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Hoenn Guide To EV Training
Ruby & Sapphire were the first games to introduce Natures; Aspects of a
Pokmon that have the potential to either maximize or minimize a stat.
This has made trainers continuously try to catch the same Pokmon
until finding the right one, or soft resetting in front of one-time-only
captures.
Although Natures are a fantastic phenomenon in the Pokmon universe,
it isnt enough to truly bring out a Pokmons strength. To fully
understand the process, you need to understand EV Training.
Effort Values (EV for short, not to be confused with the Pokmon Eevee)
are points given to a Pokmon after they successfully make another
faint. These points are then used to increase a stat, and therefore fall in
the 6 categories of stats a Pokmon has.
HP
AttackDefense
Special Attack
Special Defense
Speed
Every 4 EVs obtained in a particular stat equals one more pointfor that stat, by the time that Pokemon reaches level 100. At lowlevels you may not see all the points added straight away. If your
Pokemon is at a high level you will see a lot of additional pointsgoing on to the appropriate stats at each level up.
- Pokemondb.net/ev
Different Pokmon give off different EVs. Some give 1, while others give
off multiple in one or more categories. Since they are the determining
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factor in raising a stat to its highest, EVs are very important to pay
attention to. You wouldnt want a Special Attack-heavy Alakazam
defeating too many Machamps, even if Alakazam easily wins the
matchup. Machamp gives 3 Attack EVs, increasing a stat any Alakazam
trainer knows they dont care about. Why caution? Because you can
only get 255 EVs in one stat, and a total of 510 EVs in all. This
means you can choose to maximize 2 of a Pokmons stats, which is
better than spreading the EVs to balance all of them. Keep in mind
you can only choose to raise 1 stat with Natures, so only one stat will
actually go as high as possible!
The purpose of this guide is to go through the Hoenn region and talk
about the Trainers and Pokmon youll face. As a good trainer, you
should have both Type Advantage & EVs in mind when fighting. So
having everything you need to know about your encounters and how to
shape your Pokmon will be very helpful by the time you want to
challenge the Battle Frontier. Lets Begin!
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Route 101 Poochyena, Zigzagoon, Wurmple,
Route 103 Poochyena, Zigzagoon, Wingull
Something I like to do at the beginning of the game is evolve my Starter
before even fighting Brendon/May. This makes the beginning of the
game simple for raising other Pokmon, and very good practice for EV
training. It takes about an hour, but racks up around 20 stats in
whichever you choose.
Poochyena 1 ATTACK
Zigzagoon 1 SPEED
Wurmple - 1 HP
Wingull 1 SPEED
Very Straightforward. If you chose Torchic, Youll want to keep beating
Poochyenas. Mudkip will want the same, but Wurmple is also good if you
want a lot of HP. Treecko should only beat Zigzagoons and the
occasional Wingull.
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Route 102 Wurmple, Seedot, Lotad, Ralts,
Poochyena, Zigzagoon, Surskit
Poochyena 1 ATTACK
Zigzagoon 1 SPEED
Wurmple - 1 HP
Seedot 1 DEFENSE
Lotad 1 SPECIAL DEFENSE
Ralts 1 SPECIAL ATTACK (Rare)
Surskit 1 SPEED (Rare)
Youngster 1 Zigzagoon [Poochyena] (Speed) [Attack]
Bug Catcher Wurmples (HP)
Youngster 2 Zigzagoon [Poochyena] & Taillow (Speed) [Attack]
Lass Zigzagoon [Shroomish] (Speed) [HP]
If you havent, catch a Zigzagoon for its Pickup Ability. It saves you
money through the game, and since its not a real fighter it can be used
to beat Pokmon with unwanted EVs.
Seedot, Lotad and Ralts are all welcome additions to your party
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Route 104 (South) Taillow, Marill, Zigzagoon, Wingull,
Wurmple
Poochyena 1 ATTACKZigzagoon 1 SPEED
Wingull 1 SPEED
Taillow 1 SPEED
Marill 2 HP
Wurmple - 1 HP
Youngster Zigzagoon & Seedot (Speed & Defense)
Rich Kid Zigzagoon (Speed)
Marill is the first 2-EV giver in the game, but is really only helpful to
Mudkip. By now the concept of gaining EVs should be simple. Taillow
isnt all that strong, but very quick.
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Petalburg Woods Wurmple, Cascoon, Silcoon,
Slakoth, Shroomish, Taillow, Zigzagoon
Wurmple 1 HP
Cascoon & Silcoon 2 DEFENSE
Slakoth 1 HP
Shroomish 1 HP
Taillow 1 SPEED
Zigzagoon 1 SPEED
Bug Catcher 1 Wurmples (HP)
Team Aqua Grunt Poochyena (Attack)
Bug Catcher 2 Nincada (Defense)
Make sure that if youre not catching anything to EV train here,
Zigzagoon is strong enough to hold its own. Shroomishs HP restoration
attacks are beneficial, and it evolves into the fighting type Breloom.
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Pokmon are the same as Route 104 South.
Rich Kid Zigzagoon (Speed)
Lass Shroomish & Seedot/Lotad (HP & Defense/Special Defense)
Twins Seedot & Lotad (Defense & Special Defense)
Fisherman Magikarp (Speed)
At this point, you may want to catch either a 2nd Fighter or another
Zigzagoon to deal with the Twins & Lasss Seedot/Lotad. None of the
starters are a good idea.
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Route 116 Nincada, Whismur, Taillow, Abra