
EXP ShareĮXP Share is worth mentioning, too. If your Pokemon is holding a power item and enters a horde battle, it will receive 25 EV points in one fight. The items add four of the following EV points: They add four EV points in one area to all other EV Points, but halve the speed of the holder. You can buy these items for 16 BP in the Battle Maison at the Battle Resort, which is unlocked after finishing the Delta Episode epilogue. It's a handy way to start EV training while you'll still working through the story, but the following items are even better. It doubles the EV points obtained in battle, but halves the speed of the holder. You can get this on Route 111, after defeating the Winstrate family. Here's what they do, and where to find them. There are a few items in Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire that, when held by a Pokemon, will boost the number of EV points that your team mate gathers. But first, a few ways to make this process go even faster… We'll tell you the optimum locations to find these battles in a second. You can use honey (found in the overworld) or the move Sweet Scent (Pokemon like Surskit, Roselia, and Oddish will learn this through levelling up) while in a cave or tall grass to instantly start a horde battle. With this, you'd only have to win 51 fights to max out one stat.

The best way to do this is with hordes, where you fight five wild Pokemon in one go. You'd have to defeat 255 Seedots to get the maximum defence EV points. Knowing which Pokemon gives you a certain type of EV point is useful, but actually beating that monster over and over again - even with the DexNav - would be horribly time consuming. You could, for example, boost two of a Pokemon's stats by 63 points each.

(But as you need four EV points for one stat point, it makes more sense to only chase a maximum of 252 EV points in one stat so as not to waste three points).Īs Pokemon also increase their stats equally when they level up, EV training is useful for giving a critter a special advantage in one area. Pokemon can only gain a total of 510 EV points across all six stats, and each individual stat can only receive a max of 255 EV points. There is, of course, a limit on how much you can change your stats through EV training. You don't even need to wait for a level up to see your stats increase, and you can keep tweaking your stats at level 100. Collect four speed EV points and you'll boost your speed stat by one. While this information is pretty universal for all the Pokemon games, we're focusing on Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire here so all the critters, locations, items, and attacks will be appropriate to the latest RPG.Įffort Values (EVs) are one of the building blocks that define the power and focus of your Pokemon.Įvery time you defeat a critter, your Pokemon will get an EV point in one specific stat - either HP, attack, defence, special attack, special defence, or speed.īeat an Electrike, for example, and you'll get a EV point for speed.

But with this guide you can use these values to significantly boost a favourite Pokemon's stats. When you battle him, he will use his Mega Stickpin to Mega Evolve his Metagross.Pokemon is not as simple as you might think.īeneath that cute and cuddly exterior lies a complex meta game of statistics that can be exploited - if you know what you're doing - to create super critters.įor example, effort values subtly boost your Pokemon's stats as they defeat different opponents. Having encountered Steven Stone numerous times across the Hoenn region, it turns out that he is the champion of the Hoenn region. Drake focuses upon Dragon-type Pokémon and has a team that has a wide variety of moves. She has somewhat of a repeated team in the first match Glacia focuses upon Ice-type Pokémon and has a team that fully monopolises on the weather, Hail.
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While you wouldn't expect it from her, she focuses in Ghost-type Pokémon and, in an upgrade from the originals, uses a Dusknoir in her battles. He will use Pokémon such as Shiftry in his battles Sidney is the first member of the Elite Four and is one of the few Dark-type focused bosses in the entire history of the franchise. This league reverts to the classic method of you battling them in order, but after the completion of the Delta Episode, the Elite Four can be rematched at a higher level.

The Elite Four in Hoenn are positioned within the Pokémon League to the north of EverGrande City, only accessible after you have all eight badges. Black: Victini & ReshiramWhite: Victini & Zekrom.Pokémon Ranger & The Temple of the Sea!.Mystery Dungeon - Explorers of Time & Darkness.Mystery Dungeon: Blazing, Stormy & Light Adventure Squad.Pokémon Battle TrozeiPokémon Link: Battle.
