Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver EV Guide
The hidden secಌrets of Pokemon Heart Gold♈/Soul Silver.
Written by Raymond Padilla
Many people are under the impression that Pokemon is nothing mor🎶e than a
series of role-playing games g♒eared toward youngsters. This 🎃is partially
true. The Pokemon game🔴s are superbly-crafted titles thatꦬ appeal to
children of all ages. They're fun games that a🌼re easy for players of all
skill levels to en♎joy. Underneath it all is an amazingly complex system
thatℱ most players don't even know about. It's called EV training.
EV training can make an enormous difference in how strong your 𓆉Pokemon
becomes. If you take two Pokeꦫmon of the same species with𓄧 the same
nature and same attacks, they can be drastically different depe♏nding
on how ﷽they💃're EV trained. A properly EV trained Pokemon will trounce
one that's poorly trained or not tဣrained at all (e.g. leveled up throu🦂gh
Rare Candies). To become the best tr🎀ainer you can be and to make your
Pokemon as 🔜strong as possible, EV training is essential. This week's
Pokemusings will give y෴ou the basicꦐs on this wonderfully intricate
aspect of Pokemon.
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What are EVs?
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EV stands for effort valu⛄es. These are points ꦅ(that you'll never see
accounted for in the game) that🐼 determine how your Pokemon's statistics&nbs🌳p;
will grow as you level it up. Four EV poin🍎ts equal one stat point at
level 100. For example, if you've earned♉ 16 EV points in Speed then yo♑ur
Pokemon will have four more Speed points in addition to its base when i💫t
hits level 100.
Eac🦋h Pokemon can earn 510 EV points in total. Each individual stat
(Defense, Special Attack, Speed, etc.) 😼can have up to 255 EV points
allocated to it. Though in practical terms, you shoulꦬd go for 252 EV
poin🥀ts if you want to max out a stat, since 255 is not♔ divisible by four.
This means that you can earꦬn up to 63 additional points in a single stat💮
through careful training.
You absorb all tha🧸t complex math yet? Good! Next we'll tell you how
to snag EV points for your favorite Pokemon.
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How are EV points earned?
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Every time your Pokemon earns experience p💧oints from battling, it earns
EV🎉 points as well. Every opposing Pokemon has a certain number of EV
poi𒆙nts assigned to it. For example, defeating a Starly will net you a
Speed EV poin♈t, while beating a Geodude will e💦arn you an EV point in
Defense. More powerful Pokemon will give you even more points and💜
sometimes a combination of points! Taking🍌 down a powerful Togekiss&nb♌sp;
(yes, we still love this Pokemon) will earn y𓆉ou two EV points in
Special Attack and one ꧋EV point in Special Defense.
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How can I use EV training to my advantage?
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A-ha! This ꦏis where the whole crazy system gets even more interesting
and complicated. Simply maxing out stats t🍨hrough EV training is ༒not
enou𒅌gh. You need to consider your Pokemon's base stats and attacks for
it to really matterও. Here are two diffeꦆrent Pokemon that present two
very different types of EV training situations.
First, let's take our Weavile f🌺rom last week's issue. Weavile is all
about S🍌peed and Attack. Therefore you'll want to max out those stats
🦋☂to take full advantage of it. Its other stats are pretty poor, so it
d🍸oesn't make sense to EV train for Weavile's Special Attack and Defense,
just to change them from poor to🌜 mediocre. To make Weavile the best it
can be, you'll want to pick on lots of Gyarados (two Aꦗttack EVs) and
Pikachus (two Speed EVs).
A Pokemon like Charizard 🃏is a little tougher to EV train since its
stats are more balanced. Its base stats for Special Attack a𒅌nd Attack
are onl▨y 23 points apart. For situations like these, youꦯ'll want to
think about the kinds of moves you want to💝 give your Pokemon and use 🍰;
EV training to maximize their effectiveness. For a Charizard that u☂ses
moves based on Attack (Dragon Claw, Fire Fang, Earthqua🧸ke, etc.), you
should have it trounce some Weepinbells (two At♈tack EVs). A Charizard
with moves based on Special Attack (Flamethrower, Hyper Beam☂, etc.)
should conquer♐ some Magnetons for two🍌 Special Attack EVs.
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Prime EV Training Locations
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While it might be tough to grඣasp 🌌initially, EV training is well worth
the effort. You'll be making your pokemon the bꦯest that they can be if
you're🧜 mindful about the types of pokemon they defeat. Now that you know
the basics of EV training it's important to kn☂ow what areas are t💎he most
useful for your goals. Finding an area with pred♔ictabl✱e wild Pokemon is
essential for EV training as it allows you to focus 𓂃on a൲ single stat and
maximize it.
* Hit Points- Slowpoke Well. This is extermely usef🔯ul since when you swim
here yo𒈔u will on💞ly encounter Slowpoke, allowing you to focus on HP EVS.
* Attack- Surf Near Cerulean city. There are plenty o♏f Goldeen and Seaking
here.
* Defense- Victory road. Focus on the Rhyhorn, Onix, Graveler and Ge🦹odudes
here for maximum Defense Evs.
* Special Attack- 🌳Route 35, if you Surf, the only thing you will encounter
is Psyduck🦄 and Goཧlduck. They all give Special attack EV.
* Special Defense- Use Surf on Route 40. Tentacool and Tentꦏacruel are the
only thing you will encounter.
* Speed- Powerplant/route 10- 💫All the pokemon in Route 10 grass give speed
EV. Another is route 30 since you can find Pidge⛄ys and Weedle Everywhere.&n🍨bsp;
Ilex forest i🔯s also good foಌr Weedle. The second option is for if you are
low in level but the best place is route 10.
Now you know about ಌfour excellent locations for optimum EV training! Now go 𒉰;
out and help your pokem⭕on reach their full potential. Not only will they be
stronger forces in HeartGold/SoulSilver, a properly EV trained pokemon will 🌺;
꧅give you an edge when you play against other trainers over wi-fi.</p>
Need help facing the Gym bosses of HeartGold and SoulSilver? Take a look at our Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver boss battle guide.
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