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EV Training

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Judai Yuki

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I know there is a topic for this but this is very confusing for me.I have a Memento Gardevoir base a Sandstorm Groudon base.But even when I equip Macho Brace, Pokerus and battle them, my stats only go up like 2+ each.What going on?I heard from someone that once their Jolteon went in speed 17+ around its last levels.But the highest I've ever went up with Pokerus and Macho Brace is 3+ each stat.

-Judai
 
if you're at a low level, or gain massive amounts of EXP in a very few battles, you won't see huge EXP bumps.

for example, if you gain 6684 from each gardevoir, and need to defeat 21 of them to be completely maxed out in SAtk, your pokemon could've grown 47 levels (based on an abra, at random), so its gain of the 30 or so points that it would gain by then is spread over more levels, so you'll see an average bonus of < 1.

the dramatic increases come when you're EV training rayquaza or something, against level 14 spindas.
 
So a level 99 Swellow beats 6 Gardevoirs and 6 Groudons with Macho Brace and Pokerus, then I give it a rare candy after will my EV increase by alot?

-Judai
 
EVs are not about how much the stats increase every level.
When you see massive increases in any stat, they are due to the stats being recalculated to accomodate the addition of EVs.
You still only have 510 EVs to spend, which show up once you get to level 100.

That said, Macho Brace and PokeRus only let you train EVs faster.
When compared to another properly trained Pokemon at level 100, they'll still have the same stats.
 
If your Pokemon is low leveled you won't see dramatic increases in stats. If it were level 70, however and you battled a bunch of level 13s(and had a Macho Brace and/or PKRUS) you would see a huge increase in the selected stat. Ev training at higher levels is preferable( if you gain 212 Evs in one level, you can gain around a 50+ stat increase)
 
Im confused about this whole EV traing! And I couldnt realy understand it from the guide on serebii.net. Can somebody breifly explain to me the proper way to EV train because I jaust started my Emerald game over to get all the legendaries so i can EV train them...PEASE HEALP!
 
Im confused about this whole EV traing! And I couldnt realy understand it from the guide on serebii.net. Can somebody breifly explain to me the proper way to EV train because I just started my Emerald game over to get all the legendaries so I can EV train them...PEASE HELP!
 
Im confused about this whole EV traing! And I couldnt realy understand it from the guide on serebii.net. Can somebody breifly explain to me the proper way to EV train because I just started my Emerald game over to get all the legendaries so I can EV train them...PEASE HELP!
 
you could also have a pokemon with horrible IV's
 
My level 98 Swellow with Macho Brace and Pokerus beat 6 Groudons and 6 Latios, and each of her stats only went up by 3.

-Judai
 
either its EVs were maxed or close to maxed anyway, or it wasn't holding a macho brace.

why would you be training swellow in SAtk, anyway?
 
The best time to EV train is right away. If you battled random Pokemon until your Swellow reached level 98, it could've randomly aquired EVs to various stats. Though it is best to EV train Pokemon at higher levels, it is also best to EV train right when you get the Pokemon( that's why EV training works best with Mewtwo, Rayquaza and other Pokemon you get at high levels) To get the most dramatic stat increases your Pokemon's nature must support the selected stat, as well.

Before doing anything else, try taking Swellow to the woman who stands beside the Energy Guru in Slateport and see if she awards you Swellow with an Effort Ribbon; If she does, your Swellow's EVs are already maxed out. If not then try EV training a baby Taillow or a wild Taillow or Swellow( look for the nature that will support the stats that you are EV training for) I can explain things easier if you were to begin with a new Taillow or Swellow, but first have the girl check your Swellow.
 
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You will only see big stat gains when you train a high level pokemon. You know like in the 60+ range cause it takes longer to gain one level. So in turn you have more time to pack on the EVs in that stat so when it does level you see a large jump in stats to reflect the amount of EVs you trained.

Remember this rule. 4 EVs = 1 Stat point.

So if you train a just hatched egg, you will see very little changes as they level so quickly. That you most likely didn't have time to put enough EVs into the stat to really show you that it's growing.

Here's an experiment for you. If you have 95 Rare candies feed it to a pokemon that you wish to train. Write down all the stats that you got at level 100. Reset the game without saving to return your pokemon to level 5. EV train as you want to. As soon as you're maxed out on EVs feed him candies til he hits 100. Now look at his stats, you should see a big diffence in the nontrained one to the one you took the time to train.

This leads to another rule that you should remember: That big stat gains mean nothing as when the pokemon hits 100 it will have the correct stats.

SO, just train your pokemon the way you want and when it reaches 100 know that the stats will be were you put them. Don't think that because you don't see large jumps that it doesn't do anything, it's just that they were recalculated at every time you gained a new level.
 
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