Pokémon EVs and IVs Explained! - Pokémon Fact of The Day
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I'm such a casual player that I don't even look a base stats; I just use a Pokemon if I think it looks cool, which seems to have worked for the last almost 10 years.
Same here aha
But do you lose in online battling?
Anyone have a normal safari with ditto?
Ricky Hanselstone What websites do you use because I am really in need of some to Ditto's to help with breeding aha.
Your mum Perhaps Reddit's Breeding Dittos forum? However, they're all hacked Dittos (but any offspring they have are 100% legit) so you can't enter them in competitions. The thing is that you have to be at least 2 weeks old on Reddit so that's a downside.
"Usain Bolt is just a human with max IV's" is about all the explanation I needed
Lol pretty much dont need to train hard when reach level 100 all is stats is max
Hes battle perfect
Usain Bolt's nature probably Timid, or Jolly or any nature which increase the speed.
But he definetly has max EVs on speed
He is best than eternamax
One day I'll figure it out, not tonight.
Matthew Sweetser did you ever figure it out?
Hello are you still figuring out?
You figure it out
Is tonight the night?
Update?
To quote Pokemon Rusty: "Wow! None of that sounded like fun!"
It actially is once you get the hang of it. I mean it actually isnt that hard, but the games are so bad at teaching the player this stuff and doesnt give the players any incentive to iv breed unless you have browsed the internet
@@jamesbenson2090 agreed!
I remember playing through pokemon reborn the casual way and getting bodied in every gym cuz I didn't know anything about EVs and IVs
When I played pokemon clover the game told me to try out EV training and that it wasn't that hard
Sooo I kinda got carried away and EV trained every single pokemon I caught
After that I lost my reborn save file due to a windows update and had to restart
But now I have the knowledge of EVs and IVs
I kid you not,I spent weeks trying to get 15 badges last time and it only took me 4 days with EV training
It also gave me around 8 shinies during grinds!
It's really fun to see the enemies I once struggled to beat get bodied by my almost perfect 5 max IVs Silvally
tho EVs are easily earned with the power items and Macho brace
IVs are annoying asf
So I just installed a mod where if my pokemon's EVs in one stat gets reaches 252 without using up the 508 max limit I get the chance to Increases their IVs
WHICH SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED TO THE MAIN GAMES IMO
@@kroel1077 For IV breeding just use the power items and the destiny knot, they make it more controlled,
@@kroel1077 did those games get uploaded during or after Gen 6? Cause you should use the destiny knot (If it is in these games) and even power items for Breeding, they help with controlling the IV's passed down to the child Pokémon.
Ev training, ur taking the fun out
''In the world of HOPEFULLY NOW''
LOL
I can't continue the video without replaying it over and over
audio editing skills
same
I'm so glad I wasn't the only one to freak out and laugh over this
I have a love-hate relationship with EV-IV. Before,
I was happily playing Pokemon and defeating random Pokemon to level up. But now that I know what EV-IV were all about, I can't help but get this urge to do everything right.. defeat hundreds of the right EV yields...get the max EVs.. only to despair because getting the perfect IV is just harder than winning the million-dollar lottery.
For those "RPG-OCD-open-every-chests-perfectionists" among us, the knowledge of EV-IV is like a Pandora's Box.
Couldn't have said it better myself
That urge is the only reason im trying to learn all of this right now i hate it but i know its there so i have to do it to at least one pokemon
*After watching the video*
And I understand none of that
So I'm not the only one
+Nexal Zita A lot of people do not. That is why the competive scene in the end sweeps all the tournaments.
+Bonjela cream That's what I would have said if I wanted random people to be mad at me.
Nexal Zita v
I feel like he's scaremongering IV breeding throughout this video. It's not mega complex, he says theres alot of maths but really there are calculators that do all the work.
7 year old me watching this video: ???
Me in 2019: *my time has come*
Me in 2020: Still don't get it
@@lum1lad775 same HAHAHAHAHA
@@lum1lad775 same HAHAHAH
I am 12 and I get it
You in 2019: 7 1/2 year old
I don't do EV training but I do Eevee training
You made sure to evolve said eevee, right?
And I don't care for any IV but I care for my IVYsaur.
Bars!
This is the kinda thing npc in pokemon game would say
"Pokemon should be raised with love and care!"
* Loved pokemon gets trashed by pokemon bred only to battle.
