How to properly separate EVs on wall Pokemon?
So SpillThePoltegraist write on chat: “You don’t know how many noobs give [wall] Pokemon 252 on both Defense” or something like this, and I started thinking how it should be done.
I think there is three examples of wall Pokemon:-Hightest Sp. Def (Togekiss)- Hightest Def (Cofagigrus)- Hightest HP (Blissey)
How EV’s should be spread on each types of wall?
Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.
The best EV spread for your Pokemon depends on a wide range of factors that can’t simply be reduced to which defensive stat they are highest in. In other words, there is no single EV spread you can point to and say, ‘This is the best for all Pokemon with high Defence!’
What youcando, however, is rule out 252 Def / 252 SpD as an EV spread you should ever use – at least, not for the vast majority of Pokemon. What you read on chat is accurate, and it’s not a matter of preference, either. That spread is mathematically inferior to 252 HP / 128 Def / 128 SpD, as demonstrated by some very simpledamage calculations:
…This isnotto say that you should always split evenly between Defence and Special Defence, but it is to say that HP investment is invaluable to defensive Pokemon. The simple reason that it helps with both physicalandspecial attacks makes it the first preference for any Pokemon investing in bulk. Situations where you shouldn’t immediately max HP EVs on defensive Pokemon are very rare, and very much the exception to the rule. It doesn’t have much to do with your Pokemon’s base HP at all.
So if you treat HP investment as a given, what should you do with the remaining 256 EVs? Again, there is no hard and fast answer to that question… but that’s that beauty of strategy. There are no correct answers: you just need to know the right time to use each spread. The factors that go into deciding that are potentially infinite, but here are some of the important ones:
This is probably not the simple answer you wanted, but hopefully it’s insightful to the fact that you can use any spread on any Pokemon if the situation is suitable. Here are some answers I’ve written in the past about how to spread out your EVs, which might help you a bit more:
