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Sadly, Pokerus is an extremely rare condition.

And just like a real world virus, it spreads to other Pokemon in the same party. A Pokemon afflicted with Pokerus receives twice as many EVs as normal from battle - which also stacks with Macho Brace for quadruple effectiveness. In fact, Pokerus is actually beneficial to EV training, and has no other ill effects otherwise. Pokerus is short for “Pokemon virus”, which sounds a lot more sinister than it actually is. The latter is obtained by showing all three forms of Burmy to the Bug Catcher in Pastoria City, who lives in the house north of the Poke Mart. You can purchase these held items at the Battle Park for 10 BP each, with the exception of the Macho Brace. The Macho Brace, meanwhile, doubles the EV yield of wild Pokemon. The Power Bracer, for example, grants an additional eight Attack EVs per Pokemon defeated in battle. There also exist held items that directly increase the number of EVs you receive with each defeated Pokemon. Consider buying these just to round off your Pokemon’s stats, rather than using them solely to pump EVs to the maximum from zero. Vitamins are subject to the same limitations as EVs obtained through battling, though, and are quite expensive per unit. Iron, on the other hand, adds 10 EVs to the Defense stat, and so on. Protein, for instance, adds 10 EVs to the Attack stat. For example, you can purchase Vitamins from the Veilstone Department Store, and feed them to your Pokemon to add EVs to the stats they’re associated with. That said, there are ways to speed things along. Therefore, the best way to go about EV training in both games is, unfortunately, the traditional method. Unlike some of the previous games in the series, though, there does not seem to be an alternative EV training method in BDSP in the same vein as Super Training from Generation VI.

The act of manually increasing a Pokemon’s EVs is called EV training. Should there be any sparkles on the Pokemon’s stats, this indicates that they have reached max EVs in that stat - and can earn no more there. The further that a point is on the graph to the end of its corresponding plot line, the more EVs there are in that particular attribute. Simply go to the Summary page of any Pokemon in your party or in one of your boxes, go to the third tab from the left, then press X to bring up the EV radar graph. The same is true for Pokemon raised through spamming Rare Candies, as Rare Candies do not grant EVs. Wild Pokemon, by default, do not have any EVs at all as mentioned before, which automatically makes their stats lower in comparison. This is referred to as the “EV spread” in the competitive Pokemon scene - a term that emphasizes the limits to which a Pokemon can increase its stats across the board.įor the most part, EVs are responsible for making trained Pokemon stronger than wild Pokemon, even at the same level. Also, a single Pokemon can only receive 510 total EVs (actually 508, but “displayed” as 510 in-game because of the way it’s coded), which limits the maximum values to just two stats.įor example, a physically inclined Pokemon can have 252 EVs in Attack, 252 EVs in Speed, and 4 EVs in HP. For example, a level 100 Magnezone with 8 HP EVs would have a total HP stat of 252, up two points from 250.Įach attribute can only receive a maximum of 252 EVs, regardless of the method used to increase them. In Generation VIII (that being Sword and Shield as well as Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl), every four EV points in a single primary attribute will increase that stat by one. For example, beating an Abra in battle yields 1 Sp. All Pokemon caught in the wild and those given as starters begin with zero EVs, and obtain them through defeating opposing Pokemon in battle.Įach Pokemon defeated in this way gives a specific number of EVs, which varies between distinct species. Each of the six primary attributes (HP, Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed) can be increased this way. What are EVs in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl?ĮVs, or effort values, are hidden points that increase an individual Pokemon’s stats beyond their base values. But of course, we’ll start with the basics of both first.

There are ways to find out a Pokemon’s EVs and IVs in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, though, which we’ll get into later on in this guide. The catch, however, is that EVs and IVs are hidden attributes, and aren’t immediately apparent to players that aren’t already aware of their existence. For example, two Garchomp at level 100 will have slight variations between each other in stats, thanks to EVs and IVs.