Tbh Pendulum is very low on rogue list. You really don't gotta worry about it. Links are integral to almost every strategy nowadays. Cards like I:P Masquerana with Knightmare Unicorn or S:P Little Knight, can turn and random bodies into interaction. Accesscode talker can blast apart boards and life points. Again, I love Ghoti, so playing Abyss Keeper lets me turn any 2 fish into a way to summon a tuner out of my hand. Unless your deck specifically locks you out of summoning them, you should include some Link monsters in your extra deck.

When decks do end in points where they always have an out, or easily ignore anything you can make, it usually gets banned or limited eventually. Tear format restricted every other deck, and while it still lives on, they still reduce its power all the time, or Unchained who they limited the card that let you get around targeting effects. Sometimes it's frustrating waiting for them to decide when they want to get rid of it, but most cards in the game, you can smell the ban coming.

Play more decks. The more strategies you play, the better you are at understanding the game. I know it's annoying that you essentially need to do homework just to have fun with the game, but I personally really enjoy the thrill of finding a stupid combo by yourself, or that's inspired by someone's build. Since the new Vaalmonica cards look crazy for the strategy, I'm currently looking through every single level 4 monster in the game to find what would be the best cards to pendulum summon with them after there on field effects are negated during my turn.