EV Training

Overview

EV stands for Effort Value. It's a hidden value that every Pokemon has, that directly affects their stats.

Some of the facts:

A Pokemon may have up to 510 EVs, or 252 in a single stat.
Each EV is assigned to a single stat.
Four EVs in a stat will increase the stat by 1*.

* At level 100. At lower levels, a Pokemon will require more EVs to gain stats.

When you catch a Pokemon, their total EVs will be 0. To gain EVs, that Pokemon must defeat wild Pokemon in battle. Which Pokemon you defeat will dictate which stat the EVs contribute towards.

For example, defeating Paras rewards 1 Attack EV. If your Pokemon defeats 100 Paras, they will gain 100 Attack EVs. Those 100 Attack EVs would result in 25 (100/4) extra Attack stat points (at level 100).

Certain items can be useful for EV training:

Effort Brace - Holder will not gain exp

Macho Brace - Holder gains double the EVs, but halves speed

Gold Effort Brace - Both of the above effects

EV Reset - Resets a Pokemons EVs to 0

Vitamins

Vitamins can increase a Pokemons EVs:

HP Up - Gain 10 HP EVs

Protein - Gain 10 Attack EVs

Iron - Gain 10 Defense EVs

Calcium - Gain 10 Special Attack EVs

Zinc - Gain 10 Special Defense EVs

Carbos - Gain 10 Speed EVs

Training Spots

EV Training

Overview

Vitamins

Training Spots

HP

Attack

Defense

Special Attack

Special Defense

Speed

Attack + Speed

Special Attack + Speed

HP + Defense

HP + Special Defense