Nope, its definitely not as centralizing. Partly because game freak made sure to reduce its impact. They removed the tm, which means many mons lose it with their dw abilities, like gliscor while many new mons who might have learnt it like golurk don't get the chance.
Most importantly, it is team preview which destroyed sr. Now there is nothing called as "suicide leads" since I would rather lead with something which will give me a benefit over other leads. So, no more azelf setting up sr and then blowing up. What's more, I can now see what my opponent uses as his stealth rock Pokemon and take suitable action. Like double switching to infernape on his ferrothorn/heatran, etc.
It is definitely not as centralizing. The metagame is far too fast-paced. Generally most teams do carry sr primarily for dragonite and volcarona, but unlike last gen, it is possible to prevent sr for the entire match. Most teams donot carry a spinner nor a spin-blocker. Infact I use a sun volt-turn which is messed up by sr and yet i got to 1300 with it.
Most importantly, it is team preview which destroyed sr. Now there is nothing called as "suicide leads" since I would rather lead with something which will give me a benefit over other leads. So, no more azelf setting up sr and then blowing up. What's more, I can now see what my opponent uses as his stealth rock Pokemon and take suitable action. Like double switching to infernape on his ferrothorn/heatran, etc.
It is definitely not as centralizing. The metagame is far too fast-paced. Generally most teams do carry sr primarily for dragonite and volcarona, but unlike last gen, it is possible to prevent sr for the entire match. Most teams donot carry a spinner nor a spin-blocker. Infact I use a sun volt-turn which is messed up by sr and yet i got to 1300 with it.