I am not sure where to ask this but I feel like I'll get e better answer here.
I still have no idea how IVs and EVs work. I mean yes, they determine how strong Pokemon is, IV are gained when Pokemon is born, EVs are gained through battling, vitmains to 100 and PKRS. Yeah, I get all of that, but I dont get the math itself behind all of this.
My question is, how bad would it be to leave a Pokemon at Day care and let them level my Pokemon from, lets say 60 to 100?
(I am talking about Gen 3, and Gen 4 games)
Pokemon only gain EVs when they battle other Pokemon (except in WiFi battles and the Battle Maison), so leveling them in the Day Care will not effect their EVs at all. And as of Gen 5, Pokemon no longer need to level up in order for the EVs to take effect, so level 100 Pokemon can be EV trained now.
The math for EVs basically works like this: 4 EVs=1 more point in that stat
at level 100. Or, if you're battling at level 50, 8 EVs=1 more point in that stat. IVs are more directly added to the stats. A Pokemon can have a maximum of 31 IVs in a stat, so at level 100, a poke with 31 IVs in Attack will have 31 more Attack than a poke that has 0 Attack IVs. At level 50, its either 15 or 16 more; I don't remember if it rounds up or down.
Does that help?
Also, I have three shiny Beldums.
1. How do I see what are their IVs, and
2. I wanna train one of them and make it a good Pokemon. Any advice on this? I only ever trained Pokemon for story purposes only, so I have no idea how to train it to be somewhat competitively good. I dont have Pokerus and stuff like that. I can only get items that are available in the game, plus everything in Pokemon Emerald cloned infinitely times.
If anyone has any suggestions, let me know :)
To get a general idea of their IVs, go take them to the IV Judge down in the Kiloude City Pokemon Center. If you want to know the exact numbers, there's stuff like IV calculators and some method invovling the Battle Institute that I don't remember how it works.
Pokerus isn't necessary for EV training, its just nice to have because it speeds up the process. The best way to EV train is to equip the Pokemon with the right Power item and do horde EV training (where you basically use Sweet Scent to attract a horde, have Pokemon with a spread attack like Earthquake or Surf, and wipe out the horde while the Exp Share is on).
And this is one Metagross set you can consider for your Beldums:
-Metagross w/Assault Vest
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 HP, 252 Attack, 4 Defense
Moves: Meteor Mash, Earthquake, Zen Headbutt, Bullet Punch
