How to OPTIMIZE EV spreads in Competitive Pokemon | Scarlet & Violet VGC | Regulation F

[@CloverBells]

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[@WazDakkaDakka]

Your content is so underrated! Thanks for the tutorial video, it's definitely given me a more structured approach to building my teams.

[@CloverBells]

Free knowledge is best knowledge~

[@SuperNerdDaniel]

This was actually incredibly helpful! As someone who's been playing competitive Pokémon for quite a while but has mostly just stuck to Singles (and also has made the mistake of primarily just mix-maxing a lot, heh), I've really wanted to get into VGC properly, and this is a really good jumping off point for figuring out what I wanna do for EVs. I've never really done Doubles, aside from a REALLY janky sub-optimal Trick Room team I tried in Gen 8, but watching some of the recent Regionals have inspired me to try it properly for once. At any rate, you did a really good job of explaining the concepts of speed tiers and "bumps" and all that, so great job with this video!

[@CloverBells]

Yup, our channel specializes in this kind of stuff. Anyone can show battles but we like to teach the game and you won't find this kind stuff elsewhere (or it'll be rather difficult)

[@doomnik461]

Found this in the Pokesports Discord and man ev spread optimazation is kinda where i feel i am struggling in teambuilding, so this is really helping me to take it to the next level! Really great video, awesome explanations and nice examples also that you factored in showing how to build different mons based on factors like that one has icy wind!

[@CloverBells]

Yup! That's how you factor in your speed tiers. It's always like that~

[@Reliztik82]

I think I know everything but I always watch videos like these to see if I learn anything new! Been loving your vids lately to learn new things. Great content keep it up

[@CloverBells]

Yeah, this type of video is meant for newer/beginner VGC players.

[@dylantimmy6106]

I just want to say thank you for making VGC teambuilding more approachable. I started playing in reg C and your rental teams and teambuilding vids have helped me learn soo much about how to play the game.

[@CloverBells]

That is the goal of the channel! Glad you learned a few things~

[@mylesjlee]

This is fire. Such a big help. Thank you!

[@CloverBells]

you're welcome!

[@bmoney668]

You are awesome sir!! Thank u for this! & All the rest of your videos too

[@CloverBells]

hope you learned a few things!

[@CloverBells]

Also note for that Flutter Mane spread, you can simply also adjust the Hp/Def and do 116/196 or even 100/204 and save a point to put elsewhere. Same thing.

[@jaykirizz219]

Out of curiosity, and maybe it’s a dumb question, but What’s the significance of always putting one point in sp def and def? I see this done everywhere. Thanks for what u do! You’re the man.

[@CloverBells]

@@jaykirizz219 Thanks for asking! Couple of reasons, but the first one being that you have to round out your EV spreads. You can only invest EVs into either 5 stats or 3 stats, never 4 (if you try to do 4 stats on showdown you'll have 4 Evs left over and can never put them in no matter how hard you try!). The other main reason is that you get more value in bulk with those last points since the first point you put into any stat is 4 EVs anyway (8 EVs for every point afterwards). 8 Evs for 1 HP value vs 4 EVs in def and 4 EVs in spdef gives more overall value.

[@jaykirizz219]

@@CloverBells WOW , TYSM this is valuable information that I would have never known otherwise!

[@CloverBells]

@@jaykirizz219 people are not as nice as me 😎

[@z-powered-nathan]

For something like this how would you figure that out? Like is there a method to save the most points or do u just have to play around with the numbers?

[@ashantireed8073]

Man this is clutch i couldn't find anything this in depth.

[@CloverBells]

And you won't unless it's from me ;)

[@High5748]

Thank you for the great tips. This was probably the most helpful channel I have come across for competitive Pokemon.

[@CloverBells]

We focus on teaching here =)

[@SamWilson-ll3zc]

Finally a video on this topic

[@CloverBells]

hope you learned a few things!

[@jo-ri-oh8950]

It's so funny, your Ogerpon spread is almost the same one I played in the past when I was bored on my teambuilder. The difference is that my Ogerpon had 140 in speed, haha. Another good and useful video as always. 👍 Great job

[@CloverBells]

140 is good! =)

[@LovestarVGC]

Great content, thanks for the knowledge 👏👏

[@CloverBells]

you're welcome!

[@ConleyPMusic]

This just taught me SO MUCH.

[@CloverBells]

That's what we do here. We TEACH!

[@tylerdamaso2559]

You explain things really well

[@CloverBells]

thank you!

[@houseofnerdz4327]

EV spreads has always been a struggle for me to understand. I have bookmarked this video and will continue to come back to it. Thanks for the great and informative video.

[@CloverBells]

Template helps!

[@molnarvgc4976]

Awesome vid. Used those 3 mons to build a team I just got 7/100 in.

[@CloverBells]

yes you can build many strong squads around these 3 haha

[@stufo_8596]

Thanks for the Info, earned a sub 👍

[@CloverBells]

thank you!

[@bankshot21]

really good guide!

[@CloverBells]

thank you!

