Is EV training really important for in-game playthroughs?

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For most in game playthroughs it’s usually easier to get new Pokémon with type advantage than to EV trained your older Pokémon, so there isn’t much point in that.

Also most in game battles don’t have fully EV trained Pokémon, and as long as your Pokémon are similarly leveled as your opponents, you should be completely fine without EV training.

It doesn’t matter much as long as you have a super effective Pokemon against the gym leaders since they specialize in only that one type (kind of like a monotype team), unlike VGC battles, you can use your potions during battles, and if you are looking to speedrun the game, it is annoying to EV train, the fact that you can also teach your Pokemon good moves because that is not as time consuming as training EVs, you can do that for competitive battling because that is important.I’ve hoped I’ve helped!

One important difference between in-game and competitive is that you can use Pokemon that have higher levels than in-game opponents. So if you lose a battle in-game, then the fastest way to win is usually taking your highest level Pokemon and raising it by a few more levels. Compared to level grinding, EV training is a waste of time.source: every Bulbapedia page that says someone uses a Pokemon lower than level 100

Of course EV training is important for making up for the weaknesses or strengthening it even further. It is mostly important during the later part of the game. U can use EV items to shorten the training too.