I finally hatched my first shiny! Got myself a shiny Ralts with 31 IVs in HP, Def, SpA, and Speed. Gardevoir has always been one of my favorites, and shiny Mega Gardevoir looks absolutely amazing. I'm just a little extremely happy.
How does one go about calculating exactly how many EVs you will get from a Horde battle? And also, when you switch out your Pokemon, it still gets the EVs after the battle, right?
Calculating how many EVs you'll get is really pretty simple. For the purposes of my explanation, I'll assume you're using a power item and have Pokerus.
First, you find out the EV you need, and a corresponding horde Pokemon that gives it out. Pretty easy using one of the major sites like bulbapedia or serebii. I'll use Zubat for this example. Zubat gives 1 speed EV when defeated. Now, power items always add 4 EVs to the base total of the defeated Pokemon, so now you're at 5 EVs. Then, anything with Pokerus will double that base value of 5, giving 10 EVs from that one Zubat. Then, since you're killing 5 at once, you'll get 50 EVs in one fell swoop.
Or, simply put, the equation is 2(x+4), where x = the Pokemon's EV given when defeated. Then multiply that answer by 5.
Another thing, power items will give their corresponding EVs regardless of the Pokemon you defeat. So, using that same Zubat, if you defeat it while holding the Defense-boosting power item, you'll get 1 speed EV and 4 defense EVs. So be careful.
Also, the Pokemon never even needs to participate in the battle as long as you have exp. share on. As long as it gets experience from the battle, it gets EVs.
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Calculating how many EVs you'll get is really pretty simple. For the purposes of my explanation, I'll assume you're using a power item and have Pokerus.
First, you find out the EV you need, and a corresponding horde Pokemon that gives it out. Pretty easy using one of the major sites like bulbapedia or serebii. I'll use Zubat for this example. Zubat gives 1 speed EV when defeated. Now, power items always add 4 EVs to the base total of the defeated Pokemon, so now you're at 5 EVs. Then, anything with Pokerus will double that base value of 5, giving 10 EVs from that one Zubat. Then, since you're killing 5 at once, you'll get 50 EVs in one fell swoop.
Or, simply put, the equation is 2(x+4), where x = the Pokemon's EV given when defeated. Then multiply that answer by 5.
Another thing, power items will give their corresponding EVs regardless of the Pokemon you defeat. So, using that same Zubat, if you defeat it while holding the Defense-boosting power item, you'll get 1 speed EV and 4 defense EVs. So be careful.
Also, the Pokemon never even needs to participate in the battle as long as you have exp. share on. As long as it gets experience from the battle, it gets EVs.
Hope this helped!