Don't understand EV's and IV's

[TheShiningGyarados]

The title is self explanitory. I don't know how these two work and how to do it.

[M]

I'm currently too tired to teach anyone about EVs and IVs so you can either wait till tomorrow for me to explain them or if someone else is willing to explain it to you, that'll be fine.

[NinjaDeathStrike]

IVs copied directly from Smogon:

Individual Values (IVs)

Two untrained Pokémon of the same species with the same level and nature may still have slightly different stats. The reason behind this is that the two Pokémon have different IVs. IVs are "invisible" numbers that range from 0 to 31 and tell you the quality of a Pokémon's stats. 0 means that particular Pokémon's stat is the lowest it can be. 31 means that stat is at its best and is considered a perfect IV.

Unlike EVs, IVs cannot be changed and are permanent when you obtain the Pokémon. There is no guaranteed way of obtaining the exact IVs you want. The best way to get a Pokémon with good IVs is by breeding. More information on IV breeding can be found in the Breeding Guide.

EVs

Evs are effort values. You get a certain amount of EVs everytime your pokemon defeats another pokemon in-game (not in online battling). If you get 4 EVs in a particular stat, your pokemon will be one point higher in that stat by the time it reaches level 100. So, for example, if you kill four pokemon that give you a speed EV, you'll get one extra point to speed the next time you level up. The maximum amount of EVs you can have is 510 and you can only get 255 in one stat.

So let's say you want to make your charmander faster. The way to do it is to train it by battling things that give you speed EVs. If you defeat enough to get 252 (the extra three points are worthless), then your charizard will get 63 extra points to it's speed! This is why EV trained pokemon are so great. They can give you a huge advantage over non-trained pokemon.

[darkfire006]

yeah........this is why i hate them...............heres how it should be..............
1)no evs...........at all......
2)the drinks...........you can use 10 drinks....each gives you 2 stat points........instantly.......
3)nature...you can see this right away....
4)the thing other than nature(cant remember whats it called............)
5)ivs.......to creat so diference......

[NinjaDeathStrike]

Personally, I'd just get rid of IVs. They are by far the most annoying part. EVs aren't so bad, plus you have control over them.

[TheShiningGyarados]

Well, now I'm only focused on the EV's. I just don't know how to EV train.

[NinjaDeathStrike]

There are tons of list online that tell you how many EVs each pokemon is worth when you beat it. Just google it and you should be able to find some info.

[TheShiningGyarados]

Can you just do it for me?

[M]

It's really not that hard to EV train your own Pokemon. That way, you can control what you want more freely.

This is the guide I use when I EV train my party. Granted, you need to be using Platinum but I personally believe Platinum to be the best with EV training all because of the Day-Care.
www.gamefaqs.com/ds/946308-pokemon-platinum-version/faqs/56146

[TheShiningGyarados]

I'll have to check it later cause I have to go.