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I think the easiest way around that is to just have an "Unranked" battle option.
But reading what other people wrote, I really have to agree that there has to be a system in place to catch any hacked pokemon caught or bred unfairly. Hopefully if they do commit to a ladder system, they can...
I don't think many games are designed with a metagame in mind, I think the players are always the ones to figure it out. Those that eventually see metagames form, are ever changing and usually are never 100% concrete, take LoL for example, the changes you see season to season usually differ...
As somebody who really enjoys playing pokemon, as well as a ton of other games, at a more competitive level, I've noticed a general trend with a bunch of newer games, which is a system of visible ELO. For people who aren't familiar with an ELO system, it gives you a number which is relative to...