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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

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