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EV and IV guide where to train for them, and more.

Table of Contents:

1. What are EV’s?
2. What do you do with EV’s?
3. Where are the best places to EV train?
4. Items to Help EV train.
5. Pokerus.
6. What are IV’s?
7. Natures.
8. STAB
9. Questions and Answers.
10. Conclusion.

First of, hello I’m Kyogre35 and this is my guide.

1. What are EV’s?
EV’s are hidden properties that promote stat growth. They were first introduced in R/S/E, and later continued in D/P. Every Pokemon has a specific amount of EV’s that they give when you defeat it. The max EV’s for one stat on one Pokemon is 255, and the max you can use on all of the stats of one Pokemon is 510. Also 4 EV’s equal 1 EP or +1 in that stat. So EP’s are basically one growth in a stat. So an example is that Bidoof gives out 1 Hp EV when you defeat it, and if you defeat 4 Bidoof’s, that equals +1 in Hp.

Think of it like this….

4 EV’s = 1 EP = +1 in that stat.

Now onto what to do with these EV’s.

2. What do you do with EV’s?
EV’s are used to up a specific stat for a Pokemon, so they can be stronger in that stat. Most competitive battlers use EV training to max out a stat of one Pokemon, so theirs is stronger. Though this is not something you have to do, it’s highly recommended, but if you choose not to that is okay. So an example is you want a Physical Wall in Bastiodon, so you look in Chapter 3 of this guide and see one of the best places to EV train in Defense is on Route 210 with Ninja Boy Fabian. So you go to him and repeatedly battle him to get 252 EV’s in defense to Bastiodon, and so Bastiodon got a boost of +63 in Defense. It is recommended that you only give 252 so if you give two stats 252 EV’s then you can give another stat +1 since there is 6 remaining EV’s. That’s a lot, and that’s the benefits of EV training.

3. Where are the best places to EV train?
This section is about where to EV train, so if you don’t want to EV train right now and want to know more about Pokerus, IV’s, and Natures then skip this section. Also if you have any other suggestions for this section of the guide, then post them, and I’ll update this as quickly as I can.

I will use this format to explain the best places to EV train for every stat.
Where (What Route):
Who (What’s the trainer’s name, or if it’s a wild Pokemon):
Pokemon and levels: (The levels aren’t exact so prepare for an over under situation)
Total EV’s:
Notes (If any):

P.S.: I will only give wild Pokemon if there appearance rate is high.

So here we go…….
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HP #####################
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Where: Route 212 on the water, closer to Pastoria city.
Who: Wild Pokemon.
Pokemon and Levels: Quagsire and Wooper around level 40.
Total EV’s: Wooper 1 EV, Quagsire 2 EV’s.
Notes: Pretty high levels, but there the only ones to appear here.

Where: Route 209 right below Solaceon Town.
Who: Cowgirl Shelly
Pokemon and Levels: 5 Bidoof’s
Total EV’s: 5 Hp EV’s
Notes: Very nice spot to train. And even better while holding the Power Weight.

Where: Route 213 on the beach.
Who: Tuber Jared
Pokemon and Levels: 3 Gastrodon around level 50
Total EV’s: 6 Hp EV’s.
Notes: Great spot to train, probably my favorite for Hp training.

Where: Route 230
Who: Swimmer Sam
Pokemon and Levels: 1 Chinchou and 1 Lanturn around level 50.
Total EV’s: 3 Hp EV’s
Notes: Nice quick Battle since there is only two Pokemon.

Where: Route 219
Who: Tuber Mariel
Pokemon and Levels: 2 Marills around level 30
Total EV’s: 4 Hp EV’s
Notes: Short battle, probably best when training lower level Pokemon.

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Where: Route 213 in the hidden area.
Who: Swimmer Sheltin
Pokemon and Levels: 3 Gyarados around level 30
Total EV’s: 6 Att EV’s
Notes: Very good spot, only problem is he’s a swimmer….

