I actually agree to some extent - versatility has always been Gengar's raison d'être. I've had some fun with the old ADV Perish Trap set, Sash Dbond, and Fight/Electrium-Z as the metagame has progressed but... it's never been that good. Gengar gets a free kill from being surprising, similar to Zoroark or a niche Z-move user. Once the surprise has been blown this thing simply can't hang with the rest of the offensive metagame - most of its sets have to ultimately answer to Tyranitar, Chansey, Sableye, Heatran, Pex, and even bulky Zygarde - it's just a lot of ground that this mon can't cover.
I get that there's more to this mon than just Z-hex but look at PSL, look at usage, look at OUPL or almost any tournament. Z-Hex barely gets used, and that's the most common set I see outside of an occasional (bad) HO Focus Sash set.
As always, I'm not saying Gengar's bad, I'm just saying it's not B+ worthy. It obviously has a niche, and I've torn some teams apart with it, but on the margin it's just not that good.
You're 100% right that Gengar beats Chansey 1 to 1, but that's a pretty rare case compared to the more common case where, ya know, we're playing with 6 mons. Pretty much anything with Taunt beats Chansey 1v1, but its rare to actually corner it. What Chansey can do is block full-power Hex on any member of the team, provided that it predicts well. Chansey comes in and absorbs the Wisp or Hex, then swaps to something else that can take one of Gengar's other moves. Chansey can run (or just bluff) Twave, set Rocks, or Softboiled if Gengar does anything but Taunt, and Taunt won't do anything to lots of popular sweepers. It's an easy play and over time it'll result in Gengar getting worn down from hazards and chip damage, or at least having to waste FB's. Chansey can take 4 FB's itself before it dies, so it's fairly easy to get around Gengar if you mispredict.
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