What's an EV?
EV stands for “Effort Value.” They determine what stats your Pokémon gets upon leveling up and are gained from battling any Pokémon you come across that award Experience points. For example;
Beating a Patrat would give all Pokémon that participated in the battle +1 Effort Value to Attack.
Beating a Frillish would give all Pokémon that participated in the battle +1 Effort Value to Sp. Defence.
How do EVs affect stats?
For every 4 EVs you gain in a specific stat, you'll gain +1 to your Pokemon's base value in that stat. What this basically means is that if you battle 4 Patrat with your Tepig, Tepig will then gain +1 to its attack stat (because each Patrat gives +1 EV in the attack stat).
EVs are calculated at +1 Stat point per 4 EVs at level 100, which means you won't see the full benefit of the EVs you put into your Pokémon until it reaches that level; there will still be a benefit, just not as significant as when it reaches the maximum level.
Is there a limit to the amount of EVs I can give my Pokémon?
Unfortunately (or perhaps, fortunately) there are two limits to the amount of EVs a Pokémon can gain.
- Each Pokemon can have a maximum of 508 EVs.
- One stat can have a maximum of 252 EVs.
When is the best time to start EV training a Pokémon?
The best time to start EV training is as soon as you get that Pokémon, either through breeding (when you finish IV breeding) or catching it. As soon as that Pokémon participates in a battle in which it gains experience, it will have gained some EVs.
If you were to breed a Pokémon you probably won't be able to battle with it right away, due to it only being Level 1. This is where the Exp. Share key item becomes extremely useful. Unlike experience, EVs are not divided up between the Pokémon that gain experience from a battle.
Using our Tepig again, lets say she is currently level 1 and you wanted to give her some Attack EVs. Unfortunately Tepig isn't really capable of beating a Patrat just yet. Turn Exp. Share on and battle with another Pokémon, so that Tepig still gets experience and as a result will also get the EVs from that Pokémon.
In simplistic terms, if a Pokémon gains experience from a battle, regardless of the way in which that experience was awarded, it will receive all EVs it could gain from that battle.
This all seems like a lot of work, so what's the benefit?
In this picture you can see a Greninja that is EV trained in Special Attack and Speed.
In this picture you see a Greninja with different EVs in different stats, not gaining enough to be stronger or faster than the first one.
Here you can see what the Greninja his stats will look like after being trained in certain stats. What looks better to you?
Geen opmerkingen:
Een reactie posten