30-07-2007, 10:27 PM
Big Training Guide - EVs, IVs and Natures
EV – Effort Value
What are EV’s?
Effort Values of EVs are trainable values. Every Pokémon has a maximum of 510 EV points in their life with a maximum of 255 in any individual stat. EVs are player input and will not rise by themselves, in similar matter they won’t disappear by themselves. In short; for every 4 EVs in one stat, the Pokémon will get a +1 boost for that particular stat at lvl 100.
Example:
A Pokémon with 160 EVs in Special Attack will get a +40 boost in Special Attack at lvl 100.
A Pokémon with 163 EVs in Special Attack will also get a +40 boost in Special Attack at lvl 100 due to the fact that 163 isn’t divisible by 4. The 3 extra EV points are wasted.
This means that, even though there’s a maximum of 255 EVs in one stat, you’ll get the same effect with 252. Meaning an extra 3 EVs you can spend on another stat.
Do note that EVs will only be truly visible at lvl 100 and rise according with their level. A Pokémon with 252 EVs in one stat at lvl 10 will only have an average of +6.3 in that stat and an average of +31.5 at lvl 50.
After your Pokémon received 510 EVs, he can’t get any others. So you can freely kill anything after this.
How do I train EVs?
EVs are gained whenever a Pokémon is beat, there’s no way to stop this from occurring, you can only remedy this (see EV-Lowering Berries). EVs are given to all Pokémon who participated in a battle. Each Pokémon gives out a certain amount of EVs. There’s no way that this will vary. A Starly lvl 5 will give the same amounts of EV as a Starly lvl 100.
Example:
For beating 41 Starly, your Pokémon will gain 41 EVs in Speed. Seeing as the amount of EVs Starly gives is one and they’re spent on Speed.
For beating 41 Pidgeot, your Pokémon will gain 123 EVs in Speed. Seeing as the amount of EVs Pidgeot gives are three and they’re spent in Speed.
For beating 41 Unown, your Pokémon will gain 41 EVs in Attack and 41 EVs in Special Attack. Seeing as the amount of EVs Unown gives are split. 1 for Attack and at the same time 1 for Special Attack.
As you can see in the example showed above, some Pokémon give split EVs. Generally, you’d want to avoid these Pokémon as they give EVs to both stats. Possibly, a stat you wouldn’t want to train.
If you want to know which Pokémon give out EVs in what stat and how many of them, I recommend utilising Serebii.net’s PokéDex:
HP|Attack|Defense|Special Attack|Special Defense|Speed
So if you want 252 EVs in Speed, you’d need to beat 252 Starly (just an example). This is very painstaking and time consuming. For that reason, there are items and tricks that’ll make this chore go a lot faster.
Best EV Training Spots
HP:
Almost anywhere
Bidoof 1 HP EV
Attack:
North of Oreburgh
Machop
Fish: Route 203, Route 204, Route 209, Route 212, Route 214, Twinleaf Town, Lake Valor, Lake Acuity, Lake Verity, Resort Area
Goldeen 1 Att. EV
Seaking 2 Att. EV
Defense:
Ruins Maniac’s Cave
Recommended Method!
Geodude 1 Def. EV
Hippopotas 1 Def. EV
Special Attack:
Old Chateau
Recommended Method!
Gastly 1 Sp. Att. EV
Haunter 2 Sp. Att EV
Gengar 3 Sp. Att. EV
Special Defense:
Route 205, Route 213, Route 218, Route 219, Route 220, Route 221, Route 222 Route 223, Valley Windworks, Fuego Ironworks
Tentacruel only: Route 224, Route 226, Route 230, Sunnyshore City, Pokémon League
Tentacool only: Canalave City, Pastoria City
Tentacool 1 Sp. Def EV
Tentacruel 2 Sp. Def EV
Speed:
Fish: Anywhere
Magikarp 1 Sp. EV
Best EV Training Spots – Vs Seeker
EV-Training for some stats can be made a lot easier by defeating certain trainers who carry Pokémon that only give out EVs in that particular stat. Do note that you need to have the Vs Seeker for this, although I doubt you’d be doing a lot of EV-training before it. You can get it at Route 207.
