Hello, fellow escapists! It's been a long time since my last post here, but I hope you can help me.
I will cut to the chase: I've started playing Pokemon Diamond on my DS again and I'd like to at least try to give some great stats to my nice and dear Pokemon.
Quick Disclaimer: I don't consider myself as a hardcore trainer. I like to know more about the mechanics, I spend some time reading about the details of pokemon, I've memorized the type chart, I have the Natures chart saved on my desktop, and I like to plan what moves I want my pokemon to have and how to breed them accordingly.
However, I really don't go out of my way to have the "perfect" pokemon. Right now, I've begun catching 2, 3 or sometimes 4 of the same pokemon, to have some variety (especially in moves). If one of them has the right Nature, good. If not, tough luck. I won't spend more than three hours looking for and capturing an Adamant Magikarp, or God forbid, a Modest Abra with the Synchronize Ability (I shudder just imagining how long that would take). The same goes for some moves that need like, two or three levels of breeding. Also, by the end of this, I won't care if my Gyarados ends up with 255 EVs in Attack, instead of the recommended 252. If it's got max Attack, I'll be happy.
I've already looked up on serebii.net and bulbapedia and I have some idea about how EV training goes, but I still have some questions that weren't answered on those websites:
1 - I've gone through the game, battling everything that came up my way, and I really have no idea how the EVs are distributed in my oldest Pokemon. I would like to especially, max the Attack stat of my heavy hitters (Infernape, Gyarados, Dialga, Luxray, Machamp, Toxicroak, Drapion, Mamoswine, etc). I know they must beat up pokemon that give Att EVs (Staravia and Kricketune, for example, give 2 EVs each, if I'm not mistaken). I have a Macho Brace, so I assume that, if I equip on my Toxicroak, it'll get 4 EVs each battle, and if my Gyarados is holding an Exp Share, it'll also get 4 EVs in Attack. Is this correct?
2 - I saw that some berries claim to reduce the EVs in some stats. I fed Hondew berries to my Infernape to lower its Special Attack and then fed it some Proteins. I know the limit of EVs that Vitamins can give is 100. Following this train of thought, I would feed my Alakazam Kelpsy berries to lower its Attack stat and feed it 10 Calciums to make sure it has 100 EVs in Sp. Attack and then, I would battle some Roselias (+2 Sp. Attack) for good measure. Would this work?
For now, this is all. Sorry for the long post.
I will cut to the chase: I've started playing Pokemon Diamond on my DS again and I'd like to at least try to give some great stats to my nice and dear Pokemon.
Quick Disclaimer: I don't consider myself as a hardcore trainer. I like to know more about the mechanics, I spend some time reading about the details of pokemon, I've memorized the type chart, I have the Natures chart saved on my desktop, and I like to plan what moves I want my pokemon to have and how to breed them accordingly.
However, I really don't go out of my way to have the "perfect" pokemon. Right now, I've begun catching 2, 3 or sometimes 4 of the same pokemon, to have some variety (especially in moves). If one of them has the right Nature, good. If not, tough luck. I won't spend more than three hours looking for and capturing an Adamant Magikarp, or God forbid, a Modest Abra with the Synchronize Ability (I shudder just imagining how long that would take). The same goes for some moves that need like, two or three levels of breeding. Also, by the end of this, I won't care if my Gyarados ends up with 255 EVs in Attack, instead of the recommended 252. If it's got max Attack, I'll be happy.
I've already looked up on serebii.net and bulbapedia and I have some idea about how EV training goes, but I still have some questions that weren't answered on those websites:
1 - I've gone through the game, battling everything that came up my way, and I really have no idea how the EVs are distributed in my oldest Pokemon. I would like to especially, max the Attack stat of my heavy hitters (Infernape, Gyarados, Dialga, Luxray, Machamp, Toxicroak, Drapion, Mamoswine, etc). I know they must beat up pokemon that give Att EVs (Staravia and Kricketune, for example, give 2 EVs each, if I'm not mistaken). I have a Macho Brace, so I assume that, if I equip on my Toxicroak, it'll get 4 EVs each battle, and if my Gyarados is holding an Exp Share, it'll also get 4 EVs in Attack. Is this correct?
2 - I saw that some berries claim to reduce the EVs in some stats. I fed Hondew berries to my Infernape to lower its Special Attack and then fed it some Proteins. I know the limit of EVs that Vitamins can give is 100. Following this train of thought, I would feed my Alakazam Kelpsy berries to lower its Attack stat and feed it 10 Calciums to make sure it has 100 EVs in Sp. Attack and then, I would battle some Roselias (+2 Sp. Attack) for good measure. Would this work?
For now, this is all. Sorry for the long post.
