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neokills:
ok i was just reading some post and i see that there will not be any EV's but there will be IV's and I only ever played red, blue, yellow, and gold so i was reading a little bit about ti but i couldnt find alot of information on it.

So I was hoping that someone could explain it a little better to me, you dont hvae to worry about EV's since they wont be in the game but could you explain what IV's are? How to do/use them?

Thanx everyone

Viper:
IVs are like these hidden stat bonuses that rely directly on a pokemons nature and characteristic.

Every pokemon has their own randomly picked nature and characteristic

For example, a pokemon with a Brave nature will be given a boost in Attack, and a pokemon with a characteristic "Proud of its power" will also recieve an attack bonus. So if one pokemon had both, they would be given a big bonus to attack.

Two sites that show the different natures and characteristics

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Natures

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Characteristic

A pokemons nature and characteristic are chosen at random, so if you want to get a pokemon thats specced out for just attack it would take multiple tries. The bonus amount that each nature or characteristic is a random number between 0-31.

The only way to "use" them is to keep catching pokemon till you get the desired nature and characteristic

Hope this helped

neokills:
this is great info, thank you very much

Viper:
NP  ;D

Raikt:
To sum it up nicely; IV's are what make every Pokemon unique. They are what contributes to the varying differences in attack between two Pokemon. You can have an IV of 0-31. For wild Pokemon you caught, these are random at the start of the fight. For Pokemon you breed, you have control over them through indirect methods.

EV's aren't going to be in PU. But, a simple explanation is, you receive 1 or more EV's every time you defeat an enemy Pokemon. You can have up to 510 EV's on any given Pokemon. You can split these around all you want, but you can only have 252 in one stat. Every 4 EV's, at level 100, equals 1 stat point, but you cannot get anymore EV's once you are level 100. (Well, you could, but they only apply when you level up.)

EX: Your level 98 Lucario just beat up a Hoothoot. He would get 1 HP EV. (iirc) After he beats 4 Hoothoots, he would have 4 EV's in his HP stat and would get an extra Hit Point.

Hope that clears up any confusion.

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