I don't like IV at all in Pokemon games!

[Khuutra]

Mr Khan said:

Khuutra said:

IVs are pretty old. You played Red, Blue, or Yellow, right?

Yeah, but i definitely didn't play those games legitimately. Help from my friends with Game Sharks, and handy abuse of the Missingno. glitch. Same with Silver, but i used a Pelican Brain Boy to hack the hell out of things

Pearl is really the first pokemon i've played legitimately straight through.

@ Words of Wisdom

So how exactly can i determine EV's and IV's? It seems like i would need to know at least one of those to solve the equation for the other (yay algebra).

Okay, think of them as being like genetic potential. Each stat has a number, 0-15, that determines how high a stat can be at its maximum with the largest amount of EV invested.