What is going on with my Alakazam?

[Pirate Dave]

From the thing underneath my user name, you can guess my favorite Pokemon is Alakazam. One of the things that I like about it is that it has the (joint) highest base SpAtk stat of any non-legendary (135). As soon as I got one I pretty much used it exclusivley, making the Ghost Gym a bit dodgy, but more importantly making it one of my highest level Pokemon, and eventually my first Lvl.100.

I found out how to EV train for SpAtk (essentially, i had to battle 85 other Alakazams, Gardevoir or Gengar), and did; so i got a maxed-out SpAtk stat. Theoretically. My Alakazam's SpAtk is now 346. Are alarm bells ringing? They weren't for me until I EV Trained a high level Tyranitar (Lvl. 95+) for Atk and it had an attack stat of nearly 400. Tyranitar's base Atk stat is 134. That is less that 135; so why isn't my Tyranitar's Atk stat lower than my Alakazam's SpAtk stat?

I also now have a high level Glaceon with a base SpAtk stat of 130. It has the same nature as Alakazam (Modest - lowers Atk, raises SpAtk) so shouldn't it have a lower SpAtk stat than Alakazam? Apparently not. It has a SpAtk stat of nearly 400. More than 346.

What is going on? Alakazam and Glaceon have the same, beneficial nature, have been EV trained in the same way and Glaceon has a lower base SpAtk stat. So why does a Lvl. 98 Glaceon have a higher SpAtk stat than Lvl. 100 Alakazam? Alakazam's Max SpAtk is 405 NOT 346...

My gut feeling is that it has something to do with DV's/IV's in which case I am gonna need to catch another Abra, EV train it, and hope it has a better SpAtk stat than before. Either that or I haven't EV trained Alakazam properly, yet have EV trained Glaceon properly - although I find it unlikely since i did pretty much the same for both of them.

Anyone got any ideas?

 

[R.A.M.]

You're correct, your problem has something to do with your pokemon IVs. Your Alakazam has lower(1-5) Sp.Atk IVs and your Tyranitar has almost max Atk Ivs(29-31), the same goes for Glaceon in Sp.Atk(28-31).

 

[spike6958]

every single pokemon is diffrent you could hatch two Lv1 Abra's with the same nature move set and ability but when they get to Lv100 EV trained or not there stats WILL be different

 

[Pirate Dave]

Are IV's passed on from the parents?

 

[Pkmn Trainer Alex]

Wait a minute. You EV-trained your Alakazam against Alakazam, Gardevoir, and Gengar? How exactly did you do that? Gardevoir in particular isn't found in-game, and the only way to battle one is through means that don't give Exp. (Battle Park and Wi-Fi Battles).

If you EV-trained in such ways, you didn't receive any EVs...unless I'm misunderstanding somehow. Then please forgive me. ^^; It's just that IVs alone wouldn't make a difference of more than 31 to a stat at Lv. 100, and from what I'm gathering, even with 0 IVs in Sp. Att., you should be at least around the 370 mark...something just doesn't fit.

You may want to check if you really did EV-train in Sp. Att. by using Hondew berries. If you trained it to its max, the first Hondew berry you use on it should lower its Sp. Att. EVs down to 100. Then, every additional Hondew will decrease it by 10. So try using 11 Hondews, and if before you use all 11, it says the stat can't be lowered further, then it wasn't EV-trained correctly. x_x

Oh, and yea, two IVs are from one parents, two are from the other parent, and the rest are randomized.

 

[GOPgabe]

IV's are importanto! You need very good IV's if you want to make it in Competitive Battling. You need good Iv's. It's best to pass good Iv's from good parents.

 

[Pirate Dave]

Wait a minute. You EV-trained your Alakazam against Alakazam, Gardevoir, and Gengar? How exactly did you do that? Gardevoir in particular isn't found in-game, and the only way to battle one is through means that don't give Exp. (Battle Park and Wi-Fi Battles).

