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Posting facts and having your posts deleted for speculation, ok...
Some preliminary info is already shown to be proven false, such as no old characters re-appearing, what else could be false.
Yes I'd have to agree, you can get away with some crazy things in doubles battles, but in singles it's all about Speed, Power, and or super high defenses.
Am I the only one not noticing the 147Drago has the ability Rivalry which means vs a female (Insert Dragon Type Counter) it's move's base power will be cut by 25%, and using Mold Breaker your standard Dragon counters still work, except maybe Skarmory.
Why is BST so important, really its the combination of multiple factors that make a pokemon viable, some BST monsters are still trash because of their movepool and typing.
Kind of depends on new Pokemon, new moves, and even new abilities. I think Nature preference leans heavily on what the Pokemon is expected to accomplish in a given meta.
Season Antler's move probably just changes depending on the season of itself, the question is whether Season Antler changes depending on the current season or just the season it was caught.