"All pokemon are unique"
*Keeps trying to breed for perfect IV's and EV's and gets same ones over and over.
"They our are friends!"
*Stored in box forever because it doesn't work on my team for competitive.
How funny. You keep spreading these messages, Nintendo, when in reality you have to breed dozens of them because your main adventure pokemon have messy EV's and IV's, and become useless competitively.
***** at the very least tho. they recognize pokemon has a competitive community and are taking steps to make competitive battling more accessable
AngryRedJuiceBox i crei evriteim T_T
AngryRedJuiceBox And this is why I love the Nuzlocke Challenge so much. Battles may be to the death, but it's the ONLY way I can actually appreciate the morals Nintendo tries to shove down our throats.
+AngryRedJuiceBox Its your choice if your really the type of trainer to actually do this, most kids probably never tried this
i will keep searching for the top percentage rattata...
Look up F.E.A.R tactic
Just name him/her girlfriend it will max it states
Not really I was jokeing about that cool youngster
Remeber when IV's weren't important? Pepperidge farms remebers
Do you know da wey
Moonlight Lulamoon
A joke.
Chillin' (I think he’s both joking and referencing a time when we were playing as children and the game was fun and magical and min/maxing every aspect of a Pokemon wasn’t something we cared about)
Moonlight Lulamoon back then we spammed Earthquake and Surf
If I were to play Pokemon competitively, I could handle the EV training, but IV is where it becomes tedious. I probably wouldn't bother. I would only breed pokemon for a specific nature but that's about it.
How does anyone else feel about IV?
I think IV's are unfair, because if you want to play battles over internet, you have to get great IV's... EV's on the other hand are a lot more fair.
screw ivs
I made 2 teams out of IV bred pokemon. Don't worry, this video is outdated, and it's much easier now in gen 6
I can definetly handle EV training (currently EV training a Snorlax, Cloyster, Espeon, Shuckle, Bastiodon, and Yanmega in Pokemon Diamond).
Breeding for Natures alone is tedious and annoying and I hate it.
IV's on the other hand....I didn mt even consider it when breeding, now I'll just ignore it.
After all, I am just making a team to beat the battle frontier in Soulsilver.
I guess, but I'm only willing to wait for so long.
0:23 "Hopefully now-"
meme
Holy Nap
YOU HEARD IT TO?!
Can’t Unhear
I kinda liked it when your EVs didn't show until you leveled up. Seeing a +13 in the stat you were training was so satisfying
As of Sword/Shield:
- Vitamins (Carbos, Zinc, etc) can be used all the way up to 252 EVs
- You can use the Hammerlocke University stat sessions in Pokejobs to add EVs; the game refers to EVs as Base Points
- Hyper Training lets level 100 Pokémon train IVs to the max
So does that mean you can bring out your pokémon's max potential disregarding each pokémon that gives EV's after KO? And to be exact, to use consumable, training, sessions and whatsoever to maximize your pokémon? Whoah, thats dope bro!!!!
Finally, I now don’t have to release my Pokémon every time catch one with bad IVs. Sword and Shield may have been a little disappointing in certain departments, but at least they made changing IVs accessible.
Yeah but you cant pass those hyper trained ivs down, the ivs are the same prior to hyper training
Low chance to catch Pokérus, but that can really help.
The one thing I like about sword and shield, they actually made this stuff simple and the competitive scene more accessible
This morning, I traded a Pokemon on the wonder trade just for fun, and subsequently received an adamant beldum with five perfect IVs.
Yeah.
You were extremely lucky I can tell u that
I don’t get it how can u tell if they have ivs
@@ocsjc13depends on the game, FR/LG don’t really have an easy way as far as I know but in emerald there’s a guy at the battle frontier that tells you, and I’m sure the other later games have ways of doing so as well
I remember watching this video way back, and coincidentally i ended up here again after searching about IVs and EVs today.
I just wanna say the production value for a 2013 (!!!!) video is just *insane*. This looks just like it could be released to youtube today, apart from a few limitations like the resolution. But the animation, presentation and voice quality are amazing! Truly ahead of your time!
Hmmm...infinite spare time, emulators, and the internet. I think I'mma go make myself a team of straight-up GODS.
Sooooo, hows it going?
