokemon to mitigate the threat of being trapped and to cripple the opposing Pokemon.
Offensive and Defensive pivots again , they don't have to be a one man army in order to be brokenThe Arena Trappers are walled by Slowpoke, Shroomish, Hippopotas, and Sandygast, and they lose to many offensive Pokemon.
Yeah I agree... Only because we don't even have a meta yet due to the lack of ladderThey are not a threat to the meta whatsoever.
Also if you say items as a solution than that further proves the trapping isn't something the tier wants/needs
TL;DR: You looked at all the negatives and nothing else, which makes your claims fall flat quickly