I don't think it's a secret that the PC2 community hates PCX. Understandably so. Since he is basically just designed to stay on top of you at all times and give you no chance to counter it. But to be honest I think The Stricken is far worse.
PCX is annoying to deal with but atleast he doesn't give you a chip damage effect that lasts for 30 minutes and can hit you from 5 feet away. I get that placing custards is how he's played and all but they're seriously a pain in the ass to play around.
And yeah Stricken's effect is very similar to some other monster effects, like inkfell's portals, and nilo's puddles, but at the VERY least their traps don't also speed them up when they're just NEAR them. (Inkfell gets faster for placing the portals (and I think coming out of them) but he doesn't get a speed boost for being around them.)

Stricken tank isn't that bad to play around thankfully. It's really just the base form and the custards I dislike. I still do think PCX isn't fun to play against but after playing against him alot I fuckin despise Stricken now.