4th Gen whats EV and IV?

[Luap25]

everyone is talking about them and i don't know what they are. what are they?

 

[solopy567]

EV is effort values and IV is individual values( which i have no idea what they are)

 

[FourFourTwo]

IVs are values set to every stat between 0-31. The higher the number, the better.

For example, you can have a pokemon with:

HP - 20
Att - 31
Def - 19
SpAtt - 3
SpDef - 29
Speed - 7

Now... this would be okay, for a slow physical sweeper... it has low speed, alright defense, good spdef, and perfect attack. Combine this with the right nature (adamant - +att, -spatt), and EV train in attack, and you could do quite a bit of damage

 

[Azonic]

IV Guide

Spoiler:

By Toothache

The Individual Values of the parents actually influence the IVs of the child, to some degree. 3 of the 6 stats are based on the parent's IVs, the rest are chosen at random. So, for example, a male Volbeat may give it's HP and Sp Attack IV, and a female Illumise could give it's Speed IV. Each parent will contribute at least one IV, though.

Sometimes, the same IV value is chosen, meaning only 2 IVs from the parents influence the child. This only happens however, if the IV value is the same on both parents. If the Volbeat and Illumise both had 14 IV in Attack, and both of their Attack stats were chosen, then the child will have 14 IV in Attack. One other stat is chosen from the parents, not two others (cos 2 of the 3 slots are taken from the Attack value of both parents).

If you are lucky to get a Pokemon with 31 IV (the highest obtainable) in one stat, you can potentially breed children with 31 IV in the same stat. Yes, that means after a lot of breeding (and a whole load of good luck!), it is possible to breed a child with 31 IV in 3 of it's 6 stats. Good luck :-)

EV Guide

Spoiler:

By Meee!!! =D

What are EVs?

"EV" stands for Effort Values. EV Training is a special type of training that can increase your Pok?mon's strength by far! An EV trained pok?mon is sure to be stronger than a non-EVed Pok?mon. A Pok?mon can gain the maximum of 510 EV points to split between the stats of HP, Speed, Attack, Defense, Special Attack, and Special Defense. Each individual stat can have the maximum capacity of 255 EV Points.

How do I get EV Points?

When you are in In-Game, battling specific Pok?mon will give you some EVs in a certain stat. A Pok?mon only gains EVs if it can gain Experience Points. Whenever it gains Experience Points, the user gets EV Points. That means that if you run away, faint, or catch the opponent - you WILL NOT get EVs.

Each Pok?mon provides different EV Points when they're defeated. They give a different number of EV Points as well as EVs in different stats.

How exactly does EV training help?

Like I said before, EV training can boost your Pok?mon's strength significantly! So how does it boost your strength? Well, for each 4 Points you get while EV training, you get 1 extra Point in your stats. For instance: Starly provides 1 EV Point in Speed, so if you battle 4 Starlys, then your Speed stat will get one extra point. So that means if you max out your Speed EVs, then you will gain 63 extra Speed points. That means that a maxed EVed Speed stat will have 63 more points than the non-EVed pok?mon!!!

I'm EV training, but my stats don't seem to change! What am I doing wrong?

You are doing nothing wrong. The results of EV training usually don?t show up until your pok?mon are at a later level. But not to worry, your EV work will be 100% shown.

Tips for EV Training ...

Well, there are some guidelines you should follow. Remember how you need 4 EVs to raise a stat? Well, 255 is not divisible by 4. So that means some of the EVs have no use! That?s correct. You should only get the maximum of 252 EVs in a stat. Be sure that the number of EV points you give to a stat is ALWAYS divisible by 4.

As you probably have noticed, EV training does take a long time. It requires patience and dedication in making a strong pok?mon. So here's a tip: write your EV points down! Keep track of the EV points you've gained on a piece of paper - as I doubt you will be able to keep track of 252 EV Points all in your head!

Is there any way to speed up EV Training?

You're in luck: there is! Hold items can boost the amount of EVs a pok?mon gains. Here are a list of items that increase EVs.

Stat Boosters - If you feed a Pok?mon an item like Protein or Calcium gives you 10 EV points in the stat it raises.

HP Up --- Hit Points
Protein --- Attack
Iron --- Defense
Carbos --- Speed
Calcium --- Sp. Attack
Zinc --- Sp. Defense

Macho Brace - Macho Brace will half your speed when it is held, but whenever you EV train, it doubles your EVs gained. For instance, Starly gives 1 Speed EV Point when it is defeated. So when a pok?mon holding a Macho Brace defeats a Starly, it gains not one - but 2 EV points in their stat!