HP:
Fisherman Travis – Route 212 Bottom one
Recommended Method!
Barboach – 1 HP EV
Barboach – 1 HP EV
Barboach – 1 HP EV
Shellos – 1 HP EV
Attack:
Recommended Method!
PI Carlos - Route 214
Goldeen – 1 Attack EV
Goldeen – 1 Attack EV
Goldeen – 1 Attack EV
Black Belt Adam – Route 210
Machoke – 2 Attack EVs
Fisher Miguel – Route 218 (Bottom one) (Requires Surf to reach)
Gyarados – 2 Attack EVs
Gyarados – 2 Attack EVs
Swimmer Jessica – Route 220 (Bottom one) (Requires Surf to reach)
Goldeen – 1 Attack EV
Goldeen – 1 Attack EV
Goldeen – 1 Attack EV
Goldeen – 1 Attack EV
Speed:
Fisherman Andrew – Route 205 (Second from the right)
Recommended Method!
Magikarp – 1 Speed EV
Magikarp – 1 Speed EV
Magikarp – 1 Speed EV
Magikarp – 1 Speed EV
Magikarp – 1 Speed EV
Magikarp – 1 Speed EV
Macho Brace and PokéRus
Macho Brace:
Equiping this item doubles the EVs gained from any Pokémon. Example: Defeating a Starly gives you 2 EVs in Speed now. This effectively makes EV training twice as fast. The only downside to the item is, is that it cuts the holder’s speed to half its normal amount, making your Pokémon twice as slow.
PokéRus:
This once elusive disease for Pokémon (now far easier to obtain due to WiFi) also doubles the EVs you gain. Downsides? There are none. You’ll reap the benefits while not having to face any sort of cutdown.
In order to pass PokéRus over to other Pokémon, the Pokémon with PokéRus must be in your team. After a few battles, your other Pokémon will get infected. Do note that after some time, your Pokémon will create immunity against PokéRus (PKRS will become a smiley like this: ). Meaning your Pokémon will no longer be able to pass down PokéRus to others (it will still get double amount of EVs, though). Therefore, it’s in your best interest to box a Pokémon with PokéRus, seeing as boxed Pokémon can’t get or lose PokéRus status, for future “infecting”.
Using these two at once also works, granting you a 4x the amount of EVs you’d normally get.
So if you needed to beat 252 Magikarp for max Speed, they suddenly became only 63 Magikarp.
EXP Share
EXP Share not only shares EXP, but gives the Pokémon that’s holding it the same amount of EVs for the Pokémon that’s beat (do note, therefore not always the same to what the Pokémon that beats it gets)!
Example
Your fully EV trained Infernape beats a Starly. While he gets 1 Speed EV, your lvl 1 Pichu that’s holding EXP Share also receives 1 Speed EV.
This is the best way to raise newly hatched Pokémon.
And remember, this CAN be used in conjunction with PokéRus (obviously, this means that the Pokémon that’s holding the EXP Share must have the PokéRus). Meaning twice the amount of EVs.
Due to a lot of confusion. YOU DO NOT GET THE SAME AS AMOUNT OF EVs AS THE POKÉMON THAT BEAT THE POKÉMON, BUT MERELY THE SAME AS IF YOU WERE BEATING THE POKÉMON.
Example:
Your Infernape is holding a Macho Brace and has PKRS, your Pichu is holding an EXP Share and does not have PKRS. Your Infernape beats 1 Starly. While he gets 4 EVs in Speed, the Pichu only gets 1, since it gets the same as if it beat the Pokémon itself.
Example 2:
Your Infernape is holding a Macho Brace and has PKRS, your Pichu is holding an EXP Share and also has PKRS. Your Infernape beats 1 Starly. While he gets 4 EVs in Speed, the Pichu gets 2, since it gets the same as if it beat the Pokémon itself, but it also has PokéRus, so the EVs it gained were doubled.