Where: Route 229, fishing with Super Rod.
Who: Wild Pokemon
Pokemon and Levels: Gyarados with levels from 20 to 55
Total EV’s: 2 Att EV’s
Notes: Only Gyarados appear here, so this is a great spot, but the ranging levels are a problem.

Where: Cycling Road, third male when enter from the top.
Who: Cyclist John
Pokemon and Levels: 2 Staraptors around level 60
Total EV’s: 6 Att EV’s
Notes: It takes a few battles to evolve this trainers Pokemon, so don’t train right when you get there and battle him a few times to have him evolve.

Where: Route 225
Who: Ace Trainer Quinn
Pokemon and Levels: 1 Pinsir and 1 Mightyena around level 50
Total EV’s: 4 Att EV’s
Notes: Not great, but not bad.


Where: Solaceon Town
Who: Wild Pokemon
Pokemon and Levels: Unown around level 20
Total EV’s: 1 Att EV, and 1 Spec Att EV.
Notes: This is a GREAT spot to train mixed sweepers, a warning, Unown give 1 EV in BOTH Spec Att and Att.

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Where: Iron Island. First you go into the entrance at the front. Then go down the steps on the left, after going down the elevator go down the stairs on the left.
Who: Wild Pokemon
Pokemon and Levels: Graveler, Geodude, Onix, and Steelix all around level 30.
Total EV’s: Onix and Geodude both give 1 Def EV, Steelix and Graveler both give you two.
Notes: Very good spot, just run from the Golbat that sometimes appear here.

Where: Route 210 in tall grass at the top right.
Who: Ninja Boy Fabian
Pokemon and Levels: 3 Geodude around level 20
Total EV’s: 3 Defense EV’s
Notes: Not great but gets the job done. You have to talk to him first so he gets out of the tall grass so you can use the Poke’ Radar. Also get plenty of Max Repels so you don’t run into Pokemon.

Where: Ruin Maniac Cave
Who: Wild Pokemon
Pokemon and Levels: Hippopotas and Geodude around level 20
Total EV’s: Both give 1 Def EV
Notes: Very good since they’re the only Pokemon that appear here.

Where: Route 212
Who: Collector Dominique
Pokemon and Levels: 3 Geodude’s around level 20
Total EV’s: 3 Def EV’s
Notes: Same as Ninja Boy Fabian, so it gets the job done.

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Where: Solaceon Town
Who: Wild Pokemon
Pokemon and Levels: Unown around level 20
Total EV’s: 1 Att EV, and 1 Spec Att EV
Notes: This was also in Att so look there for notes.

Where: Old Chateau
Who: Wild Pokemon
Pokemon and Levels: Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar all around level 15
Total EV’s: Gastly gives 1 Spec Att EV, Haunter gives 2, and Gengar gives 3
Notes: To get the best results here insert R/S/E/FR/LG into the DS and go to the 5th room on the second floor.

Where: Route 214
Who: Psychic Abigail
Pokemon and Levels: A Gengar, Misdreavus, and Alakazam all around level 60
Total EV’s: 6 Spec Att EV’s and 1 Spec Def EV.
Notes: The only reason I put this in here is that 2/3 of her Pokemon give 3 Spec Att EV’s. So when she switches in the Misdreavus switch out to a level 100 Pokemon or some Pokemon that you want to EV train in Spec Def.

Where: Bottom of Route 214
Who: Collector Douglas
Pokemon and Levels: 3 Roselia around level 20
Total EV’s: 6 Spec Att EV’s
Notes: Great Spot! Nothing wrong here.

Where: Route 212
Who: Pokemon Ranger Jeffrey
Pokemon and Levels: 2 Prinplup around level 20.
Total EV’s: 4 Spec Att EV’s
Notes: This is just a straight forward place to train.

Where: Resort Area
Who: Wild Pokemon
Pokemon and Levels: Golduck with levels 40 to 55
Total EV’s: 2 Spec Att EV’s
Notes: The best spot, they’re the only Pokemon that appear here.

