Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - EV Training Hotspot Guide
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl EV Training Hotspot Guide Written by Jorge Vergara (Alexcalibur3000) Table of Contents: Preguide................................................................Forward Preguide..........................................................What are EVs? Section 1..........................................................Wild Pokemon Section 1.1..................................................................HP Section 1.2..............................................................Attack Section 1.3.............................................................Defense Section 1.4......................................................Special Attack Section 1.5.....................................................Special Defense Section 1.6...............................................................Speed Section 2............................................................Vs. Seeker Section 2.1..................................................................HP Section 2.2..............................................................Attack Section 2.3.............................................................Defense Section 2.4......................................................Special Attack Section 2.5.....................................................Special Defense Section 2.6...............................................................Speed Closing Junk.......................................................Contact Info Closing Junk........................................................Legal Stuff Closing Junk............................................................Credits If you want to jump quickly to a certain part of the guide, you should be able to copy the whole line and search for it. Ex. Highlight it. Press CTRL+C, CTRL+F, then CTRL+V Section 2............................................................Vs. Seeker If that fails for some reason, you can type in the section name. Ex. Highlight it. Press CTRL+C, CTRL+F, then CTRL+V Section 2.6 Or if it is a section with more than one thing in it, such as the preguide, type the specific part. Ex. Highlight it. Press CTRL+C, CTRL+F, then CTRL+V What are EVs? The end. I will try to implement a number system in a future update. Until then, I hope my guide serves you well! ############################################################################### Preguide................................................................Forward ############################################################################### So you found out about EV training, eh? Or maybe you dont, and you clicked on this guide in hopes of finding out. I might give a short description, but that has already been done by the other guides here on Gamefaqs. Figure that youre ready to start your self EV training yourself and start some competitive battling? Well maybe not... Sure its all well and good to know that you can get three EV points from a Salamence, but is that really the best and fastest way to do it? Well this guide is here to tell you the best and most convenient ways to EV train your pokemon. This guide will have a list of some of the best places in the wild to train each stat, and then some trainers you can fight with the VS. Seeker that give good EVs. Why make this guide? Because I see the same questions every day on the message board and thought I could cut down on some of them. So credit for this goes to all the people on the message board, for help and for inspiration. ############################################################################### Preguide..........................................................What are Evs? ############################################################################### Well, like I said, these have been covered already, but I assume you know what they are. However, I am sure this assumption is incorrect in some cases, so I might as well put it here. EV is short for Effort Value . Every time your pokemon wins a battle and gets experience it gains an EV point in specific stat? Which stat does the pokemon give a point in? Well, I will not be answering that here, there is another guide dedicated solely to that purpose and to post it would be a waste of my time and theirs. Okay, so each pokemon gives a point. What do these points do? Well, when you get four in a single stat, that stat will increase by one extra when you level up. SWEET! That means I can fight a million Bidoofs and give my Mewtwo 250,000 HP? Well, no, unfortunately. There are limits to how many EV points you can get, and this is why people EV train. Altogether, you can only have 510, and a single stat can only have 255. Why waste those points in stats you are not going to use? My Gyarados doesnt know any special moves, so why waste the points there? I will put them all in to attack instead. Using EV points, you can give two stats a bonus of up to 63! Also, just to save you some time, I will tell you that you should only put 252 EV points in to a stat, even though you can put three more. Why? Because 252 is the largest number divisible by four that goes in to 255. So you would waste 3 Evs. Unfortunately, you can not stop some waste, and the EV spread people use the most is 252 in one stat, 252 in another, and 6 in the last. This