Hope this clears up a lot of confusion and misconceptions.
Power Items
These 6 items grant an extra 4 EVs in one stat after battle. Even if the Pokémon that was beat gives out other EVs, they’ll still receive EVs in correspondence to the held items. They also lower the holder’s Speed by half like Macho Brace does.
Power Weight – An extra 4 HP EVs after battle.
Power Bracer – An extra 4 Attack EVs after battle.
Power Belt – An extra 4 Defense EVs after battle.
Power Lens – An extra 4 Special Attack EVs after battle.
Power Band – An extra 4 Special Defense EVs after battle.
Power Anklet – An extra 4 Speed EVs after battle.
Example
If the holder defeats a Starly while holding Power Anklet, it’ll receive 5 Speed EVs (1 Speed EV from the Starly + 4 Speed EVs from Power Anklet)
If the holder defeats a Gastly while holding Power Anklet, it’ll recive 1 Sp. Attack EV and 4 Speed EVs (1 Sp. Attack EV from the Gastly + 4 Speed EVs from the Power Anklet)
The Power items can be used in conjunction with PokéRus to get an additional +8 EV gain after battle. Definitely items you need to get!
Vitamins
You know those very expensive items such as Protein that cost 9800 PokéDollars? Ever wondered what they did?
These Vitamins not only raise your Pokémon’s happiness but also a certain stat by 10 EVs!
This is the order:
HP UP – Gives your Pokémon 10 HP EVs
Protein – Gives your Pokémon 10 Attack EVs
Iron – Gives your Pokémon 10 Defense EVs
Calcium – Gives your Pokémon 10 Special Attack EVs
Zinc – Gives your Pokémon 10 Special Defense EVs
Carbos – Gives your Pokémon 10 Speed EVs
Do note that these no longer work if a particular stat already has max EVs (255) or if all your EVs are already spent.
They also no longer work if you gave a Pokémon 10 of the same item already.
Also they only work if the Pokémon doesn’t have over 100 EVs in the stat they raise.
Example:
If you gave your Pikachu 10 Carbos to raise its Speed, you can no longer give him any Carbos.
This means this method is only good for raising your Pokémon’s EV up till 100. If you want to max it out (an additional 152 EVs), you’ll need to beat Pokémon.
EV-Lowering Berries?
A fairly recent addition; EV-lowering berries.
How do they work? Quite simple. Give the Pokémon a certain berry to eat and it lowers their EVs of that stat to 100, and dropping them by 10 each use after that.
Pomeg Berry – Lowers a Pokémon’s HP by 10 EVs.
Kelpsy Berry – Lowers a Pokémon’s Attack by 10 EVs.
Qualot Berry – Lowers a Pokémon’s Defense by 10 EVs.
Hondew Berry – Lowers a Pokémon’s Special Attack by 10 EVs.
Grepa Berry – Lowers a Pokémon’s Special Defense by 10 EVs.
Tamato Berry – Lowers a Pokémon’s Speed by 10 EVs.
Something useful if you might’ve made a mistake or accidentally killed a wrong Pokémon.
Rare Candies - The bane of every trainer?
Rare Candies. It is said that Pokémon raised to lvl 100 by eating these are not as strong as normally trained ones. I will explain why.
Rare Candies do not influence EVs. Your Pokémon will not gain or lose any EVs by leveling up with Rare Candies. That’s why Pokémon who have not EV trained will be less powerful.
It’s okay to use them after you’ve EV trained, though.
EV-training at lvl 100?
If your Pokémon is already at lvl 100 (and therefore can no longer level up), you can box it and withdraw it. This is because after you’ve boxed a Pokémon, the EV’s will be calculated in and your Pokémon will have the stats it should normally have after EV-training.