[@aarionsievo]

Really helpful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge here. What I am still wondering is, how one decides which calcs to consider. I get that it depends on the team and strategy - so if I already have a solution for Chien-Pao I do not have to consider it that much but which Pokemon do you consider in the first place? Maybe the top 20 most used Pokemon or the top x pairs (maybe one needs to survive an extremespeed + Icicle spear if you get doubled by Dragonit and Chien-Pao). It could also be more effective just to play with a team and take notes and kind of iteratively add more calcs but I feel I would need hundreds of games to get a decent spread for all Pokemon in a team this way :)

[@CloverBells]

You have to play the game. We mentioned that briefly. You gotta play the games and see what's super common and decide. Usually you pick within the the top 20/30 mons in usage but I also look for pokemon that I'm weak to super-effective damage and if I can live it, I go for it.

[@DylanmeetWorld]

Great video

[@CloverBells]

many think so!

[@gabrielescudero1993]

@gabrielescudero1993 hace 0 segundos I always had a question relative to bulk. Between HP and Def/SpD I usually go for the lowest stat i.e. HP on Dusclops and SpD on Dondozo. On a balanced HP/Def/SpDef bulk Pokémon (idk, imagine if I want a bulky 252+ Atk Spinda which has 60 base on all stats), is it better to have 252 EVs on HP or distribute it in both defenses? Could you give an Spread example of this case?

[@CloverBells]

Yes that is correct. For something like Dondozo or even Iron Hands where the defense is already high, you can dump points into the lower spdef stat to give it the best overall bulk. For something with equal defenses, you can still choose a damage calc that you want and just dump extra points into the other stat. If there's no damage calc that you have, then just divide it up evenly.

[@dumendlovu3629]

So when you say end with 9 for life orb you mean like you’d rather have 119 than 126 that divisible by 9?

[@CloverBells]

119 more than 120. Life orb is 1/10th your HP

[@Blastburn32]

What i dont get is the why it has to be up by 80 each time. Like if KO a mon at 76evs dont work out but 80evs does then what is the point of adding the extra evs. Or lets say 236 KO or 2HKO every common reliability but 232 also does that then why add the extra 4 evs. I get that part 4 is to adjust but why is the 80 bump that starting point?

[@CloverBells]

I had to read the comment a few times to understand what you're asking as it looks like you're asking more than 1 thing. So if I don't answer your question(s) I apologize: 1) You're asking "why" the bump has to be 80 every time? That's how the game was made. Every 80 EV intervals in the positive nature stat, you will see a bump. There is no "why". That's how the game was made. 2) Some of those numbers you used in EVs don't actually exist. You mentioned 232 EVs picking up a KO already so why the need for another 4. So 232 isn't actually possible. That's only if you're going by 4 EVs but remember this is VGC. Lvl 50 mons go by 8 EVs every time. That being said, if you can achieve the damage calc that you want before hitting the bump benchmark then that's fine. That allows you to put those extra EVs elsewhere. But if you have no reason to put those extra EVs anywhere else, might as well keep it into the natured stat and get the bump.

[@Blastburn32]

@@CloverBells sorry about how it was structured l. I typed it while being doing something else. So your saying 80 is just the common place holder since it pretty much increases the stat by 10 and is subject to change in the calcs, which is what I figured but wanted to clarify. Thanks

[@CloverBells]

@@Blastburn32 exactly

[@SunDialgaming]

How'd you get your pokemon sprites to move in your background?!

[@CloverBells]

those are just GIF images off of Google lol

[@Espeo]

It's so weird to me that if it's 18.9 or something like that it rounds down still instead of up

[@CloverBells]

It makes sense to me. Damage, in general in video games, should round down if it comes to decimals.

[@Espeo]

@@CloverBells True, I think it's moreso confusing to me because of how I was always taught in school with decimal numbers. That's what I'm gonna blame it on! :) Love the videos btw!

[@MrDannyKicks]

Okay. So your Ogrepon survived the E-Speed. But you said it was overkill. How much do you want to endure damagewise that it isn't wasted EVs?

[@CloverBells]

We showed that. You just want it to 99% max damage. If you have the roll at say about 97 or 96% then you know you can drop it a point or 2. You can also live with the 6.3% chance roll if you need the speed or investment in some other stat elsewhere 252+ Atk Choice Band Tera Normal Sword of Ruin Dragonite Extreme Speed vs. 252 HP / 100 Def Ogerpon-Wellspring: 157-186 (83.9 - 99.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

[@MrDannyKicks]

@@CloverBells ok. gotcha.

[@Geezgio]

I’d love to optimize a team that will only work to send a minimize muk to the shadow realm

[@CloverBells]

🤣🤣Just use heavy slam. It can't miss!

[@omarorozco287]

You should work for Naranja/Uva Academy

[@CloverBells]

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[@Callugaris]

Everything is correct, then you go to battle spot and still lose by scarfed icy wind cresselia... We need bo3 in battle spot

[@CloverBells]

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[@italktocomputers1901]

This is a perfect use case for AI to find out best sets based on calcs.

[@CloverBells]

Yes but the sets also depend on the rest of the team. If you're accounting for tailwind and survival based on Intimidate and there's neither on the team then that set is not optimal.

[@italktocomputers1901]

@@CloverBells it can all be accounted for that’s the beauty of