+Greg White yeah id like to know how thats all working out for you i mean its been like a month
In my defense, I do a lot of drugs. I totally forgot about all that. I seriously don't care a QUARTER as much as would be enough to do all the necessary research about competitive pokemon battling. I mean, yes I could just spend hours and hours looking for all 700-some-odd maxed-all-IV mons...but fuck that, I have anime to watch, pr0ns to fap o, and money to make. xD
xDxD sounds like a plan to me, anime's the best
***** To be fair, I just smoke a bit of weed. I just happen to do it on a near daily basis.
I hate IVs. They are terrible, and add almost nothing to the game. Don't get me wrong, I love competitive Pokemon, but let me ask you: what do IVs add to that? You never want a middling IV in a stat, and the only time you don't want a 31 is when you want a 0 in speed (technically you could also want 0 in attack for a special attacker to weaken confusion and Foul Play, but that's really minor and often not worth the trouble) or a 1/30 in a stat for Hidden Power. In other words, all that IVs do for the competitive game is make raising Pokemon take more time.
Contrast and compare with EVs and Natures. Unlike IVs, you can't perfect every stat with these. With EVs, you have to select which stats to raise, and by how much, and with Natures you have to choose which stat you're willing to sacrifice for another. Sure, some species of Pokemon will pretty much always use a specific nature, but some can use a variety for different sets. And EVs are even more flexible, allowing sets catered specifically to deal with threats to you team. What's more, neither of these take long at all if you have the patience to get the necessary tools beforehand (the power items, and Dittos with the natures you want).
Now I've heard two arguments for IVs. The first is that it makes each Pokemon 'special'. Your Pikachu is unlikely to be like anyone else's Pikachu. And while that is valid for casual play, casual players are unlikely to know that IVs even exist. And when they do find out, they probably won't be pleased that they can't use their Pokemon that they journeyed with for competitive battling because they're 'special'.
The second argument is that it gives a sense of reward when you finally breed and train the perfect Pokemon. This is dumb. Breeding is not hard, it's just tedious. You don't feel accomplished - you feel RELIEVED. I sure don't feel accomplished for having spent hours circling round an island and forcing a 6IV Ditto to breed with its offspring over and over again. Oh, by the way, that's another problem with IVs - they're incredibly unfriendly to people just entering the competitive scene. Even with the improvements that have been made (thank you for the Destiny Knot Game Freak) they're worth diddly squat if you don't have at least one good starting parent. Or are willing to use a complicated process of breeding with 2IV Dittos from the Friend Safari. Which takes SO much time. >:(
So yes, I hate IVs, and think the games would be better without them.
+David Ward dude a 31 iv pokemon at lvl 100 is a 31 stat increase at lvl 100 wich would give u a huge advantage if u couple that with ev training
+Abisheik Lafir I suggest you read my comment again, since your reply is completely unrelated to my points. If anything your point backs mine up further, since it shows that there is an artificial barrier of entry to competitive Pokemon because of IVs
i think the game freak needs to see this. 100% i imagine ivs are why people cheat.
I used to dislike EVs, but the whole concept and execution is simple once you understand it. With the right tools, it's pretty fast too. IVs? I'm sure most people would be happy if they went away... unless they love to tediously ride their bikes in a videogame... a LOT.
Pokemon is serious business...
I love this stuff. Conditioning your teams to be the best possible battlers is such an engrossing pastime. The satisfaction from _finally_ getting my first perfect spread of IVs made the hours worth it.
Gengarzilla IKR after all you gotta be the very best like no one ever was
So my math teachers said: YOU WILL USE MATH SOMEDAY
*Im sorry for ever doubting you*
I've seen you somewhere, dunno where.
All i understood:
Iv's is some breeding thing..
Ev's is something that is good?
***** xD
IVs aren't a breeding thing. They're just easier to manipulate via breeding.
No iv is what you are born with genetics, if a polemon have per max iv when catch in the wild is stats will max out at level 100 now as ev even if you train your polemon hard enough, just because he dont have max iv some competitor or other pokemon you beat in battle give it a few points so when it reach level 100 he didnt reach is max stats, basically perfect iv means u can use rare candy on get your pokemon to level 100 and his stats will be max out in all his stats like for example mewtwo max iv mewtwo have 319 attack if you catch a mewtwo with max iv attack stats level 100 he will have 319 attack and for example you catch a mewtwo with iv that is not max gene at level 100 his attack might only be 280 u get it, but the point is to get a perfect max iv so all is stats is max not just attack and defense or speed and spy attack
0:23 Wh... What the hell is this? Am I the only hearing this? I've seen no comments mentionning it... Am I the only hearing JWittz saying "In the world of hopefully not!" with two completely different tone?
