EV training question.

[chinodamartian]

Im quite new to this and I browsed some guides but couldn't really find a clear answer to my question.

Im starting to get a hold of my desired team by hatching and catching and I found the pokemon with the right nature but it was lvl 51. Now im getting through the trouble of breeding it so its lvl 1 with the right nature. My question is. Do i really have to? Could I just start ev training it from lvl 51? Because I still remember a certain npc telling me ' A trained pokemon is stronger then a wild one.' So like. If I ev'd a pokemon from 1 to 100, wouldnt it be stronger then I ev'd one from 51 to 100? Because wouldnt the wild pokemon of 51 already have ev's applied?

To cut the question short:
Would ev'ing a pokemon from 51 to 100 have the same result as doing it from 1 to 100?

 

[dpdude]

yes it would. you wasted a lot of time breeding

 

[23caterpie]

yes and no. First yes by that you can start eving a pokemon from any level with the same results. But no because breeding is a crutial step to get the correct IVs and moves therefore giving you a better result.

 

[Geodude]

If that L51 Pokemon with the right nature is female, you can give it an Everstone before you put it in the breeding center, and the resulting babies will have a 50% chance of having the same nature.

 

[2faceman]

Or just ignore the nature and EV train its lowest stat.

 

[dpdude]

Or just ignore the nature and EV train its lowest stat.

because EV training an alakazam in attack and defense makes a lot of sense doesnt it?

wow.

 

[Geodude]

Yeah that makes absolutely no sense.

 

[An00bis]

The NPC said Wild Pokemon are weaker then Trained ones because Wild Pokemon have no EVs regardless of level. Trained Pokemon begin earning EVs from their very first battle.

Trained Pokemon can begin EV Training at any Level except Level 100. It doesn't matter if they're Level 1 or Level 51. The EVs will still be applied to a Pokemon's stats as normal when they grow. So say two Houndour with the same Nature, IVs, and EVs in Speed and Special Attack would be the exact same strength at Level 100 even if one Houndour began EV Training at Level 10 and the other at Level 70.

In your case you should only breed the Pokemon if you want an Egg Move on the baby. Otherwise since you already caught a wild Pokemon right the right Nature at a higher level you should just EV Train that instead.

 

[chinodamartian]

Thank you guys, now this is the answer I was looking for. ^^

 

[Agonist]

Or just ignore the nature and EV train its lowest stat.

Your a dumbass...what you should do it use the ev lowering berries until all it's ev are at zero then ev train spatk and speed