has the minimal amount of waste. So I have to fight 252 of a certain pokemon... ok... that sounds like a lot. Well I have some good news for you! There are ways to speed this up. There is a rare condition your pokemon can get called POKERUS. This does not harm your game or your pokemon in any way, it actually doubles the rate you earn EV points at. There is also an item called the MACHO BRACE that double them again. So each point is actually worth four. Saves a lot of time, eh? There are also the power items you can get from the battle tower, but I have never used those and am not too sure how they work. If somebody could tell me, I would gladly put that here. The only other question I ca foresee is this: If I use the experience share, will the EVs be split and shared, like the experience? The answer is no. Both pokemon will get the same amount of EVs. The full amount. The end. ############################################################################### Section 1..........................................................Wild Pokemon ############################################################################### Okay, the first section of the guide... Pretty self explanatory. This section is a list of the good places to get those EVs from wild pokemon. I find that using the VS. Seeker with the Exp. Share is much faster, but many people like to be able to get the training done at low levels and using the pokemon. For this reason, unless demand calls for otherwise, I am going to try to locate the lowest leveled location possible. I most likely wont go in to much detail in this part, because there are hundreds of places you could theoretically EV train, and Im only going try to use the best lowest level. There will be no difference which method you use, and in certain cases wild pokemon can give faster EVs. This section of the guide will be in the following format. Where: The route(s) in question Who: The pokemon that we are after followed by (the points they give) Comments: Any notes I might have about this place or method. Another nice thing with wild pokemon is that you can use the pokeradar to start a chain and find more of the same pokemon in a row. This is nice and definitely one of the pros for EV training in the wild. Now Ill start with the REAL first section. ############################################################################### Section 1.1..................................................................HP ############################################################################### Where: Route 201 Who: Bidoof (1) Comments: Very easy for low level pokemon, and Bidoofs are very easy to find. With the pokeradar you hardly ever see anything else. Plus, killing Bidoofs is fun. Where: Valley Windworks Who: Shellos (1) Bidoof (1) Comments: Just average, nothing special about it, but it works. Where: Route 222 Who: Gastrodon (2) Comments: It gets the job done, but the pokemon are a bit higher level. This can be good or bad, depending on your pokemon and what you want. ############################################################################### Section 1.2..............................................................Attack ############################################################################### Where: Route 202 Who: Shinx (1) Comments: Not really a great place, I recommend it only be used because it is the first place available. And the shinx dont really come along that often without the pokeradar. Where: Route 212 Who: Kricketune (2) Bibarel (2) Comments: It works too, much better than shinx. Where: Route 208 Who: Bibarel (2) Machop (1) Comments: I think this route has less variety in pokemon than the one above, making a bit better. I could be wrong though. Where: Acuity Lakefront Who: Snover (1) Machoke (2) Comments: This is one of my favorite places to train physical sweepers. The only other pokemon around here all give speed EVs. Namely Sneasel, Meditite, and Medicham. Handy. See the speed section for exact details. Where: Lake Valor Who: Seaking (2) Gyarados (2) Comments: Higher level wild pokemon, and you need to beat the elite four to get the super rod to catch these guys with. Otherwise fine. Also note worthy is Unknown, found in the cave right of Solaceon Town. I didnt list them with the above because they also give Special Attack EVs. They give 1 attack and 1 special attack. ############################################################################### Section 1.3.............................................................Defense ############################################################################### Where: Oreburgh Gate, Left of Oreburgh City Who: Geodude (1) Comments: I think this is the first place in the game you can get defense EV?s. Could be wrong. Where: Oreburgh Mine Who: Geodude (1) Onix (1) Comments: I think it is a bit better than the above one, and mere seconds away, so why not use it. Still, there are better places. Where: Ruin Maniacs Cave Who: Hippopotas (1) Geodude (1) Comments: Works Fine, I dont think theres anything to run away from... Where: Iron Island Mines Who: Graveler (2) Onix (1) Comments: This one is pretty good, I like it, and almost always run into Graveler. ############################################################################### Section 1.4......................................................Special Attack ############################################################################### Where: Route 204 Who: Budew (1) Comments: Pretty much the worst option here. But I think it is the first place possible. Where: The old Chateau in Eterna Forest Who: Ghastly (1) Haunter (2) Gengar (3) Comments: Pretty much the best option here. They are the only pokemon that appear here. Haunter and Gengar only appear if a GBA pokemon game is in your DS, and I think you have to be in the room with the eyes. Unsure about this point, feel free to confirm, as I have seen Haunters but have never seen a Gengar... Where: Lost Tower on Route 209 Who: Ghastly (1) Comments: Up here because the only other pokemon that is here is Zubat, which gives 1 speed, making this an ideal special sweeper training ground. Where: Route 229 Who: Roselia (1) Gloom (2) Comments: This is late in the game, and I think you might need the national dex, limiting this ones usefulness. But good for higher level pokemon. Where: Resort Areas pond Who: Golduck (2) Comments: Wait... this could be the best option here... I am fairly certain Golduck is the only pokemon that appears in this pond. I guess it depends on how often you can find Haunters and Gengars. Also note worthy is Unknown, found in the cave right of Solaceon Town. I didnt list them with the above because they also give Attack EVs. They give 1 attack and 1 special attack. ############################################################################### Section 1.5.....................................................Special Defense ############################################################################### Where: Route 223 Who: Tentacruel (2) Mantyke (1) Comments: I cant even think of an earlier place... this place is good though. For this section I couldnt really think of anywhere. So I listed this. There really isnt much variety here, as the only other places I can think of are other sea routes. If you choose to use another route, Tentacool gives 1 point as well. ############################################################################### Section 1.6...............................................................Speed ############################################################################### Where: Route 201 Who: Starly Comments: Yeah, it is slow, but it is the first place I the game. They appear often though and even more so with the pokeradar. Where: Caves With Zubats and Golbats Who: Zubat (1) Golbat (2) Comments: There are tons of caves, and almost all of them have these pokemon. So instead of picking one, I just wrote this. Where: Trophy Garden of Pokemon Mansion Who: Pikachu (2) Pichu (1) Staravia (2) Comments: I like this one, it is pretty easy. And remember that everyday a new pokemon is put in the garden, which could add more to this list. Where: Lost Tower South of Solaceon town. Who: Zubat (1) Comments: Why list this again when there are better options? Ghastly also appears here, which give 1 Special Attack point, making this a good place to train Special sweepers. ############################################################################### Section 2............................................................Vs. Seeker ############################################################################### That marks the end of the wild locations and brings us to the Vs. Seeker. Of course, some people wont agree with my choices as to what I put in the wild pokemon section, so feel free to send me suggestions. Well the Vs. Seeker is my favorite way of training pokemon in certain stats. Why? I just walk fifty steps, use the Vs. Seeker, and am guaranteed a battle with someone who gives me a decent amount of EVs. My format will have to be a little more detailed here, so that you can find the trainer. Here it is. Where: Location, and a brief description of where on that route Who: The name and type of trainer we are looking for What they have: The Pokemon that the trainer has and the approximate max levels Total Evs: The EVs gained in the stat from fighting this trainer Okay? Good. Now before I begin, I just want to say that I have tested some of these, but not all, so bear with me. I do not have all the exact location, just the routes on most. I have also heard that sometimes a pokemon evolves and so the total EVs are off. Please inform me of this and I will test it further. One last thing, I promise. While the wild pokemon ideas were pretty much out of my own head, nearly all of this is from the message board. Im sure somebody made the original list, but I couldnt find out who. If you can show me proof this is yours, I will give you credit. Until then, this is credited to the board. ############################################################################### Section 2.1.................................................................HP ############################################################################### Where: Route 209. She is standing at the top of the sand for the bike Who: Cowgirl Shelly What they have: 5 Bidoof around level 15 Total Evs: 5 Where: Route 210 Who: Bird Keeper Brianna What they have: 2 Noctowl around level 40 Total Evs: 4 Where: Route 212 Who: Fisherman Travis What they have: 3 Barboach and a Shellos Total Evs: 4 Where: Route 213 Who: Tuber Jared What they have: 3 Gastrodon around level 50 Total Evs: 6 Where: Route 219 Who: Tuber Mariel What they have: 2 