Princess Emily
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OK guys, I guess some of us really wanted to know if the IVs of a particular stat of our Pokemon is really at MAX, or 31.
Because as we all know, the IVs, or Individual Values of a Pokemon, really do make a difference, in addition to EVs or Effort Values.
Sometimes many of us only have to rely on the slow and unsteady IV Battle as the only way to accurately determine the IVs.
But there are ways to determine manually and accurately if the IV of a stat is really 31 or not, especially if your Pokemon are the products of breeding. One way is through manual computation, using the given formula to determine the stat value, given the IVs, Level, and EVs, and using Rare Candies and Vitamins.
I guess all of us are familiar to this formula:
Stat Value = {[(Base Stat*2+IV+EV/4)*Level/100]+5}*Nature
Nature is the value of either 0.9 or 1.1 if the nature of your Pokemon hinder or boost the particular stat of your Pokemon, respectively. It is just 1 if that nature do nothing to that stat.
For example, I'll consider Gible
, the one I've been breeding months ago, and I want to find out if its Attack and Speed IVs are both at MAX.
Gible's Base Attack is 70, while its Base Speed is 42.
1.) Let's consider its Attack, which has a base value of 70.
I'll use one segment of the formula which is (Base Stat*2+IV+EV/4) to start computing for it...
And assume the IV is 31, and 30 on the other.
70*2+31 = 171 (31 IVs)
70*2+30 = 170 (30 IVs)
And I'll give the hatched Gible only 3 Proteins...
70*2+31+3*10/4 = 171+30/4 = 171+7.5 = 171+7 = 178 (31 IV)
70*2+30+3*10/4 = 177 (30 IV)
Using the next part of the formula, the difference will show up at level 9...
178*9/100 = 16.02 = 16 (31 IV)
177*9/100 = 15.93 = 15 (30 IV)
Using the final part of the formula...
16+5=21
15+5=20
So if your Gible has a nature neutral to Attack, then it must have an Attack stat of 21, after feeding it only 3 Proteins and leveling it up to Level 9, in order for it to have 31 Attack IVs. If it's not 21, then it certainly is not 31 IV.
BTW if its Adamant then it must have an Attack stat of 23 at Level 9 and 3 Protein feedings.
21*1.1 = 23.1 = 23
2.) For the Speed, with a base stat of 42...
42*2+31 = 115 (31 IVs)
42*2+30 = 114 (30 IVs)
Using my math skills, the difference will show up at level 7, without feeding it some Carbos.
115*7/100 = 8.05 = 8 (31 IVs)
114*7/100 = 7.98 = 7 (30 IVs)
Then add 5, according to the formula...
8+5 = 13 (31 IVs)
7+5 = 12 (30 IVs)
If you level up your Gible (don't feed any Carbos) to level 7, it must have a Speed stat of 13 if the nature is speed-neutral or 14 if speed-beneficial...for it to have 31 IV.
13*1.1 = 14.3 = 14
I guess this is my way of doing it, and it's not just on one Pokemon.
I can do lots of computations, each for different Pokemon, but because I'm a bit busy in school then I can only post a little for the meantime.
By the way, there are times where we need 30 IVs instead of 31, especially for the purposes of Hidden Power.
All you need to do is to determine if the IV is at least 30, then make sure it's NOT 31.
Actually it's more on the base stat that I'll consider, because there are 2 different Pokemon with the same base stat for the same stat...such as Pinsir and Heracross having 85 in Speed and 125 in Attack. And I also try to find the fastest way of doing the computations...
For example, it would be tedious if I'll level up the said Gible to level 17 just to determine if its Attack IV is 31.
70*2+31 = 171
171*17/100 = 29.07 = 29
29+5=34
34 if Jolly, 37 (34*1.1 = 37.4 = 37) if Adamant, etc...
That's why I also use vitamins to help me with the computing and to cut down item usage (in this case it's 11 {8 from using Rare Candies to level up to level 9 and 3 from feeding Proteins}, instead of 16 {leveling up to level 17})
Hopefully I could make more links for this one in the future for different Pokemon/Base Stats, if possible. And I'll probably add detailed tables and/or charts for each Pokemon, including Uber or non-Uber legends, considering each of its IVs, etc...
