The saddest thing is that Gamefreak and Masuda actually think that they are making a balanced game.
http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a517003/pokemon-x-and-y-wont-receive-online-patches-to-rebalance-moves-types.html>"Something like that could happen, and we think we have it perfect, and we don't plan to release any kind of balance changes.">"We spent a lot of time thinking about it, and a lot of time deciding what we needed to do to get the balance right."I honestly wonder if there's not a single person working on GF that plays PvP. I just can't fathom how they are able to say these things with a straight face.