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I dont get this EV thing..Someone help!!
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In the old days, when you level up you would gain "Experience Stats" or something from battling. And therefore using Rare Candies would be bad.
But now in Ruby/Sapphire, the new way of gaining stats involve EVs and Rare Candies. When you use Rare Candy, you jsut gain the base amount of stats or something, which would usually only be 1-3 points.
If you were to level up by battling, you'd gain more than just 3 points of stats. You'd gain like 4-7 because your Pokemon earned EVs.
If you used Rare Candies to get your Poemon to level 100, then went EV training, you'd still be able to gain more stats through EVs. Every 4 points of EVs to one stat equals 1 more point to that particular stat. You don't have to level up for the EVs to count. They just go on. If they don't, stick the Pokemon into the box and take them back out again. They'll have the extra stats.
After EV training, all the stats would be equal to a normally trained Pokemon with all the same EVs.
Example:
You train a Pokemon to level 100 the normal way and all it's stats are 300.
Then you get another Pokemon to level 100 through Rare Candies. It's stats would be about 200. Then you take that Pokemon through EV training. Once it earns all it's EVs, it's stats will be equal to that of the aforementioned Pokemon.
EDIT: And if you're thinking: "But if I train my Pokemon to level 100 the normal way and get it's stats to about 300, the put it through EV training, won't it's stats be about 380 or something instead? Making it better than the Rare Candied Pokemon?"
That wouldn't work. Each time you kill a Pokemon, the Pokemon that did the killing would get EVs toward a stat. It's stats are 300 BECAUSE of the EVs. And to get to level 100, you'll have to battle a lot of Pokemon and by the time you get to level 100, it's EVs would already be maxed out so you couldn't do anymore EV training. Not only that, it's EVs would probably be all over the place and not properly spread out to get the best stats.
But now in Ruby/Sapphire, the new way of gaining stats involve EVs and Rare Candies. When you use Rare Candy, you jsut gain the base amount of stats or something, which would usually only be 1-3 points.
If you were to level up by battling, you'd gain more than just 3 points of stats. You'd gain like 4-7 because your Pokemon earned EVs.
If you used Rare Candies to get your Poemon to level 100, then went EV training, you'd still be able to gain more stats through EVs. Every 4 points of EVs to one stat equals 1 more point to that particular stat. You don't have to level up for the EVs to count. They just go on. If they don't, stick the Pokemon into the box and take them back out again. They'll have the extra stats.
After EV training, all the stats would be equal to a normally trained Pokemon with all the same EVs.
Example:
You train a Pokemon to level 100 the normal way and all it's stats are 300.
Then you get another Pokemon to level 100 through Rare Candies. It's stats would be about 200. Then you take that Pokemon through EV training. Once it earns all it's EVs, it's stats will be equal to that of the aforementioned Pokemon.
EDIT: And if you're thinking: "But if I train my Pokemon to level 100 the normal way and get it's stats to about 300, the put it through EV training, won't it's stats be about 380 or something instead? Making it better than the Rare Candied Pokemon?"
That wouldn't work. Each time you kill a Pokemon, the Pokemon that did the killing would get EVs toward a stat. It's stats are 300 BECAUSE of the EVs. And to get to level 100, you'll have to battle a lot of Pokemon and by the time you get to level 100, it's EVs would already be maxed out so you couldn't do anymore EV training. Not only that, it's EVs would probably be all over the place and not properly spread out to get the best stats.
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well its not growing - when u box the pokemon ur just giving it time for the EVs to kick in...........
Well the only difference between a pokemon thats been trained and one that was leveled up is the EVs however if u EV train when u get to lvl 100 then u should be fine.
The only reason u rare candy up the pokemon to 100 is so it could kill wild pokemon without trouble - its just easier.
Think about it for sp EVs it would be harder to kill many Zubat if u are a lvl5 than if ur at level 100.............
Also when EV training u can pick the stats that u want to raise and not just randomly.This would help u train a really efficient pokemon [a sweeper or a tank etc]
i think u should try it and i'm sure u would see how it works out.
PS i like the avatar ^_^
Well the only difference between a pokemon thats been trained and one that was leveled up is the EVs however if u EV train when u get to lvl 100 then u should be fine.
The only reason u rare candy up the pokemon to 100 is so it could kill wild pokemon without trouble - its just easier.
Think about it for sp EVs it would be harder to kill many Zubat if u are a lvl5 than if ur at level 100.............
Also when EV training u can pick the stats that u want to raise and not just randomly.This would help u train a really efficient pokemon [a sweeper or a tank etc]
i think u should try it and i'm sure u would see how it works out.
PS i like the avatar ^_^
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Usually, the EVs you've gained don't actually go on to the stats until you gain a level. But since you're level 100, you can't gain a level. Therefore, you need to take advantage of the Box Trick to make the EVs you've gained go on to the stats so you didn't waste your time.
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I guess it depends on how fast you kill. But usually an hour to get all the EVs you want to a stat. Remember, you can only get 255 EVs per stat, and only a total of 510 EVs can be given to a Pokemon. And 255 EVs gives the same amount of stats as 252. So that's an extra 3 EVs you can spare...
Macho Brace just doubles the amount of EVs you ern per battle. So instead of gaining one Speed EV from Zubat, you would gain 2 instead. So just fighting 2 Zubats would give you that extra point of Speed.
I'm not sure about FRLG. Someone said the EV system was going to be changed. Which isn't really a problem for me since I use cheats to get my EVs instantly. Ehehehe...
Macho Brace just doubles the amount of EVs you ern per battle. So instead of gaining one Speed EV from Zubat, you would gain 2 instead. So just fighting 2 Zubats would give you that extra point of Speed.
I'm not sure about FRLG. Someone said the EV system was going to be changed. Which isn't really a problem for me since I use cheats to get my EVs instantly. Ehehehe...
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I have a question; how do you get 100 rare candies??? Just wander around with zigzagoons? Doesn't that take a heck of a long time? Especially considering that you probably will be EV training more than one pokemon :\
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well i usually walk around with 5 ziggzagoons and the pokemon i'm EV training [even if he isn't at 100] while i'm doing that u get a good bit of rare candies however if u have access to a game shark then u could just duplicate..........
I strongly suggest u read the faq in the RSE forum - again
anyway hope u now understand EVs..................................................
PS macho brace doubles the EVs gained and so does pokerus so if u are lucky enough to have both take advantage of it and EV train like mad ^_^ - i zubat would give u 4 EVs then.......................
I strongly suggest u read the faq in the RSE forum - again
anyway hope u now understand EVs..................................................
PS macho brace doubles the EVs gained and so does pokerus so if u are lucky enough to have both take advantage of it and EV train like mad ^_^ - i zubat would give u 4 EVs then.......................