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Where: Route 210 in tall grass in the bottom left.
Who: Ninja Boy Davido
Pokemon and Levels: Dustox around level 25
Total EV’s: 3 Spec Def EV’s
Notes: Good spot to train seeing Spec Def’s spot’s are hard to come by. Same thing with Ninja Boy Fabian, You have to talk to him first so he gets out of the tall grass so you can use the Poke’ Radar. Also get lots of Max Repels so you don’t run into Pokemon.

Where: Any big area of water.
Who: Wild Pokemon
Pokemon and Levels: Tentacool and Tentacruel, Ranging from level 20 to level 55
Total EV’s: Tentacool gives 1 Spec Att EV, Tentacruel gives 2 Spec Att EV’s.
Notes: So this is half-way decent. The best route is Route 218. Also a good spot is the water in front of the Pokemon League. But with this luck is a big factor seeing Pelipper appear here often to. Just run away and you should be fine.

Where: Route 230
Who: Swimmer Sophia
Pokemon and Levels: 1 Mantyke and 1 Mantine around level 50.
Total EV’s: 3 Spec Def’s EV’s.
Notes: Good spot, problem is that you’re on water and your Surf speed is SLOW. If you have good patience then go for it.

Where: Route 230, at the top.
Who: Swimmer Mallory
Pokemon and Levels: Seel and Dewgong around level 50
Total EV’s: 3 Spec Def EV’s
Notes: Good spot, hard to reset the radar though. Also bring plenty or Max Repels.

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Speed #######################
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Where: Route 205
Who: Fisherman Andrew
Pokemon and Levels: 6 Magikarp around level 10
Total EV’s: 6 Speed EV’s
Notes: Terrific spot. Low levels and you can get more when holding an item.


Where: Route 229 fishing with Old Rod
Who: Wild Pokemon
Pokemon and Levels: Magikarp with levels around 7
Total EV’s: Magikarp gives 1 Speed EV
Notes: Very good to. Magikarp is the only Pokemon that appears when fishing.


Where: Route 225
Who: Wild Pokemon
Pokemon and Levels: Fearow, Raticate around level 50. And Rattata and Spearow around level 20
Total EV’s: Fearow and Raticate give 2 Speed EV’s. And Rattata and Spearow give 1.
Notes: Good spot, just watch out for the other wild Pokemon that appear here and run away from them.


Where: Caves
Who: Wild Pokemon
Pokemon and Levels: Zubat and Golbat around level 10 to level 60
Total EV’s: Zubat gives 1 Speed EV, Golbat gives 2.
Notes: Now this is in here because almost every cave or Tower has Zubat of Golbat. The best places are, the Underground lake where you catch Feebas (SURF), and Snowpoint Temple Floor 1 (Sneasel gives 1 Speed EV to ).

4. Items That Help EV Train.
There are a few items that help EV training shorter and more fun. Here are a few……

1. Macho Brace: The Macho Brace gives you 2x the EV’s. An example is you face an Alakazam and you beat it while holding the Macho Brace and so you get 2x EV’s to get…….3 Spec Att EV’s *(times) 2 = 6…….so you get 6 Spec Att EV’s since your Pokemon was holding the Macho Brace. But the Macho Brace cuts your Speed in half when you’re holding it, so there is a price to pay.
2. Then there are Power Items….
These Power Items give you an extra 4 EV’s for every Pokemon defeated. Here’s what each Power item does…

Power Anklet = 4 extra EV’s in Speed for every Pokemon defeated.
Power Band = 4 extra EV’s in Special Defense for every Pokemon defeated.
Power Belt = 4 extra EV’s in Defense for every Pokemon defeated.
Power Bracer = 4 extra EV’s in Attack for every Pokemon defeated.
Power Lens = 4 extra EV’s in Special Attack for every Pokemon defeated.
Power Weight = 4 extra EV’s in HP for every Pokemon defeated.

3. Berries: There are a few berries that lower EV’s. They are berry # 21-26. They lower EV’s by 10 if the total amount of EV’s for that stat is below 100. Or they lower the EV’s to 100 if the total amount of EV’s for that stat is above 100. A reason to lower the EV’s is that you think you miscounted your EV’s when training and need to start over. Here are those berries…..

