For the record, Shrug's statement on Focus Sash Abra isn't entirely unfounded. Sash Abra was really frowned during the Swirlgar era and earlier because it simply failed to revenge-kill the top sweepers. However, the metagame has shifted drastically since then, rendering Sashbra significantly more effective and absolutely a legitimate choice for a team; these changes include the banning of CGCM Swirlix as a win condition that Abra couldn't stop, the banning of Gligar, and, to a lesser extent, Murkrow, as Defoggers, allowing entry hazards to become significantly easier to maintain, thus causing Sturdyjuice sweepers to become more difficult to support and Magic Guard more relevant, the banning of Meditite as the most potent offensive psychic-type, and a few others.
Regarding Sticky Web, I tried it a bit myself and wasn't as impressed as I would have liked, although it certainly didn't come off as underwhelming by any stretch, either. Surskit and Spinarak are, frankly, mediocre Pokemon on their own; their stats are average at best, and they don't have ridiculously potent abilities like Foongus or Bunnelby. They offer very little offensive or defensive synergy, relegating them to entirely a supportive role, and I rarely see them doing much more than getting webs and sometimes a single hit off. As such, I find it a waste to not have at least a couple of Pokemon on my team able to take considerable advantage of Sticky Web in the average game. Hazard removal is still prominent in the current metagame, and this is problematic when Spinarak and Surskit are so easily worn down. In addition, Sticky Web doesn't actually completely neuter key threats; although it renders Elekid and Abra much more easily dealt with, they are still able to pose as significant nuisances, even at -1 spe.
With that being said, sticky web still seems really solid for reasons we already know; it still seems to have a pretty nice match-up against both heavy stall, because of all the wall-breakers available, and straight-up hyper offense, because of how badly affected they are by the speed drop. I can definitely see it as a very relevant strategy in the current metagame, and something that makes Archen even more necessary on more offensive teams than it already is. I'm wondering if Defog Taillow could perhaps become a thing on HO, being immune to Sticky Web and able to get a quick (probably suicidal) Defog off.
One thing I've noticed is that the metagame has become much more centred around Ferroseed. As far as I know, it was mostly considered viable but not super duper relevant during murktite/early-mid missy, and certainly not something that needed to be specifically taken into account when teambuilding. Recently, though, I guess we've realized that Ferroseed, between its great support movepool and AMAZING typing, is actually really good; I've seen people stick Hidden Power Fire on random things the same way HP Fighting is run on random stuff to surprise Pawniard. Ferroseed is a great check for so many things in just one Pokemon, and is notably one of the few things that can safely switch into Omanyte twice; its great bulk and typing causes it to be a massive roadblock for a variety of sweepers. It also has a ton of utility, even outside of checking those Pokemon, possessing great moves such as Stealth Rock, Spikes, and Thunder Wave; I've been really liking it recently while using it myself, and I don't think I'm alone on this.
