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Pokémon Black/White EV guide.

Pikamaster is correct. I did just that earlier this week. I forgot to remove one of the Power Items when I was done with it. Luckily, I had had only 2 battels at that point... Although you generally want to do 252 or 255 EVs in one stat and then do 4 in another stat. It's what seems to work best. Like my Hydreigon: 255 SAtt and Speed, 4 HP. It has almost beaten Cynthia's team a couple of times, which is a testament to how good it is. :) It's one of my favorite pokemon now. ^_^
 
How do you mess up EV's?(noob question)
You mess up your EVs by accidentally gaining some in a stat that you don't want them in.
E.g. I'm EV training a Hydregino to have 4 in HP, 252 in Sp.Atk and 252 in Speed, but by accident I KO something else like a Patrat that gives me Attack EVs. Those EVs gained from Patrat are part of the 510 max EV count, thus lowering EVs that I could/should have had in a different beneficial stat.
Or maybe you just get too many in a stat. Say your EVing a mixed wall or something and you want 128/128 in Def/Sp.Def, you might accidentally KO an extra Pokémon, giving you more Defense that you wanted.

As long as you focus and count and calculate how many EVs you have correctly, there's nothing to worry about.
 
Pikamaster is correct. I did just that earlier this week. I forgot to remove one of the Power Items when I was done with it. Luckily, I had had only 2 battels at that point... Although you generally want to do 252 or 255 EVs in one stat and then do 4 in another stat. It's what seems to work best. Like my Hydreigon: 255 SAtt and Speed, 4 HP. It has almost beaten Cynthia's team a couple of times, which is a testament to how good it is. :) It's one of my favorite pokemon now. ^_^

You can't have a 255/255/4 spread. EVs are capped at 510.

252 is the maximum usable in any stat, anything more than that's a waste, since it's not divisible by four. Think of them like Heart Pieces in a Zelda game. If Link's got 3 Heart Pieces, it doesn't increase his health. He's got to get the fourth piece before his stat goes up.

Also, the EV reducing berries are now available in two ways. The Dream World has them (Sky, I think), and Black 2/White 2 have a lady that will sell you some.
 
Okay...so, please forgive me if this is a super easy question.

I really appreciate the guide on EV's.

However, where do I begin? I played in this last weekend's world tournament....and....let's just say I had NO idea that this was so involved! I thought having guys that reach the magic 50 lvl would be great. uhhhh...nope.

Is the idea that I breed a pokemon that I want to have a certain ability, then after it has hatched I work on EV's?

Is the only way to see the EV's is to post a battle video and someone else reads it or something?

How do I know what the heck I'm doing?!?!
 
^ Breeding is the best bet to get the nature and IV's and ability you are wanting.

As far as the steps to take to EV train, here is the process:

Breed for the Pokemon your wanting with the nature/ability/and IV's (individual values, 31 being the max possible IV in a stat)

Your IV's should be something like this after breeding, I will use Tyranatar as an example:

Nature: Adamant
Ability: Sandstream
IV's: 31/31/31/25/0/31 (this is an example, but only to show emphesis onto the stats you are wanting to max out)

After you hatch the T-tar, you can do many of the following methods of giving the desired stat the increase your wanting to max out:

Use ten vitamins, and then battle the wild Pokemon that gives the effort points towards the attack stat.
Use vitamins and feathers combined, until you have used all 252 points towards the attack stat.
In BW2- you can also use the shop in Join Avenue to give effort points to a Pokemon by the amount sold based on the shops level.

You have so many more combinations to make full use of applying all 252 effort points into the stat your wanting to max out.

Battling wild Pokemon, feathers, vitamins, Join Avenue shop, you can do all of this even if the Pokemon is level 1, just hatched.

This guide needs to be updated to include the Join Avenue aspect of giving your Pokemon the EV points.

The best way to keep track of the EV's you have used, is by way of pencil and paper. This way you know how many EV's you have used up, and what you can do to use more to reach the amount of a stat increase your wanting to have.

IMO- using vitamins, feathers, and the Join Avenue methods at level 1 is the best, since you are able to get all of the EV's out of the way without having to be carefull what wild Pokemon your encounter.
Although you will not see right away that the EV's were applied right away at level 1- you will have already known how many EV's you have used and the possibility to make any mistakes is also out of the way.

One of the best ways to accumulate a bunch of feathers is to ride your bike in a circle at the end of a bridge, where you can get anywhere between 30-45 wings in about a minute (well, the most I have gotten is 45 in a minute, only because I ride the bike in a circle and stay right at the end of the bridge) while hatching your eggs from the day care.
 
HUGE thanks for this!!!

So step #1: Catch a male and a female pokemon that I want to breed.

#2: Take them to the daycare.

#3: Eventually they will produce an egg.

#4: If it does not have the ability I want, I start over. If it does, then I take it with me and walk around till it hatches.

Is this correct?

thanks again!!!!!

ken
 
^Correct. You will need to “chain breed” - meaning keep the parents in the day care and keep collecting/hatching the eggs until you have the desired outcome your wanting. Toss a Pokemon with the abilty Flame Body to speed up the egg hatching process, or even go into Join Avenue and further speed things up. Sometimes it can take a good number of eggs to get exactly what your wanting, especially in the IV department.

Other then that- you're good to go on EV training/ vitamins, feathers, ect...........
 
Pokémon Black/White EV guide

Just wondering what the difference is between the front black and rear white pistons in the kit?
 
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