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Old February 9th, 2010 (8:51 PM).
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H0oestly, I have no idea what it is. I mean yeah o know about the 4 EV'S= 1 more point in the stat but how to you get the goals. For example i need a Spiritomb to have an EV of 252 hp. How do you get that and how do you know it will have an EV of exactly 252 hp?
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Old February 9th, 2010 (9:57 PM).
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Honestly, you don't know how much EVs it has.
Once you get a Pokemon, from an egg or battle, it has exactly 0 EVs gained.
You have to keep track of how much EVs it gains a battle.
For the tricky part, you must find how many EVs a Pokemon gives, along with what kind it gives.

I'll look up a EV Number Guide so you can find out what you need to train on.
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Old February 9th, 2010 (10:04 PM).
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An easy way to tell how many EV's it gives and of what kind, is a simple google search away. For example, you want HP, gastrodon gives 2 EV's in hp per every time you faint one.
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Gastrodon_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29
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Old February 9th, 2010 (10:06 PM).
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[jq]Number of EVs each Pokemon gives.[/jq]

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_by_effort_value_yield

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Old February 9th, 2010 (10:06 PM). Edited February 9th, 2010 by Bird Keeper.
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This explains it pretty well.

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Effort_values

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how do you know it will have an EV of exactly 252 hp?
This is really the only annoying part. There's no way to get the game to tell you what a given Pokemon's total EVs are, so you have to keep track manually. For example: Make a note every time your Spiritomb defeats a Starly that is has earned one Speed EV. EV training is all about seeking out opponents that will boost the stat you want, while avoiding all the rest. For example, if you don't want your Spiritomb to gain any Speed EVs, do your best to make sure that you don't use it to battle Starlys, or any other Pokemon that awards them upon being defeated.

Once a given Pokemon has 510 EVs total (spread between all their stats), they can't earn anymore, so EV training for that Pokemon is over and at that point you can have it battle whatever you want without a second thought.

Other important things:

A Pokemon holding an Exp Share item will also gain EVs from enemies that your other party members defeat in addition to experience points. Make sure that you're aware of this or you might end up with a Pokemon that never battles gaining a mishmash of EVs that you don't want it to have.

Vitamin items (Calcium, Zinc, Protein, etc) add ten EVs each to the stat that they boost. They cannot, however, add more than 100 EV to any one stat. This is why you might be able to give a single Pokemon ten Proteins (for example), but the eleventh one will always fail to work on it.

If a Pokemon does gain EVs you don't want it to have, you still have options. Some berries can lower a Pokemon's EVs in case you want to re-distribute them to other stats via further training. Check the FAQs and guides for details.
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