I feel it's a skill check to know when to sack a mon, and a team building check to not have a team crumple from nice, both things I need to perfect.Uh, potentially. If you are worrying about outrage stuff, and want to counter both sets then sure, that is the way. However, most gouging sets won't run outrage, as either they are using dragon claw or just clicking a fire type move (haven't faced sun gouging much though, so I could be wrong).
If you want to counter band gouging in sun, dondozo, bulky tusk and Lando-T are good options, though sometimes you just have to sack mons and revenge kill it.
But if Outrage has taken a hit in usage all the better. Thanks