![]() The other three IVs come from its parents. When breeding, 3 of the baby Pokémon's IVs are chosen completely at random. While you cannot change the IVs of a Pokémon, you can have a large influence on what IVs a newly hatched Pokémon have. For example, a Pokémon with an IV of 31 in every stat will have a dark-type Hidden Power, and if that Pokémon instead had a Special Attack IV of 0, the Hidden Power becomes type electric, and has a Base Power of 59. However to control the type, you must specific combinations of IVs. In general, the higher the IVs, the stronger Hidden Power will be (with a maximum Base Power of 70). The type and Base Power of Hidden Power is also determined by the Pokémon's IVs. Stats aren't the only thing affected by IVs. At half the level, the difference becomes half of 31, and so on. For example, if you take two Vaporeon (at level 100), one with an ATK IV of 31, and another with an ATK IV of 0, you will see that the difference between the stats is exactly 31. For each stat, the IV itself is a number from 0, which gives you the lowest possible stat, to 31, which gives you the highest. However, unlike EVs, you cannot change the IVs of your Pokémon. Like EVs, Individual Values also have a large effect on the stats of your Pokémon. I recommend you save your money until a day where all vitamins are half-priced (it will be announced on TV), and splurge away. ![]() Unfortunately, vitamins cannot be used on stats that already have 100 EVs on them, which means you will still need to do some EV training. There are six different vitamins, one for each stat, and each vitamin adds 10 EVs and increases your Pokémon's happiness. Vitamins can also speed up the EV training process. Pokémon with passive PokeRus can be infected again and get the active form again. Every time you battle there's a chance it spreads. PokeRus is spread simply by keeping a Pokémon with active PokeRus in your party along with others. This will be referred to as "passive" PokeRus as opposed to "active" PokeRus. The reason for this is that PokeRus can wear off to an extent - it will still gain twice as much EVs, but it will not be able to spread it. That means you should spread it around and always save one Pokémon with PokeRus in your box. When you notice one of your Pokémon has PokeRus, it is important that you try to benefit as much as possible from it. When a Pokémon has it, it gets twice as much EVs. PokeRus: A rare "virus" that has no negative effects.Keep in mind it also halves your Speed in-battle. Macho Brace: A hold item that doubles the amount of EV Points that the Pokémon holding it receives in battle. ![]() Luckily, Nintendo gave you a couple of things to help you along the way. Which means you will be fighting a lot of battles to get your Pokémon's stats the way you want them. Every Pokémon gives at least one EV point, and no Pokémon gives more than three. However, in the Pokémon games, it isn't so easy.Īfter you defeat a certain Pokémon, every Pokémon that receives experience in battle (meaning level 100 Pokémon do not receive EVs in battle) also receive a certain number of EV points depending on the defeated Pokémon. In Netbattle, and in the un-released Competitor, you only have to "decide" how many EV points you want on each stat, and you can fully customize each Pokémon's EV spread in minutes. In other words, putting 12 EVs and putting 15 EVs both result in the same thing: a 3 point increase to the stat. However, it is important to note that a stat will only increase after every four EV points. ![]() Having a proper EV spread (distribution of EV points on a Pokémon) can mean the difference between a win and a loss.Ī total of 255 EV points can be put onto any one stat, and a total of 510 points total can be given to any Pokémon. EVs will let Swampert survive Hidden Power Grass, or will let Skarmory outspeed Magneton, and many other things. Art by TeraVolt.Įffort Values, or EVs for short, can have a huge impact on your Pokémon and the battles they participate in. By Reflect Suicune, and various other contributors.
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