Heard it too, don't worry, you/your computer is fine.
i heard it to. Its just a simple editing error that is caused by cutting audio to late. At the end he was probably going to say Hopefully not any more people ask about this.
ya weird
Jwittz actually said hopefully NOW, not hopefully not
I didn't even know this existed since I'm more of a "I go for super effective" player in these games.
Im a casual player, i only care about type match ups and moveset
just when you think a modest nature typhlosion is enough ;-;
Mines timid, 31 ivs in hp, def, spatk, spdef, and speed and has flash fire
I never thought someone could find similarities between Dark Souls and Pokémon...
I understood none of what i just watched
This was the most straightforward, understandable explanation I've found of IVs and EVs. Thank you.
AHHH! I can't handle all these numbers. I just like collecting shiny Pokemon because they look cool and I don't have to worry about elaborate formulas to determine if a Pokemon is shiny or not. So far I have 5 shiny Pokemon in Moon. The very first Jangmo-o I came across was shiny!
dang, I only have 3 shines ;o;
EDIT: ok i have more than a box now.
BlueMoonBuffoon I've never received/encountered a shiny in my life ;-; (besides the ones that were given to me)
TehNerd_ same
Who has had a one tilt catch I have
TehNerd_ Perez I'm guessing that doesn't count the one shiny Gyrados in Johto
The thing about EVs and IVs is that you pretty much have to learn about them and employ these methods in training your Pokemon if you're going to do well in online play. So many people train their Pokemon this way that if you just level up your monsters in a casual way, you most likely won't stand much of a chance in battle. I've learned this through using Pokemon I've caught and trained in the story modes of my games and used them in online play. My Torterra who plowed his way through the Sinnoh region cannot hold his own on the internet.
So....even though I don't like the whole EV/IV. I'm kind of forcing myself to learn about them out of necessity. You got to keep up with competition after all. :-/
To be fair, the number one cause of losing in organized competitive isn’t about bad IVs or EVs, but bad movesets, lack of knowledge in the enemy’s units, (such as what moves they can and cannot learn) and falling for traps. A lot of people have the wrong mindset that they could stomp anything with better Pokémon, but that’s not always the case and there is still a lot of strategy involved in battles.
@@WomanSlayer69420 Dude, I had movesets and strategies downpat. But if your Salamance can’t put speed your opponent, it doesn’t matter that it’s move set is great. If you can’t get the one hit or two hit KO, your overall strategy means nothing.
You need all these; good EVs, good IVs , good move sets, the right synergy between team members, etc.
@@WomanSlayer69420 Sometimes one stat difference can mean the difference between a win and a loss. It’s like swimmers shaving their legs so they can have that ever so slightly advantage due to decreased water resistance. They might need to get just a tiny bit ahead to win the championship. That’s why it’s called Competitive Battling.
Btw, 7 years later, I beat a battle facility and made it to the Master Ball Tier in Pokémon Swird and Shield Ranked Battles! 😁
And they said video games didn't teach you anything.
Thanks for the guide! 😀
The example for ev training made it so much more understandable than all those guides out there
I love competative stuff like these. The result after putting in all this effort is well worth it
The only reason I hate EV/IV training is because even after this video. I'm STILL confused on what these actually do. What they are. I understand that they help Pokemon stats but I still don't understand it fully
Somebody help me plz :'(
EVs are like muscles. The more you use em the stronger you get. Beating certain mons will train certain "muscles". IVs are genetics, like eye or skin colour. Some people are born to run faster than others (eg usain bolt), and, to the same amount of training, will have different level of skills (if from birth you and usain bolt train together he will still be faster than you anyways)
Timothy Barth in a FFA apparently one of my Pokemon was over ev trained. Could you pls help do it doesn't happen again?