1. Pomeg Berry – Lowers HP EV’s by 10 or to 100
2. Kelpsy Berry – Lowers Attack EV’s by 10 or to 100
3. Qualot Berry – Lowers Defense EV’s by 10 or to 100
4. Hondew Berry – Lowers Special Attack EV’s by 10 or to 100
5. Grepa Berry – Lowers Special Defense EV’s by 10 or to 100
6. Tamato Berry – Lowers Speed EV’s by 10 or to 100

4. Energy Boosting Drinks: You can also raise EV’s with items. These items are Iron, Zinc, Calcium, Protein, Carbos, and HP up. All of these items give 10 EV’s to there particular stat which I will show you in a bit. But there’s a limit to how many you can use on one stat, the limit of how many Energy Boosting drinks you can use on one Pokemon is 10. Since the limit is 10 that means you can give one Pokemon’s stat a 100 EV boost since…….. (Limit of ten drinks) 10*10(EV’s given per drink) = 100 EV’s. So if you want to EV train you can use these to speed it up. You can buy these drinks in Veilstone’s apartment store for 9800 bucks so start saving the money. Now onto what Drink gives what….

1. HP Up – 10 HP EV’s
2. Protein – 10 Attack EV’s
3. Iron – 10 Defense EV’s
4. Calcium – 10 Special Attack EV’s
5. Zinc – 10 Special Defense EV’s
6. Carbos – 10 Speed EV’s

5. Pokerus.
Pokerus was founded in R/S/E and is in D/P. Pokerus is a rare disease that gives your Pokemon the ability to gain DOUBLE EV’s. Pokerus is basically a Macho Brace without the Speed deduction. Usually people get this disease by trading on Wi-Fi, also you can fight wild Pokemon and your first Pokemon can get infected. I’ve heard the rarity of getting Pokerus in the wild is something like 1/5000, which is better than seeing a shiny in the wild without Chaining. But if you get a Pokemon that is affected with Pokerus do a few battles with Wild Pokemon and trainers to get it spread to other Pokemon in your party, and then put the Pokemon affected into the PC to have Pokerus stay on that Pokemon. If your going “O no my Pokemon that was affected got rid of Pokerus and I was just going to EV train it”, then listen to this; a Pokemon that was infected will stay infected, but it can NOT pass the disease on if it has a Smiley face by it. In other words once a Pokemon gets it, it will always have the 2x EV boost. After about 24 hours the disease will were off so you have that time to spread it to Pokemon in your PC. That’s pretty much all you need to now about Pokerus and onto the next chapter.

6. What are IV’s?
IV’s are hidden values that made even the most similar Pokemon different. Every stat has an IV attached to it. The values of IV’s go from 0 to 31, 31 being the best. They add on to the max stat of a Pokemon. I think Chaos Emerald said it best…..

Quote :

The IV adds that many stat points to the stat at level 100. So let's say the max stat for a Pokemon's Atk is 300. If it has an IV of 0, the most that Pokemon can ever get, even with full EV training, is 269. If it has an IV of 29, the most it can get is 298, and so on.

That is what IV’s do, so you want the highest IV’s in the stats that are the most useful for that Pokemon, as an example, you want a Physical Sweeper in Heracross, so you don’t need a 31 IV in Special Attack, you need it in Attack. You can breed for good IV’s to. Usually 3 IV’s from BOTH the parents are passed down to the baby. Right when you get the egg IV’s are already determined. The way IV’s get passed down is complicated so read carefully.
1. 6 random IV’s are chosen for the baby
2. One random stat’s IV from one of the two parents IV’s is chosen and overrides the random IV chosen in step 1.
3. Then another random IV in one stat, that is not the HP IV stat, is chosen from one of the two parents and overrides the random stat in step 1.
4. Then the final stat’s IV (baby), from one of the two Parents is chosen, that is not the Defense or HP IV, and overrides the random stat in step 1.
That’s it! Now here’s an Example using all the steps above…:

Let’s say you want a baby Chimchar; so you breed two Infernape’s that have these IV (going in this order HP/ATT/DEF/SPEC ATT/SPEC DEF/SPD)
Father: 23/4/16/27/11/15
Mother: 2/13/30/12/3/19

