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MANUELF on 09 March 2010
Games4Fun said:
Mr. Fister said:
MANUELF said:
You should put the stats the pokemon are on level 100(for biggest accuracy) and without EVs(again, for the biggest accuracy) but you can also EV train them and still be able to calculate the IVs

PD: I have a garchomp with 31 IV on Speed and attack and tha nature is jolly =)

I like the Pokemon games, and I don't even know what any of this means.

You are not alone ...

You both are soooo casual



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woopah on 09 March 2010

at first i thought you mean 4 as in the Elite 4

what the hell are IVs?



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Words Of Wisdom on 09 March 2010
Mr Khan said:

I myself would like to have the whole concept of IV's explained to me, how they differ from EV's, all that. I've never been a fan of breeding at all

 

Nature can piss off, i say. Damn crapshoot of determining whether you have optimum pokemon or not.


IV, EV, and Nature can take a long walk off a short pier.  I don't want to breed pokemon, I want to battle them.



MANUELF on 09 March 2010
woopah said:
at first i thought you mean 4 as in the Elite 4

what the hell are IVs?

IV's or Indiviual Values are like the gens of every pokemon and is determined randomly and from its parents 



Mr Khan on 09 March 2010
Khuutra said:
Mr Khan said:

I myself would like to have the whole concept of IV's explained to me, how they differ from EV's, all that. I've never been a fan of breeding at all

 

Nature can piss off, i say. Damn crapshoot of determining whether you have optimum pokemon or not.

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).



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Khuutra on 09 March 2010
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.



Mr Khan on 09 March 2010
Khuutra said:
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.

So i presume the I stands for "Initial" and the e stands for "Experience?" And that E is determined by how much exp you put into the level-up process? Or does E stand for "Earned?"



Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.

dtewi on 09 March 2010
Words Of Wisdom said:
Mr Khan said:

I myself would like to have the whole concept of IV's explained to me, how they differ from EV's, all that. I've never been a fan of breeding at all

 

Nature can piss off, i say. Damn crapshoot of determining whether you have optimum pokemon or not.


IV, EV, and Nature can take a long walk off a short pier.  I don't want to breed pokemon, I want to battle them.

Those are some of the most complex formulas for an RPG I've seen. Who would have ever had the time to figure that out?



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Sugu yoko de waratteita

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I like Bacon on 09 March 2010

I don't care about IV's, or EV's, and I rarely care about natures, and sometimes, I do need the right ability for a certain pokemon.



In game stuff FTW! Competitive battling FTL! :D XD



Khuutra on 09 March 2010
Mr Khan said:
Khuutra said:

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.

So i presume the I stands for "Initial" and the e stands for "Experience?" And that E is determined by how much exp you put into the level-up process? Or does E stand for "Earned?"

I'm not really sure. But EVs raise your stats by a certain amount, up to the roof determined by IVs.