TheUltimateOne775 basically ev training is just rearranging your pokemon stats the way you want it. let's say you have a tyranitar with 80 def stat and 90 speed stat well that's good right? wrong, tyranitar is suppose to be walls, support, he knows Curse a move that ups your defense and attacks while lowering speed so increasing speed is kinda pointless
SO what you wanna do is get all that speed stat into defense stat. so all it need is def stats, so you go find a nature that boost def stat and lowers speed stat for example, sassy nature. use an everstone to get your desired nature, cuz it passes down nature from the holder.
next, you use the iron vitamins to increase def. and don't even dare touch the carbos that increase speed. after the vitamins just go max out your evs by fighting a bunch of geodude and metapod who would give you defense ev. fighting is the key in ev training.
and iv breeding? it's kinda hard to do it before gen 6, basically you go and look for a larvitar that has 31 defense iv stats. (1 iv stats = 1 normal stats) just drop two larvitars off the daycare and run around til you get the perfect pokemon. also you need to replace the pokemon with bad ivs with "better" ivs in the daycare cuz the pokemon will inherit 3 random iv stats from the parents
TheUltimateOne775 you are not alone and honestly I just ignore EVs and IVs in general and just pick a few moves look at the nature if nature matches up with what I want then I train it, if they don't then just super train them now (before I just played the game with what I got) honestly what I'm more concerned about is why everyone must make something fun into a competition
Phantom Evans the competition IS the fun.
Guys, IVS are NOT that terrible anymore. In gen 6, an item called the "destiny knot" was upgraded. It allows you to carry over 5 random IVS from both the parents. Now, it takes about 2 hours to make one your first time, due to ALL pokemon in the friends safari having at least 2 perfect IVS. After that, you use those pokemon as parents. Or you could just cheat a perfect IV ditto and get em all in like 15 minutes.
But crap, that Chansey with perfect IVS and Aromatherapy was a pain.
Also, in ORAS, you can chain pokemon for up to 3 guaranteed perfect IVs with DexNav.
@gophlo9134Technically Yes, however this is much harder since the destiny knot was buffed in the next generation so it’s not as viable unless you can RNG Manip.
Surprisingly, it took up to Gen 6 for me to fully understand and easily train Perfect pokemon.
I now proudly own more than 20 perfect sweepers. Including wonder trade shinies.
By far the most explanatory notes ever. Thanks a lot about this. Nobody ever made such an amazing and detailed analysis of EVs and IVs.
How 'bout making an update video, going over how EVs and IVs are done in X & Y? I mean, it's been changed so drastically, and is SO easy to do now.
Dimitri RGS *cough destiny knot *cough better IV judge in Kiloude
Whoa. One new thing and one redundant thing. So different.
Ricky Hanselstone * cough cough * also horde battles * cough cough *
Conixcomix That's my point!
Arrrgg I wish I was nerdier, I still don't understand this. Damn you pokemon, little kids are supposed to play this! I'm 19 and I can't understand still.
ikr... im 17 Ive been playing Pokemon since i was like 8 and had no idea it was so deep n even now i don't get dis sh!t -.-
I've got this stuff down since I was 13. It literally takes less than 20 minutes to EV train in oras if you have pokerus and power items.
***** No you're not.
EV training does become more simple with a lil time and understanding, but it took me quite a while to understand IVs, you don't need them at all to just have fun with the game, and around 80% of players could care less about IVs, it takes a very VERY patient person to IV breed, and that's why I gained some respect for the Pokemon Breeder class, it takes some huge iron will to go through that Now then, I need to IV breed for my Mismagius, see you all in a year or so
***** I bet you are like 5 years old.
So nostalgic. that audio mistake at 0:23 tho lol, really shows how far he's come and how ameteur someone really is when they first start something. Love you JWittz
Im glad Pokemmo just shows your IVs and EVs straight up.
+SoulCraft27 Many, if not all fan-game Pokémon games do that, I believe. (So no ROM Hacks.)
+Nexu Innovo it doesent
I finally understood EV’s after watching the effects of EV training in real time. I.e I defeat a Golbat I see 2 speed EV increase. Before I saw that I thought it just collected data and increased a specific stat upon level up, but after I figured out it was after every battle it changed how I play train instantly
Abisheik Lafir r/whoosh
I'm never heard of any of it until now
EV and IV IMO is a waste of time it only useful for online battle i feel even so i beaten many players whom ev/iv trained there pokemon well i just trained the pokemon i like the old fashion way "kill anything and level them up"
but i also play for fun and i don't really care if i got a pokemon with the best stats
If EV's and IV's improve a pokemon's chances in online battles then they certainly aren't a waste of time. And you say you've beaten plenty of people who use EV's and IV's but: 1: How do you know they're breeding for IV's and EV training?, that would take a hell of a lot of math.
2: What Pokémon are you using? You could be using ubers against people asking for RU or UU battles for all we know.
