Okay, so, for one, to everyone but the initial poster- Every time I see the "if you don't like it, get out" response I cringe.
To address the "fake difficulty" thing, though I can't fully speak for Ame, it's not intended that way except in Serra's case because that's exactly what she does in the server League as well: triples blizzard spam, and in fact, had the program allowed it, it would have also been a triple battle ingame too. The reason the game is harder is, imo, because everything the leaders can have are as competitive as they can be at the current level in the game. I 110% expect the endgame leaders and the champion to have fully competitive teams (as far as monotype can go) and movesets, because it's likely that by then, so will we.
Can't really say much else since I have no actual hand in the making of the game. EDIT: Shen'd because I take so long to say little things, don't mind me EDIT2: DON'T EVEN TALK TO ME ABOUT GETTING PREDICTED ON THE SWITCH IN