Rate my Shiny Electivire (Karma might be given)

[Big_Mike]

what nature would be the best for attack and speed

[Huggehz]

just pay attention and record the EVs you get
each pokemon gives off a certain amount of EVs
here is a list
List of Pokémon by effort value yield - Bulbapedia

[Huggehz]

Originally Posted by mike90

what nature would be the best for attack and speed

Lonely or Hasty works
Lonely raises attack more and Hasty raises speed more

[Big_Mike]

ok i will pick one of those natures, thanks.
one more question, lets say i start with an elekid ok? lv 1 do i have to count the evs it gets? i still dont get it how do i add it or subtract it? im a newby at this ev stuff.

[Huggehz]

you should start EV Training as soon as you get the Pokemon, as long as it isnt traded. To add EVs you can use many things. Vitamins are good at the start. Buy 10 of them and use them immediately. That's 100 EVs down. To get the remaining 155 go find wild pokemon that give off the certain EV you want. Items like the Macho Brace and Power Items help, and so does PKRS.
Macho Brace doubles the EVs.
Power Items add 4 EVs with every battle.
PKRS also doubles the amount of EVs.
Here is an example: Bibarel gives off 2 Attack EVs. If your Pokemon has PKRS and a Macho Brace it will gain 4 times as much EVs.
2 (Bibarel) x 2(PKRS) x 2(Macho Brace) = 8 Attack EVs in total. Just record these and stop when you reach 155

[Big_Mike]

ok, so the pokemon should be mine instead of traded? ok got it. if i give it 10 of the proteins why isnt it 10 evs/ why is it 100 evs? when you said you would get 8 evs from the bibarel, would it be 80 or just 8?
sorry for all the questions. lol

[Big_Mike]

my mistake is that the pokemons i've been ev training are all traded

[Huggehz]

okay

for attack, buy 10 proteins. they raise your EVs by 10 each.
Thats 100.
Get 2 (or eight if you have PKRS and a Macho Brace) from every Bibarel you face. Keep fighting the Bibarels to heve your EVs go up by 8 at a time

[Big_Mike]

ok i get it, i will give it the ten proteins, then i will fight the bibarels untill i count 155 evs right? does 8 evs count as 80 or what last question? what is the bulbapedia thing for again. i will give you the karma now.

edit: it says i have already gave you. im just gonna give you five stars

[Huggehz]

the bulbappedia theing is what pokemon give what EVs


and it counts as 8 EVs