Power Items - Items like Power Anklet and Power Bracer will increase the EVs Gained by +4 EVs Points. So that means if a Pok?mon holding a Power Anklet (Speed) defeats a Starly(1 Speed EV), it actually gets 5 EV Points in Speed instead of 1.

-Power Anklet --- boosts Speed EV training. When defeating Pok?mon who give speed EVs, the Power Anklet gives +4 in speed. For example, if you defeat a Starly you'll get 5 EVs in speed, one for initially defeating the Starly and four because your Pok?mon is holding the Power Anklet

-Power Bracer --- boosts Attack EV training. When defeating Pok?mon who give attack EVs the Power Bracer gives +4 in attack. For example, if you defeat a Machop you'll get 5 EVs in attack, one for initially defeating the Machop and four because your Pok?mon is holding the Power Bracer

-Power Weight --- boosts HP EV training. When defeating Pok?mon who give HP EVs, the Power Weight gives +4 in HP. For example, if you defeat a Bidoof you'll get 5 EVs in HP, one for initially defeating the Bidoof and four because your Pok?mon is holding the Power Weight.

-Power Belt --- boosts Defense EV training. When defeating Pok?mon who give Defense EVs, the Power Belt gives +4 in Defense. For example, if you defeat a Geodude you'll get 5 EVs in Defense, one for initially defeating the Geodude and four because your Pok?mon is holding the Power Belt.

-Power Lens --- boosts Sp. Attack EV training. When defeating Pok?mon who give Sp. Attack EVs, the Power Lens gives +4 in Sp. Attack. For example, if you defeat a Ghastly you'll get 5 EVs in Sp. Attack, one for initially defeating the Ghastly and four because your Pok?mon is holding the Power Lens.

-Power Band --- boosts Sp. Defense EV training. When defeating Pok?mon who give Sp. Defense EVs, the Power Band gives +4 in Sp. Defense. For example, if you defeat a Tentacool you'll get 5 EVs in Sp. Defense, one for initially defeating the Tentacool and four because your Pok?mon is holding the Power Band.

Pok?rus(PKRS) - Pok?rus is NOT an item. It is a very rare disease obtained by battling a pok?mon. The disease is even harder to obtain than a shiny pok?mon! So if you get it, YOU ARE VERY LUCKY. This disease acts like the Macho Brace without the Speed halving. It doubles the EVs gained but the pok?mon can still hold an item.

EV DISTRIBUTION ?

You are able to choose the EVs you give a Pok?mon. So I should I distribute them properly? Well, first you determine what the role of a Pok?mon is. Then you are able to determine the EV Distribution. Here are some guidelines :

- A Sweeper Pok?mon will have usually 252 EVs in the Speed. There are some exceptions, such as if a Pok?mon holds the Choice Scarf item. (e.g. Weavile has 252 EVs in Speed.)

- A Sweeper Pok?mon will have a maxed out stat in Attack OR Special Attack 70% of the time. Ignore this rule if the pok?mon you are using is able to defend or is a mixed sweeper (a sweeper with both physical and special moves). (e.g. Rampardos has 252 EVs in Attack)

- A walling pok?mon will usually carry a maxed out HP stat. (e.g. Milotic carries 252 HP EVs.)

- A walling pok?mon usually carries 252 EVs in their Defense or Special Defense stat. (e.g. Blissey runs 252 Defense EVs)

Good Pokemon to EV Train with :

HP - | Bidoof 1 Pt | Gastrodon 2 Pts
Attack - | Machop 1 Pt | Bibarel 2 Pts | Kricketune 2 Pts
Defense - | Geodude 1 Pt | Graveler 2 Pts |
Special Attack - | Gastly 1 Pt |
Special Defense - | Tentacool 1 Pt |
Speed - | Magikarp 1 Pt | Starly 1 Pt | Zubat 1 Pt | Staravia 2 Pts |

That should about cover it.

 

[Kylo]

OK, you just blew my brain apart... Anyone got a less confusing explanation?

 

[Mitchman]

So wait is it the same in G/S all my pokemon are over lvl 18 and almost all those fields when they lvl up are over 31.

 

[airconditioning]

OK, you just blew my brain apart... Anyone got a less confusing explanation?

That's as simple as it gets. Try reading it over a few times.

 

[Storm-DC]

just take your time to get it. print it out to read it more relaxed.. its somehow fun to fully EV-train your pokemon.

anyway, also you need:
some rare candies (to check IVs on new pokemon without saving afterwards)
slugma (to make eggs hatch faster)
everstone (to increase the chance for a certain nature)
dittos with popular natures (always good)
PKRS infected pokémon (to double the EVs your pokemon get)

yay, i love breeding

 

[Shiny Umbreon]

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