Because as we all know, the IVs, or Individual Values of a Pokemon, really do make a difference, in addition to EVs or Effort Values.
Sometimes many of us only have to rely on the slow and unsteady IV Battle as the only way to accurately determine the IVs.
But there are ways to determine manually and accurately if the IV of a stat is really 31 or not, especially if your Pokemon are the products of breeding. One way is through manual computation, using the given formula to determine the stat value, given the IVs, Level, and EVs, and using Rare Candies and Vitamins.
I guess all of us are familiar to this formula:
Stat Value = {[(Base Stat*2+IV+EV/4)*Level/100]+5}*Nature
Nature is the value of either 0.9 or 1.1 if the nature of your Pokemon hinder or boost the particular stat of your Pokemon, respectively. It is just 1 if that nature do nothing to that stat.
For example, I'll consider Gible
Gible's Base Attack is 70, while its Base Speed is 42.
1.) Let's consider its Attack, which has a base value of 70.
I'll use one segment of the formula which is (Base Stat*2+IV+EV/4) to start computing for it...
And assume the IV is 31, and 30 on the other.
70*2+31 = 171 (31 IVs)
70*2+30 = 170 (30 IVs)
And I'll give the hatched Gible only 3 Proteins...
70*2+31+3*10/4 = 171+30/4 = 171+7.5 = 171+7 = 178 (31 IV)
70*2+30+3*10/4 = 177 (30 IV)
Using the next part of the formula, the difference will show up at level 9...
178*9/100 = 16.02 = 16 (31 IV)
177*9/100 = 15.93 = 15 (30 IV)
Using the final part of the formula...
16+5=21
15+5=20
So if your Gible has a nature neutral to Attack, then it must have an Attack stat of 21, after feeding it only 3 Proteins and leveling it up to Level 9, in order for it to have 31 Attack IVs. If it's not 21, then it certainly is not 31 IV.
BTW if its Adamant then it must have an Attack stat of 23 at Level 9 and 3 Protein feedings.
21*1.1 = 23.1 = 23
2.) For the Speed, with a base stat of 42...
42*2+31 = 115 (31 IVs)
42*2+30 = 114 (30 IVs)
Using my math skills, the difference will show up at level 7, without feeding it some Carbos.
115*7/100 = 8.05 = 8 (31 IVs)
114*7/100 = 7.98 = 7 (30 IVs)
Then add 5, according to the formula...
8+5 = 13 (31 IVs)
7+5 = 12 (30 IVs)
If you level up your Gible (don't feed any Carbos) to level 7, it must have a Speed stat of 13 if the nature is speed-neutral or 14 if speed-beneficial...for it to have 31 IV.
13*1.1 = 14.3 = 14
I guess this is my way of doing it, and it's not just on one Pokemon.
I can do lots of computations, each for different Pokemon, but because I'm a bit busy in school then I can only post a little for the meantime.
By the way, there are times where we need 30 IVs instead of 31, especially for the purposes of Hidden Power.
All you need to do is to determine if the IV is at least 30, then make sure it's NOT 31.
Actually it's more on the base stat that I'll consider, because there are 2 different Pokemon with the same base stat for the same stat...such as Pinsir and Heracross having 85 in Speed and 125 in Attack. And I also try to find the fastest way of doing the computations...
For example, it would be tedious if I'll level up the said Gible to level 17 just to determine if its Attack IV is 31.
70*2+31 = 171
171*17/100 = 29.07 = 29
29+5=34
34 if Jolly, 37 (34*1.1 = 37.4 = 37) if Adamant, etc...
That's why I also use vitamins to help me with the computing and to cut down item usage (in this case it's 11 {8 from using Rare Candies to level up to level 9 and 3 from feeding Proteins}, instead of 16 {leveling up to level 17})
Hopefully I could make more links for this one in the future for different Pokemon/Base Stats, if possible. And I'll probably add detailed tables and/or charts for each Pokemon, including Uber or non-Uber legends, considering each of its IVs, etc...