So basically....Forget everything we knew.

Three things I noticed right away:
-Giratina is fun as hell in ultra league
-Meteor Mash takes for-goddamn-ever to charge up
-2nd charge move cost is ludicrous. RIP everyone's dust supplies

EDIT: Meant ultra league, not great.

For example, Razor Leaf(energy:7) + Frenzy Plant(energy:50) , now on PvP Frenzy Plants requires 13 times of Razor Leaf. Where there values are defined in?

I bet in 24 hours tops we will know how the energy system works and we'll figure out the best movesets. I really like how they differentiate from the old gym/raid battle system, we get more diversity.

Did anyone check gym battles or raids? Are the energy gains/costs there unchanged?

Three bar charge moves are really fun to use and pretty op in certain battles! Pokes with Dragon Claw and Fury Cutter actually wipe the floor!

Two same bar-size charge moves have different charge values.

- Water pulse requires 20 times of Water gun
- Surf requires 14 times of Water gun.

Also, Earthquake is REALLY good in pvp because its only weakness, which is its crazy long cooldown is removed.

Got in quite a few battles tonight, and these were some of my biggest takeaways.

• Some charge moves that have the same energy cost outside of PvP (play rough and ice beam, for example), charge up at different rates. When I was using Azumarill in the 1500 league, PR was consistently fully charged before IB was.

• If two people send battle requests simultaneously, neither will get a notification until after they've exited the battle prep screen. At that point, both will get the notification, and accepting it won't do anything.

• Kingdra is stupidly good in the Ultra League (it tears through things ridiculously fast even just spamming DB), and Cresselia takes forever to KO in the Great League.

• Metagross is really good in the Master League, pretty good in the Ultra League, but pretty lackluster in the Great League.

• Blissey isn't as groan-inducingly annoying to fight against as I had feared.

• Overall, a very fun system!

Can it be that Twister is actually a useful move?

I'm enjoying the battles so far. I feel like they're a little simple...? But I'm sure there'll be some kind of stats update for it down the road.

My biggest gripe is with the shields. I assumed they were going to block up to 80% of the damage of the charge attack, but it basically blocks 99%! Way too much in my opinion.

The shield should be reducing the attack power, not negating it all together. Because now one-bar (and even two-bar) pokemon are much less valuable, they'll die before they get anything off : /
It should be a little gamble combined with how much tapping the enemy did and the super effectiveness and power counted together. Block at least 60%, but possible to be up to 90%? I dunno.

It's pretty fun, won 4 out of 6 games so far. I try to use non-legendaries even in Master League.
So far I've got these favorites for PVP:
Rhyperior with Mud Slap + Earthquake & Stone Edge (good vs Zapdos and other flying types)
Gyarados with Waterfall + Hydro Pump & Outrage
Bastoise with Water Gun + Hydro Cannon & Ice Beam (good when pitted against grass)
Magmortar with Fire Spin + Fire Punch (will get Brick Break for defense against rock types)
Piloswine with Ice Shard + Avalanche (will add Bulldoze for defense against fire)
Honchkrow with Snarl + Dark Pulse & Brave Bird (defense against fighting and bug).