If you EV-trained in such ways, you didn't receive any EVs...unless I'm misunderstanding somehow. Then please forgive me. ^^; It's just that IVs alone wouldn't make a difference of more than 31 to a stat at Lv. 100, and from what I'm gathering, even with 0 IVs in Sp. Att., you should be at least around the 370 mark...something just doesn't fit.

You may want to check if you really did EV-train in Sp. Att. by using Hondew berries. If you trained it to its max, the first Hondew berry you use on it should lower its Sp. Att. EVs down to 100. Then, every additional Hondew will decrease it by 10. So try using 11 Hondews, and if before you use all 11, it says the stat can't be lowered further, then it wasn't EV-trained correctly. x_x

Oh, and yea, two IVs are from one parents, two are from the other parent, and the rest are randomized.

I have an ARDS, sorry :'(, i battled 45 Alakazam and 40 Gardevoir, who both give +3 SpAtk EV. I could've just used a Max EV's cheat but i didn't, so i'm almost not a meanie. lol. I kind of paradoxically hate the idea of cheating to train pokemon, but don't mind cheating to make training pokemon easier, if you get the idea. I spose i could use the dreaded cheat cartridge to get two max IV's kadabra and breed them and hope i got a good Abra. But i s'pose y'all consider that EVIL huh? lol.

 

[Shiraishi]

Btw EV training in one stat gives 63 stat points in total. No one likes max IVs cheat, no1 will ever battle you >_>

 

[ScizorRules]

Btw EV training in one stat gives 63 stat points in total. No one likes max IVs cheat, no1 will ever battle you >_>

I GUARANTEE that a lot of hardcore Pokemon players hatch or catch until they find Pokemon with max IVs anyway (actually, I know it for a fact). Besides, it comes down a bit more to skill and luck than the IVs in the first place anyway when it comes to battling.

 

[Pirate Dave]

Btw EV training in one stat gives 63 stat points in total. No one likes max IVs cheat, no1 will ever battle you >_>

I wouldn't use the max IV's cheat and use that pokemon as a pokemon (if you get my meaning) anyway, i was just gonna use it as a parent...

...anyway that don't matter 'cos i couldn't be bothered finding the cheat and so was awake into the early hours last night breeding abra. I have nearly a box full now. I chose them with the right nature - modest and trained them into kadabra. At lvl.16 one had 50 SpAtk, 43 Spd and 43 HP; one had 51 SpAtk, 43 Spd and 42 HP and one had 54 SpAtk, 42 Spd and 41 HP. I chose the last one EV trained it and did the elite four lots. It is now an Alakazam, is Lvl 59 and has 239 SpAtk. yey. aren't you all happy for me? lol.

Spd is Speed btw. :-)

Also what is '>_>'? I haven't seen that before.

Regarding the cheating thing, i did say in an above post that i NEVER cheat to train pokemon, so that means i wouldn't go into a battle with a max IV, max EV pokemon, but i don't see why i shouldn't use my ARDS to make training easier, so i do use a wild pkmn mod to only battle Gardevoir or Alakazam or whatever if i need to battle that pokemon for EV training; in a nutshell i am lazy, and like winning, but only winning off my own merit, and so won't use a cheat to give myself an unfair advantage. See? I'm not a meanie... lol. :-)

 

[Captain Fabio]

There is a cheat to find the exact IV's of your pokemon on the game using an AR. Yes i do have one and yes i do use it (that code i mean). It is very helpful. Now, someone said i was a cheater because i used that one code. I don't use any others, my mates have it more than me and its mine! XD
I just think it helps speed up the prosess. And we all know it can take days to get the best IV's for your poekmon. I saw the max IV code. I pritty much spat at it. I am a pokemon trainer that works for my pokemon to make them the best. I hate it when people jsut hack in better ones than me. Makes me die a little inside.

 

[Pirate Dave]

Well said, above poster: It IS a bit pointless hacking pokemon, 'cos you've not really won then have you? Not properly, i mean you might have won without the cheat but you haven't even given yourself the chance to do that, so you don't know how good you really are.

ANYWAY. This was a thread about my Alakazam, which i've sorted now. :-)