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Originally Posted by Guitarist Sean
I understand how to EV train, but IV training is a bit confusing to me. Anyone want to explain it to me simply?
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There's no such thing as IV training. IVs are refined through breeding and it's a long and tiresome process. Basically, whenever two pokemon breed the baby gets two of its IVs (Chosen at random) from each parent and two are random, so what you'll want to do is find pokemon that have good (Maximum to near maximum) IVs in the stats you want, the female of which is the species you want, and then keep breeding until you get a baby that has inherited the IVs you want (Ideally four perfect to near perfect stats). The problem is that determining IVs alone is a right pain in the behind. There are several calculating programs available (I think there was a link in one of the recent threads around here, take a look around) but IVs can't be properly determined until the pokemon reaches a high level so you'll either have to grow them there without having them KO anything (I.e. With Rare Candies or Daycare) or keep careful track of all EVs they gain while leveling. So yeah, I hope that answered your question.