3: Are you utilising natures, abilities and items? Which are also pretty important in winning online battles.
Mostly just using type match up and moves that will be effective like toxic well using moves like recover and i know they or well they told me they have via form,and other sites but mostly type match up i know the basic of pokemon and i know stat isn't that important if you one hit kill them.
I use mostly healing item then my mega pokemon.
I also won a battle where i had with Smeargle iron def and Amnesia (Took a long time and a few trading for him to learn both) but he also know toxic and recover.(dont think i beat a experience player here)
But I don't do many on-line battle i mostly restart my 2nd game and do solo games with different pokemon or type teams
Michael Wilson True, with online battles it is more about experience and skill, a good battler would have had a poison type, steel type or a Pokémon with heal bell to prevent Toxic stallers or a wallbreaker that knows a good fighting type move to KO Smeargle before it could set up properly(I myself would have used my Klefki or bronzong with heal block or on my more offensive team, my Special Atk Mega Lucario, no one expects a special based one for some reason), If you're winning using type matchups and that then you're going up against some pretty bad competition, most battlers build teams that cover most types while giving Pokémon a good set of moves to cover that teams weaknesses, I just started competitive battling this Gen and team coverage is always my top priority. EV's and IV's are good for some in game areas like the battle frontiers, I RNG'd and EV trained a good team that swept through the frontier in my Heart Gold version.
hey it really isn't importent i just don't feel like fully learning this iv ev thing i just want to play for fun everyone plays differently so it dose not matter i have learned a lot from this video but its just not for me.
Michael Wilson Being a casual player is fine but that wasn't what my comment was about, you were saying about how you beat IV'd and EV'd teams with normal Pokémon to re-enforce your opinion that they don't matter, but really if you were going up against a well put together EV'd and IV'd team belonging to a player of equal skill and experience you'd get destroyed by them, that's just how it works. BTW this video is only accurate up to Gen V if you didn't know already, in X and Y EV and IV mechanics have changed.
Thanks so much! Really helped me get started on 3rd gen EV training.
I never comment on peoples post but this was so helpful and easy to understand! You are awesome and i will subscribe and check out what else you have to offer!
My brain almost exploded...
You know what? I just take whatever Pokemon I have into competitive battling....don't even care, love mah Pokemon, won't abandon them even if they are weaker than they COULD be.
I am the same way. Pokémon are our partners, I don't care what their EVs or IVs are, I love my Pokemon just they way they are.
Robert Barrington i dont still get what EVs and IVs are O_O too confusing
joona060 Don't feel bad, I don't understand EVs and IVs either.
joona060 I think X and Y makes EVs a little easier to understand...
***** If Gamefreak included an EV checker directly into the games, in the "Summary" of a Pokémon, then I could understand EVs.
I love getting a shiny and then it has gargbage IVs, the wrong ability, and the wrong nature :/
Idk why but watching this like 4 years after i first watched it makes so much more sense for some reason
darkrai will consume you all in the pit of darkness hail sithis
"Whimsicott used Safeguard!"
"Darkrai used Dark Void"
"Whimsicott, Slaking and Galvantula are protected by Safeguard!"
"Darkrai used dark pulse"
Legoman Brick"Galvantula Hung on using it's Focus Sash!"
"Slaking used Return!"
"Darkria fainted!"
*sends out spliced kurem*
Legoman Brick"Whimsicott used Dazzling Gleam!"
"It's super effective!"
"Galvantula used Electro Web"
"Kyurem's speed fell!"
8:43 *shows him gen 7 bottle caps*
Dante Garcia company LMAO
*would show him Power Saves but doesn't want to be murdered by Triggered Verlisify fans*
Magnezone Bivalvin, I learned that lesson the hard way by saying that the recycling method is essentially worthless since you can faint the original caller while maintaining the chain. And how hacking is fine so long as you do not make impossible Pokemon or forget that pokeballs serve no real purpose other than cosmetic appearance.
Magnezone Bivalvin just wondering, is there any advantage gained with power saves now that the Hyper Training mechanic exists?
There are 2 actually. You can't hyper-train for 0 IVs, which is neat for Gyro Ball users. Hyper Training also won't change your Hidden Power type, so if you plan to use that move, Hyper Training won't help.
Ayy bro this video helped me a lot back in the day so i just came by to drop a like
IVs are horrible. I don't like luck factors in games, and I hate the fact that your starter Pokémon, which holds a special place in your heart, can naturally be vastly inferior to your friend's starter. The worst part is that there's nothing you can do about it.
