Hi All, Question on EV-train

Hi All
I'd like to know how you train a pkmn with the EV- points mthod. I've
tried to find outwhat it means, but I can't figure out what are the
differences between a normal "random" training and an EV-Points Training

Thanks from all

Greetings from Italy

D'

On Nov 18, 9:16 am, Dario <Diapostr....RemoveThis@libero.it> wrote:
> Hi All
> I'd like to know how you train a pkmn with the EV- points mthod. I've
> tried to find outwhat it means, but I can't figure out what are the
> differences between a normal "random" training and an EV-Points Training
>
> Thanks from all
>
> Greetings from Italy


Way back in the Red Blue Yellow days (and even into Gold Silver
Crystal I think) you could max out all the stats to 255. In Sapphire
Ruby Emerald they finally changed this (they used to say that a
trainer's pokes were all individual but obviously not if every stat
could be maxed out) by only giving out 510 Effort Value (EVs) points
in total for all stats. For every 4 EV points you put into one stat
that stat will increase by 1 point at Level 100.

So since RSE and DP the poke's final stats depend on what you train
against, giving the poke the EVs. Different pokes (sometimes it even
changes in the families) give different amounts of EVs - for instance
BIdoof give 1 EV of HP, Bibarel give 2 EV of Attack, Zigzagoon give 1
Speed, Linoone give 2 Speed - for every one of them that you defeat.
Sometimes there are pokes who give more than one type of EV (Abomasnow
give 1 Attack and 1 Special Attack).

When you look up a team that someone has built for a purpose (like the
Battle Tower) they will usually say where they spent their EVs like
this: Blissey with Leftovers (held item), Bold (nature which helps the
stats), 252 HP / 252 Def / 6 SpAtk (where to spend the EVs), Natural
Cure (ability which helps with the strategy), then the moveset.

Although 255 EV points is the maximum for a single stat, you should
only put 252 on a stat since 255 is not divisible by 4 and you would
be wasteing 3 EVs
that could have gone to a different stat. If trained properly a poke
could obtain a total of 127 extra points on to its selected stats.

There are various restrictions that apply to EVs and they are:

A maximum of 510 EVs total.
A maximum of 51 vitamins can be given to one Pokemon.
A maximum of 10 vitamins for a single stat.
A maximum of 255 EVs for a single stat.

There are people who want a poke to have 'boosted' HP for instance,
whether it's for a move (if you want to have Bide, high HP would be a
good idea) or just to help it be less frail. They would look up
(there are EV faqs that detail who gives what) HP and pick a spot that
has alot of what they are looking for and only fight Bidoof for
instance, running away from all others.

There are also anti-vitamins in the form of Berries. They work just
like vitamins in reverse, but they still make your poke happier so it
is a cheap way of increasing happiness if you are trying to evolve a
poke. They take away 10 EVs if you have any to take away: Pomeg - Hit
Points (HP); Kelpsy - Attack; Qualot - Defense; Hondew - Special
Attack; Grepa - Special Defense; Tamato - Speed

For more details check out Gamefaqs, they have a lot of information in
their detailed faqs:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/game/925601.html

Have fun!

daramark