Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl: How to EV Train

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In Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl, players will want to build their best possible Pokemon teams. This means leveling Pokemon's stats and evolving them into their best forms. There are also some stats that players want to make sure they level, and one of these is EVs or Effort Values.

Updated on March 23, 2022 by Renri Seong: Most Pokemon gamers are more focused on catching and training their favorite Pokemon than they are raising them for competitive battle. However, for the trainers that do like competitive battling, they must pay attention to their Pokemon's Nature, stat growths, and do EV training. Since the Exp. Share started affecting all Pokemon in the party, it's been difficult for competitive trainers to EV train in games like Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. Those serious about EV training their Pokemon for the Diamond/Pearl remakes will have to take some extra steps to properly EV train their party. The following guide has been updated to include tips of EV training in generation 8 Pokemon games.

Effort Values in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl can be leveled with each Pokemon in order to push stats past their usual max level. Players can check the EV of any Pokemon in the Pokemon menu; after selecting the Pokemon that players want to check the stats of, click «Check Summary,» then click on the hexagon. This page will display a Pokemon's numerical stats, including their EVs. Effort Values top out at 510 total points, but players have the option to add or move EV points from one stat to another with battles, items, and food.

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