Marill around level 30 Total Evs: 4 ############################################################################### Section 2.2..............................................................Attack ############################################################################### Where: Route 203 Who: Lass Madeline What they have: Staraptor and Bibarel around level 40 Total Evs: 5 Where: Route 213 Who: Swimmer Sheltin What they have: 3 Gyarados around level 30 Total Evs: 6 Where: Route 214 Who: PI Carlos What they have: Goldeen and 2 Seaking Total Evs: 5 Where: Route 218 Who: Fisherman Miguel What they have: 2 Gyarados around level 50 Total Evs: 4 Where: Route 222 Who: Fisherman Alec What they have: 2 Gyarados Around Level 50 Total Evs: 4 Where: Route 222 Who: Rich Boy Trey. He gives lots of money What they have: 1 Luxio around level 60 Total Evs: 2 Where: Route 225 Who: Ace Trainer Quinn What they have: 1 Pinser and 1 Mightyena around level 50 Total Evs: 4 ################################################################################ Section 2.3..............................................................Defense ################################################################################ Where: Route 210 Who: Ninja Boy Fabian What they have: 3 Geodude around level 20 Total Evs: 3 Where: Route 212 Who: Collector Dominique What they have: 3 Geodude around level 20 Total Evs: 3 Where: Route 221 Who: Collector Ivan What they have: 3 Hippopotas around level 50 Total Evs: 3 ################################################################################ Section 2.4.......................................................Special Attack ################################################################################ Where: Route 212 Who: PKMN Ranger Jeffrey What they have: 2 Prinplup around level 20 Total Evs: 4 Where: Route 212, you will need cut Who: Scientist Shaun What they have: 2 Alakazam around level 50 Total Evs: 6 Where: Route 214 Who: Psychic Mitchell What they have: 1 Haunter and 1 Kadabra Total Evs: 4 Where: Route 214 Who: Collector Douglas What they have: 3 Roselia Total Evs: 6 ################################################################################ Section 2.5......................................................Special Defense ################################################################################ Where: Route 210, is Foggy Who: Ninja Boy Davido What they have: Dustox Total Evs: 3 Where: Route 230, need Surf Who: Swimmer Sophia What they have: 2 Mantyke Total Evs: 2 Where: Route 230, need surf Who: Swimmer Mallory What they have: 1 Seel 1 Dewgong Total Evs: 3 ################################################################################ Section 2.6................................................................Speed ################################################################################ Where: Route 205, on the bridge, the second fisherman from the right Who: Fisherman Andrew What they have: 6 Magikarp Level 10. This is definitely the easiest and best. Total Evs: 6 Where: Cycling Road, third male from the top Who: Cyclist John What they have: 2 Staravia around level 40 Total Evs: 4 ################################################################################ Closing Junk........................................................Contact Info ################################################################################ Okay, so now we reach the end of this guide. It was fun for me to write, but now it is the end. Of course, I am sure I missed things, and there can always be improvements, so feel free to contact me at the following email: Alexcalibur3000@yahoo.com I will respond to everything I get, so if I do not answer, a few things could have happened. 1. I have not received it yet. If it has been a reasonable time since you emailed, check my email and try again. 2. I am out of town. If I still do not answer, it is probably this one. 3. You offended me in some way and I stopped reading. Profanity, among other obvious things will do this to me. Just use you head. I can take constructive criticism, but do not like hate mail. ################################################################################ Closing Junk.........................................................Legal Stuff ################################################################################ I will keep this short. Nobody is allowed to use this guide without my permission. It may not be reproduced in any form except for private use. If you want to host this on your website, ask and I will most likely let you. Unless you break my rules, in which case I will not. If you put this on your site, do not edit it and give me, the author credit. Follow this and we will get along fine. Sites allowed to host: Gamefaqs.com Copyright 2007 Jorge Vergara All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. ################################################################################ Closing Junk.............................................................Credits ################################################################################ My friends, for keeping interested in pokemon. The message board, for ideas and inspiration. Gamefaqs and CJayC for hosting this. You, for reading this. And with that, I close my first guide for now. I hope to write more in the future, and hopes this one helps!