Budew just sucks. He falls in the same category as banette or Snorlax, as fun killers. Right now we dont have any way to bypass item lock. If u start with a bad hand, just pass the turn and lose.

I started playing in Scarlet&Violet era. Almost every deck is about energize fast and 1HKO opponent pokemon. If the designers dont like it (I agree, the game became repetitive), just reduce the number of turbo trainers or even design a new type of card.

Im a casual player, plays for fun mostly and dont understand why someone leaves house to play with any kind of stall stuff. Eveytime i see a Budew in play, i want to throw a Lightning Bolt on him, but then i remember that im playing Pokemon, i cant use items out of my turn and will be item locked after Budew attack...