The latest Rating Battle season has begun!
Trainers, start battling in the latest season of Rating Battles—a Special battle format season! Play in online battles in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y and rack up points to reach the top of the leaderboards on the Pokémon Global Link!
The regulations for Rating Battle Season 2 are especially interesting—they match the regulations for the Pokémon Video Game World Championships coming in August 2014. In short, all the battles will be Double Battles! Players may use Pokémon from the Central Kalos Pokédex from #001 to #150, Coastal Kalos Pokédex from #001 to #153, or Mountain Kalos Pokédex from #001 to #147. All of your Pokémon Lv. 51 or higher will be set to Lv. 50 during battles. The time limit will be 15 minutes per game, with 90 seconds allocated for pre-game team preview and a 45-second time limit per turn.
Have fun competing and getting a taste for what’s to come at the Pokémon World Championships!
source: pokemon-gl