Has this become the standard?

At least its not a LynVeronHart 2-3 dancer team with swaps, lv 3/4 def fortress buffs and maybe a Aversa in place of a dancer. Got to give credit for that defense team there.... and its a "less" stressful round in a way since you have one in your attack team.

Umm, first off you have a Surtr on defense, you really shouldn't be nagging about Surtr if you pulled for one and use him, it really only makes you look, weird.

That and you won.

Well starting next week he'll have 10 less HP and all his stats reduced by 4 since he'll no longer be a bonus unit. Also that appears to be his Summoner Supported unit which not everyone will so. We should see slightly less of him next season.

Not relevant to your question but I feel like its a bad design to place surtr in the corner with a pit in front. I always peck him for 0 damage with Eir, which causes the rest of your team to move. Then I get repo'd or danced away while hes stuck in that spot. I encountered him in that exact spot multiple times, gives me an easy start to the map.

That guy picked a bad team to fight you. The only unit that could kill your Surtr was his Surtr.

It's definitely pretty meta while this guy is a bonus unit. How much he will continue to be so I think depends on whether people start trying to punish it.