You're really supposed to breed and specifically train for good Pokémon. It's a lot easier with Gen 6 mechanics with the destiny knot passing down 5 parent IVs (The 6th one usually doesn't matter since most Pokémon are either fully physically or specially invested in EVS and attacks anyway). With a 6IV ditto you can find from certain websites, breeding a 5 IV Pokémon with the right nature takes 30 minutes.
Boohoo
at least x and y made EVs easy to understand!
nice move Gamefreak!
I'm finally starting to dip my toes in ev training, only in the most soft core way though.
Some of the fan games have an iv/ev display in the pokemons summary screen. In the one Im playing now, they have designated ev training rooms.
I'm trying to average everyone on my team ton 50 evs at least... just to give my team that extra crunch in my single player experience.
I'm playing Pokemon Spork btw.
Am I the only one who is having fun learning on how to be OP in every game? Like the guys who cares to read the game's wiki, finish tutorials and learn every easter egg just to get an advantage over other gamers? xDDDD Anyways I find it fun :) especially after achieving my goal haha
+Josh Patrick It is fun :)
Understanding the game and getting into breeding doesn't just give you an advantage over regular players. In Battles against other competitive Players you can actually have some extremely intense battles that aren't decided by the Pokemon alone but also by the players skill.
Of course, just wrecking your average online noob with his full legendaries Team is entertaining too :D
Cinematic Productions I know, however these small details stack up and before you know it, you have an army of OP pokemon however I don't like IV's that much
^_^
I mean min-maxing exists in a lot of games. it doesn't ruin the fun of a game but adds another level of depth. The only issue about this game design is that it usually turns off casual players....
Thanks for the help dude!!! I been thinking it was more complicated but the way u described it seem so simple.
0:22 "In the world of- HOPEFULLY NOW YOU'LL-"
Well done.
in my platinum copy, i train my pokes on iron island when i get there, so all of them have really high defense EVs and decent speed EVs.
Me in 2012: "Psht, I'll never use this! It's too complex!"
Yet in 2018, just over 5 years later, IV breeding and EV training are my lifeblood once I've done everything else in the game.
Dude I this vid is old as that deal and was just what I was looking for THANKS SO MUCH. I played the red version when it came out I never understood ivs and evs.
IVs suck. I ain't got time for that, lol. As for EV training, it's OK I guess. It does pay off nicely but it's still tedious even when using the Super Training method introduced in X and Y.
Look up hoarde EV training it's X10 less tedious and you can do 2 pokemon at once. As for IV breeding that's got WAY easier in X and Y, this video isn't really accurate about IV breeding anymore.
Yup, jess is right, in past gens I suppose almost everyone was confused but with x and y its easier in every way :3
CC The Swag Gamer Can you send me a link to a video to tell me more about IV's on pikamon Y?
Payam Said Just look up "IV Breeding in X and Y" There are tons on youtube
Payam Said go to thejustinfkynn's youtube channel hes really into competitive battling
"In the world of HOPEFULLY NOW there are two distinct routes of playing."
xD
Thank you so much for this video. I am doing a let's play of Pokémon Emerald and just gotten the macho brace and it got me so confused. I didn't know about EVs and IVs when I played this game years back. It is a good knowledge to know about while playing Pokémon.
Props on the hypothetical training session. Made it really understandable.
I've got loads of Evee's
Kawaiigirl29 the Pokemon or the stats?
A bunch of eevees hatch from their eggs all at once. Oh is this how you breed for eevees? XD jking, I know how these work.
Started breeding and EV training for the first time when I got Alpha Sapphire a week back. It seems like it's much easier with the horde encounters and the battle miason. (I didn't play X/Y but I heard they implemented it there too, so there's that.)
thank you, i been little confused about IV's, so this really helps. thanks!
it is very helpful for online competitive battles, thanks mate
SOO much easier in sun and moon
NinjaParadise how is it easier?
Well Hordes made it really easy in X+Y, but chainning wild pokemon calls is insanely easy.
If you chain more than 33 pokemon you are guaranteed to have 4 perfect IVs
Jim de regt Yeah in amazon
As soon as I get my team together I'm going to breed each one until I get perfect IVs, Nature and Ability for each. Then, EV train them to maximize their potential. My God team is going to be sweet.
