VGC Pokemon Black/White Thread

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Galaki said:

How does IV and EV compare?

Let's say you catch one with good nature, ie. Adamant, but it end up having crappy IV. Aren't those kind of nullify the bonus?

Crappy IV's means that you'll get lower values in any particular stat with low IV's. Augmenting the EV's in that stat, will somewhat counterbalance that, since for every 4 EV's, you'll have an extra point in that stat (compared to the base value you would have at level 100). So, with a maximum of 252 EV's, you'll potentially have 63 extra points in any particular stat.

Also, the way that IV's affect any stat value depends on the Base stat value as well. A low Base value won't suffer much from low or high IV's, given that it's natural increment would be low as well. For example, a Geodude with 0 IV's, 0 EV's and a hindering nature on Speed, at level 100 would have 40 speed. With 31 IV's, 0 EV's and a hindering nature would have 53 Speed. With 31 IV's, 0 EV's and a beneficial nature would have 89 Speed and with 31 IV's, 252 EV's and a beneficial nature would have 152 Speed.