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Tell me about it. My Gen5ou team was at 50'th place on the ladder yesterday and coulda still climbed further. They are totally doing amazing. Under my alt Yuriel they are 16-1. Pretty crazy.
Unless I play like a moron--which is not an uncommon eventuality, my Gen 5 OU team has a switch-in to most every threat and or way to play around it for nearly all Gen 5 OU threats.
It is pretty decent imo and it being as effective as it is, likely, is the reason I am still playing the tier. It is fun to win ^_^