Brighton Morris Really? I wasn't aware you could only have 5. Ah well, I'll just perfect everything aside from Sp. Defense or something. Yeah, I know better than to use any legendary pokemon in a team.
Brighton Morris You are talking completely out of your ass. All 6 stats can have IVs of 31 and that's perfectly fine.
Love me some throwback Jwittz
Wooooow, how an amazinly well explained video. I understood everything and english is not even my main language. If the rest of your videos are as interesting and well explained you'll have a new sub. REALLY nice job.
when i was younger i thought EV stander for eevee and IV stander for ivysaur XD
Lucario gaming lol, of course, what else could it be. you gotta train your eevee and ivysaur cuz competitive battlegrounds are all filled with those, am i right? ;)
Nhat Lam NGUYEN XD yeah
Lucario gaming When someone mentioned EV, I was thinking: Good Eevees? Ok...?
Me: learns water types tend to have a low special defense
Also me: so you’re saying that if my magikarp battles meditites and slowpokes, he will become invincible?
And vaporeon for some reason
I have watched this video 3 times and not figured out anything. It's also 3 am and haven't slept for 2 days. However, all I know is that my Giratina has 461 hp
Started Iv breeding a month or two ago and now know a bit about ev so thank you for the explanation
I originally thought nothing of IVs and EVs. This is because learning how to IV breed was so complex since all videos on the subject kept talking about methods in specific games, as well as how drawn out and overcomplicated most videos made them. That all changed thanks to a fan game called Pokemon Clover. This game simplified IV breeding while still keeping its core aspects unchanged, as well as having what was essentially 6 IV dittos being really easy to obtain. This gave me confidence in my IV breeding skills that I started IV breeding in other fan games like Pokemon Insurgence. Unlike Clover IV breeding in that game was unchanged, but I was able to learn more and eventually gained perfect IV pokemon with the help of an IV stone buffed Delta Ditto. Now I understand IV breeding perfectly. I know how the items work, how to control which abilities get passed on, and even how to pass down specific IVs. Now I'm IV breeding in Pokemon Uranium. It's time consuming, but now that I understand it, it's also a lot more fun.
And then God went to gamefreak and told them, "let them have 'super training'."
and so they did, and the fandom rejoiced.
lol
thanks for the explanation. Helped me figure out what evs were.
Thanks for the help! I wanted to start EV training to make the strongest team possible for when Gen 4 gets it's remake, and this helps a lot!.
Well, 4th gen remakes are soon to be released now.
4:05 "You can only get a max of 510 total EV points"
Me: *Looks at Swampert 535 total EV *
Me: Ok...
I wondered for ages what the ribbon was for!
thank you so much JWittz
I never really thought about it, but I guess iv's and ev's aren't explained in the older games. I kinda like it though. Its amazing when you surprise an opponent by either surviving a hit or getting a knock-out when they aren't expecting those kind of stats. Especially when you have a perfect iv and ev trained Pokemon that's normally not very strong. I love using shiny sandslash and getting surprise knockouts with a banded earthquake just when they think they are safe.
I mean, i like the fact that there are more to it. But this is just insane, one's gotta have to much time in their hands to care about the finest details of their Pokémon... I just like to play for the story and make a good team based on surface concepts.
It’s a lot easier in the current generation, like absurdly easier.
ive been accidentally playing like this since 2004...the fact that its almost niche to be this way with these games now, ruins the whole experience! I just started emerald right before the holiday and im currently training my milotic in fiery path & just caught my bagon prior...these kids could never! smh
Blissey: You calling Me Fat? -_-
Nowadays Chanseys even fatter/bulkier. XD
F A T N E S S I N T E N S I F I E S
thanks for a good explanation on ev iv training
But anyway, you explained it very well. I at least have a general understanding of what it is and what to do. Thank you for your time and video. It helped me out a lot =)
10:34 I think my brain just died
Do an updated one of these please!
Very useful man
Thanks for the video
Thank you for the explanation! Did not even notice that some pokemons were innately better!
New Pokemon player: can you explain IVs and EVs
Pro: it's complicated
i love ev training and iv breeding. its pretty rewarding to legitimately breed your own super pokemon and see them destroy the competition, even more so when i faceroll the random battle requests i get online and see the real difference between bred pokemon and the normal ones.
Awesome. vid bro really healped A LOT!!😱😁
How in the ever loving Distortion World am I not subscribed to you? I’ve known you for years!