EV/IV and "Natures"

[Grawr]

Hey there. It's your friendly neighborhood Gengrawwwwwr.

I've been hearing about the whole "EV/IV" pokemon training technique (if you could even call it a technique) for quite some time now...but I never really understood what it meant, or how you'd go about training your pokemon in such a way.

I'm preparing my team for Platinum right now, and I've been breeding pokemon (in Diamond) that I can later trade to Platinum. That's when I also remembered..."natures" of a pokemon seemed to be important to people that EV/IV trained. What's, like...the best "nature"?

If someone could explain the whole thing to me...that'd be cool.

Grawr out.

 

[Horus]

http://www.smogon.com/ (might need to search around)
http://www.smogon.com/dp/articles/normalized_stats <--might help, kinda explain what they do to stats
http://www.smogon.com/dp/natures/ shows what natures add/lower stats
http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1570244 good explanation of EVs
http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13601 IVs determine what Hidden Power will do (also do things to stats though)
http://www.smogon.com/dp/articles/pid_iv_creation more IV stuff
http://www.smogon.com/dp/articles/breeding_guide_part4 breeding guide for IVs [the only way to alter IVs is through breeding, and once a pokemon is born/caught it'll have the same IVs forever]

hope they help

the links below are good too

[i think that's everything lol, if you still don't understand something pm me and i can explain/give a link to help ]

 

[Silverstorms]

Here's a page on what natures do:

http://serebii.net/games/natures.shtml

 

[John102]

I was about to ask that question but you beat me to it.this might help you though.

 

[dragonflamez]

It's a lot of reading, start off slow.

For example, don't start IV breeding for a while.
Just make sure you have EVing down,. and then move to the next step.

 

[Megamannt125]

I'm currently EV training my Gallade, my first one EV training ever.

 

[Silverstorms]

It's a lot of reading, start off slow.

For example, don't start IV breeding for a while.
Just make sure you have EVing down,. and then move to the next step.

This.

Because all the websites overcomplicate things.

EV training is more important than IV breeding anyway.

 

[dragonflamez]

It's a lot of reading, start off slow.

For example, don't start IV breeding for a while.
Just make sure you have EVing down,. and then move to the next step.

This.

Because all the websites overcomplicate things.

EV training is more important than IV breeding anyway.

Exactly.
I only IV if I'm extremely bored, because it's extremely boring.

 

[Horus]

It's a lot of reading, start off slow.

For example, don't start IV breeding for a while.
Just make sure you have EVing down,. and then move to the next step.

that's what i did :O

alternately you can just trade shiny pokemon for EVed/IVed ones

 

[Megamannt125]

It's a lot of reading, start off slow.

For example, don't start IV breeding for a while.
Just make sure you have EVing down,. and then move to the next step.

This.

Because all the websites overcomplicate things.

EV training is more important than IV breeding anyway.

Exactly.
I only IV if I'm extremely bored, because it's extremely boring.

Only time I ever breed is if I want another Eevee.

 

[Silverstorms]

It's a lot of reading, start off slow.

For example, don't start IV breeding for a while.
Just make sure you have EVing down,. and then move to the next step.

that's what i did :O

alternately you can just trade shiny pokemon for EVed/IVed ones

IMO, legit shinies are better and trading them for EVed pokemon isn't worth it.

 

[cornymikey]

i EV trained everything! my mewtwo has 530 special attack and 330 speed

 

[dragonflamez]

I love my shinies.
Some aren't legit, but what are you gonna do.

 

[Coffeeaddict87]

I only have one EV trained; Starmie.

 

[Megamannt125]

I have no shinies.

 

[Horus]

It's a lot of reading, start off slow.

For example, don't start IV breeding for a while.
Just make sure you have EVing down,. and then move to the next step.

that's what i did :O

alternately you can just trade shiny pokemon for EVed/IVed ones

IMO, legit shinies are better and trading them for EVed pokemon isn't worth it.

chaining isn't hard at all, and i think its worth it

both ways you put in a lot of work

 

[Silverstorms]

i EV trained everything! my mewtwo has 530 special attack and 330 speed

Not possible. A max Sp.Atk Mewtwo at Lv100 can only reach 447.

 

[Silverstorms]

It's a lot of reading, start off slow.

For example, don't start IV breeding for a while.
Just make sure you have EVing down,. and then move to the next step.

that's what i did :O

alternately you can just trade shiny pokemon for EVed/IVed ones

IMO, legit shinies are better and trading them for EVed pokemon isn't worth it.

chaining isn't hard at all, and i think its worth it

both ways you put in a lot of work

I find EV training boring, but do-able

I find chaining impossible.

 

[cornymikey]

i EV trained everything! my mewtwo has 530 special attack and 330 speed

Not possible. A max Sp.Atk Mewtwo at Lv100 can only reach 447.

oh, then i forgot, i havent played in a while :X

 

[Horus]

It's a lot of reading, start off slow.

For example, don't start IV breeding for a while.
Just make sure you have EVing down,. and then move to the next step.

that's what i did :O

alternately you can just trade shiny pokemon for EVed/IVed ones

IMO, legit shinies are better and trading them for EVed pokemon isn't worth it.

chaining isn't hard at all, and i think its worth it

both ways you put in a lot of work

I find EV training boring, but do-able

I find chaining impossible.

i like them both

seem the same to me