1. The Baby’s random IV’s: 17/31/20/5/6/9
2. Then the game chooses the Mother’s Attack stat to be the baby’s. Baby’s IV’s now: 17/13/20/5/6/9.
3. Then the game chooses another IV from the parent that isn’t the HP IV. Let’s say the father’s Speed IV. Baby’s IV’s now: 17/13/20/5/6/19
4. Then finally the game chooses another IV that isn’t the HP IV or DEF IV. How about the mother’s defense. Baby’s IV’s now: 17/13/30/5/6/19.
5. And these are the final IV’s for the baby: 17/13/30/5/6/19.
And that’s how the game determines IV’s! So it pays to have Parents with great IV’s.

Also since you can’t find IV’s straight in the game, here are some IV calculator’s…….

Metalkids:
http://www.metalkid.info/Pokemon/OnlineProgram/Calculators/IV.aspx#instructions

Serebii’s:
http://www.serebii.net/games/iv-calcdp.shtml

….these are used to figure the IV’s of your Pokemon.

P.S. Metalkids is more accurate. But if you’re looking for a rough estimate use Serebii’s since it takes less time to fill out.

7. Natures
Natures are characteristics of a Pokemon that increase one stat, and decrease another. Every Pokemon has a Nature. The amount Natures affect a Pokemon are +10% or -10%, the percent is up the stat by 10% or decrease the stat by 10%. There are some Natures that don’t increase or decrease a stat and I will name them later. If you want, let’s say, and Adamant Garchomp, but you need a Gible with the egg move Body Slam, and you have an Adamant Garchomp that is FEMALE, then you give that Garchomp a Everstone and the egg has a 50% chance of having it’s nature be Adamant. Anyway here is the list of all the Natures and what they do….(The raises and Lowers are all by 10%)


Nature Raise’s Lowers
Hardy None None
Lonely Attack Defense
Adamant Attack Special Attack
Naughty Attack Special Defense
Bold Defense Attack
Docile None None
Relaxed Defense Speed
Impish Defense Special Attack
Lax Defense Special Defense
Timid Speed Attack
Hasty Speed Defense
Serious None None
Jolly Speed Special Attack
Naive Speed Special Defense
Modest Special Attack Attack
Mild Special Attack Defense
Quiet Special Attack Speed
Bashful None None
Rash Special Attack Special Defense
Calm Special Defense Attack
Gentle Special Defense Defense
Sassy Special Defense Speed
Careful Special Defense Special Attack
Quirky None None
Brave Attack Speed

That’s all you need to know about Natures, now onto STAB.

8. STAB
STAB is short for Same Type Attack Bonus. In other words if the move type you use is the same as that Pokemon’s type then you get a bonus. The bonus for STAB is 1.5. And example is that Ryperior uses Earthquake, so according to STAB Earthquake’s power is now 150, which is a LOT. To rap up every Attack that you use that matches that Pokemon’s type gets a 1.5 bonus or in other words, 50% bonus.

9. Questions and Answers
Seeing a lot of questions repeating, I decided to put some of the most common one’s here and hopefully these questions will quiet down.

Question 1: I EV trained and got 252 EV’s in Attack but the next level up it only went up +3. WHY?
Answer: This is a common question; the reason is EV’s are spread throughout the levels so you won’t see and immediate gain in one level up.
Question 2: Is there a way that I can find the EV’s a Pokemon has? Because I think I miscounted.
Answer: No there is not, we wish there was, but there isn’t. The best thing to do is use EV reducing berries to start all over again.
Question 3: Does it matter what level I start EV training on?
Answer: No, but there is a benefit of starting early. If you start early and max out the EV’s for that Pokemon, then you can level it up anyway you wish since you don’t have to worry about EV’s.

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Had to do it in two posts....

Yeah this was my old guide for Serebii...so if there are some Serebii mentioning parts...that's why.

So if this helps any of you...great...if none of you look at this...that's fine. It's here so you can look.