Checking for EVs
After you’ve spent all 510 EVs you can go to Sunyshore Market. The lady on the left there will give your Pokémon a ribbon only after all 510 EVs have been distributed.
You can’t check individual EVs though, nor can you see how many you’ve already spent. So keep that paper ready, or if you have a really good memory, remember it.
IV – Individual Value
What are IVs?
IVs or Individual Values are decided upon capture or when you receive an egg and it can’t be trained. They range from 0 to 31 and are applied to every stat. Meaning; every stat has a value between 0 and 31. The higher the IV, the higher the stat.
Example:
Seemingly the same Tyranitar at lvl 100. They both have Adamant nature and 252 EVs in Attack. This is how they look:
Tyranitar 1 with 0 Attack IV: 369
Tyranitar 2 with 31 Attack IV: 403
As you can see, quite the difference.
In terms of training, IVs are the hardest to control (barely any, if no, trainer influence). This means that even if you have the right nature and EVs, it can still be you won’t have the desired Pokémon. Thank IVs for that.
You can calculate the IVs you have at the link below:
DP IV Calculator
If you want more accurate calculations (to decide your newly hatched Pokémon’s IVs, there are two things you can do:
Fight with it on an online match at lvl 100. This way, the Pokémon will be temporarily be elevated to lvl 100, where you can accurately read his stats and decide the IVs.
Level it up with Rare Candies. i.e.: Save, Level-up, Read stats, Reset. This way you won’t lose any of your Rare Candies while you can still decide your Pokémon’s stats and IVs. An easy way of obtaining Rare Candies:
Pick-Up ability at high levels.
Emerald Cloning or D/P Cloning (potentionally dangerous)
Hacking
Trading them over WiFi
And that’s IVs for you.
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Note that they only indicate the HIGHEST IV. They will not tell you anything about all the others.
Also if 2 IVs are identical and both are the highest (eg: Speed and Attack both 30), it will randomly select one of the phrases of those IVs. So a Pokémon with max Speed and Attack can have either “Likes to trash about” or “Alert to sounds” as a phrase, provided no other stat has equally high IVs.
Breeding
IVs can be partially influenced, and this happens when you breed.
When 2 Pokémon breed, the offspring will inherit 3 random IVs of its parent’s 12. Confusing? I’ll supply an example.
2 Pikachu breed, here are their IV statistics:
Pikachu 1:
HP: 17 | Att: 30 | Def: 07 | Sp. Att: 26 | Sp. Def: 18 | Sp: 31
Pikachu 2:
HP: 22 | Att: 12 | Def: 19 | Sp. Att: 28 | Sp. Def: 31 | Sp: 15
A Pichu comes from the egg, here are its statistics:
HP: 17 | Att: 18 | Def: 24 | Sp. Att: 28 | Sp. Def: 18 | Sp. 23
As you can see, it inherited its father’s HP IV and Sp.Def IV and its mother’s Sp. Att. IV.
This is how you can partially influence IVs.
Hidden Power
Hidden Power. A special attack with a ranging type (any possible type) and base power ranging between 30 and 70.
They are calculated bases on IVs. The higher the IVs over all your stats, the higher the base power.
Natures
What are natures?
Every Pokémon has a nature that’s not predecided, such as Jolly, Adamant etc. They factor a lot of things. Most importantly, though, it raises one stat by 10%, while lowering another by 10% as well.
This is the list of all 25 natures and what stat they raise and what stat they lower:
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And that’s everything on Natures!
Influencing Natures
There are ways to influence the way of getting certain natures. Both in the wild and with eggs. I’ll explain:
Wild
If the leading Pokémon in your party has the ‘Synchronize’ ability, Wild Pokémon will have the same nature as your leading Pokémon 50% of the time. Counts for legendaries as well.
Breeding
If you give the female Pokémon an Everstone, the offspring will have a 50% chance of inheriting the mother’s nature.
If you’re breeding with Ditto, the Ditto must hold the item. The offspring will then have the same nature as the Ditto 50% of the time
And that’s how you influence Natures!