Each ranked battle played will use up exactly 1 Energy and if a player does not have any Energy left then they will not be able to play ranked battles until they get more.
People need to read this part again. This fixes the rating inflation problem completely. Sometimes I think people just want to complain.
upvoted for visibility
Only thing I'm kind of scared of is if the bots shut down, how long will it take to seek an opponent for a match. It can't be too long or the game will be unplayable.