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*EV GUIDE*
Hello dear reader, you must be thinking why you're reading this faq? Well you must be tring to figure out what are EVs? Well, are you wondering if there are other ways to enhance your stats? The answer is
obviously yes, otherwise this guide wouldn't be here.
Effort Values, or EVs, is something that has drastically changed the Pokemon
metagame. In previous games, they were known as "Stat Experience", and were
gained whenever you battled, which is why Rare Candying your Pokemon was bad.
You could gain max stats easily, using vitamins on all your stats, etc. It
all increased your Pokemon's stat exp., and thus you'd have higher stats.
In R/S, there are caps to how much stat exp can be gained, and how many per
stat. But first, let's go a bit more in depth to what this stat exp is.
EVs are gained by battling Pokemon. Any Pokemon will do, it doesn't matter if
it is wild, a trainer Pokemon, or your friend's. They all give EVs. Like IVs,
there is a value for every stat. And again like IVs, the more you have, the
stronger your Pokemon is. 4 EVs in one stat = one stat point. That may not
seem like much, but when you have 252 EVs, that a full 64 stat points! Just
keep certain Pokemon to get it.
When I say certain Pokemon, I mean ones that carry the EVs you want. Each
Pokemon gives you a certain kind of EV. Usually, higher evolution Pokemon have
more than lower ones. Every Pokemon has at least one though. Each Pokemon give
different kinds of EVs, such as a Poochyena gives 1 Attack EV, while a
Mightyena gives 2 Att EVs. The most a Pokemon can give you is 3.
So, to get strong, you keep battling. So the more you battle, the stronger you
get, right? Well, the answer is both yes and no. It is true that the more you
battle, the more EVs you get thus you have higher stats. But there are also
caps. The most amount of EVs that you can ever get is 510. The most per stat
is 255. But then stats don't increase after 252, so usually you would stop at
that point.
You can split the EVs in any way that you want. But however, if you just dish
out EVs sloppily, they won't help much. This is where the roles of Pokemon
come in. For example, if you have a physical sweeper, you would want to have
high Att EVs and Spd EVs so that it would efficient in attacking first and
finishing the opponent before they have a chance to reply with an attack of
their own. Since you'll be doing all this sweeping, Defense EVs wouldn't
really be your concern since the opponent won't really hit you very often.
This is the main reason why people like to use either a physical sweeper or
a special sweeper. If a mixed sweeper is used, then you must give EVs in both
attack and special attack, but then it would be too slow to attack. There is
also personalities that you want to consider. Subtracting defense for an
attack stat wouldn't be too wise because you would want your Pokemon to at
at least take a hit. This is why it is wiser to use Pokemon using only
physical attacks or special attacks.
What if I send out a Pokemon and switch it?
If you switch, then all the Pokemon who participated gain EVs as if it were
the only one battling. So in other words, all the Pokemon will have gotten
full EVs.
Now, all you need to learn is to EV train. You can go peeking through tall
grass trying to find certain Pokemon with certain EVs, or, you can find
specific training areas in which you can find many Pokemon that give a certian
type of EV. And no, I am not listing them all. I am rather lazy. I'll just tell you the one's for R/S.
Good Training Routes:
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Att EVs: East of Mauville. Use the Super Rod to fish for Sharpedo(2) and
Carvanha(1) OR if you have the Sapphire version, Mt. Pyre in which you find
mostly Shuppets(1).
HP: The Tunnel connecting Rustboro and Verdanturf town contains only
Whismur(1). Marill(2) on route 117 while Surfing is good too.
Def: On every Dive route, you can find Clamperl(1).
Spd: On the route East of Mauville, you'll find Wingull(1) and Zigzagoon(1),
Linoone(2) and Manectric(2).
Sp Att: Route 113 has a bunch of Spindas(1). Don't fight the Sandshrew and
Skarmory though.
Sp Def: Tentacool and Tentacruel give 1 and 2 Sp Def points respectively. Just
about any Surf place has them as well as the Abandoned Ship.
What's that? Is EV training starting to become a bore for you? Well, luckly,
there's a couple of ways to speed it up a bit. First, there's an item called
the Macho Brace. You can get it by defeating the Winstrate family north of
Mauville. This item reduces your speed, but not permanently while doubling the
amount of EVs recieved per battle. In FR/LG after you defeat Giovanni, talk to him and use itemfinder on the spot where he used to stand.
There's anouther status called Pokerus. This is a good disease and is very,
very rare. You get it randomly by battling a Pokemon with it. You can't tell
if they have it, which is another problem. When you get it, the next time you
heal your Pokemon, the nurse will say that you have aquired the disease, along
with a handy dandy sign at the bottom left corner of your Pokemon's status
page. Pokerus will spread to your party Pokemon and will only last about 2
days. However, you can preserve it by depositing one Pokemon in the PC and
it will stay until the next time you take it out and wait a day or so.
So, combining the Macho Brace and Pokerus, your training rate will go up 4x
faster. And that's not all...
Vitamins. These drugs will raise a Pokemon's EVs by 10 for each stat that they
give. There's a cap though, when your Pokemon's EVs reach 100 for that
particular stat, the vitamin will not work.
So, using vitamins till the EVs are 100 for a stat, then using Macho Brace and
Pokerus's effect, this will greatly speed up EV training.
Do Rare Candies lower my stats?
No. They just accelerate you to the next level without gaining EVs which is
why Rare Candy trained Pokemon are generally weaker.
Is there any way to tell my EVs?
No...except when it's maxed. When you think your Pokemon has the 510 max EVs,
go to Slateport city. Next to the Energy Guru(AKA the Vitamin Man), there will
be a lady. When your EVs are maxed, she'll give you the Effort Ribbon.
Well that's it, so enjoy
(I will wright a faq on IVs) |
