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'''Individual values''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|個体値|こたいち}}''' ''individual values''), abbreviated IVs, officially known as '''individual strengths'''<ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/us/strategy/training-battle-ready-pokemon/ Training Battle-Ready Pokémon!]</ref><ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/us/strategy/the-details-of-discovering-pokemon-eggs/ The Details of Discovering Pokémon Eggs]</ref> (Japanese: '''生まれつきのつよさ''' ''innate strengths''), and sometimes referred to as '''determinant values''' (DVs) in the context of [[Generation I|Generations I]] and {{gen|II}}, are the Pokémon equivalent of {{wp|genes}}. They are instrumental in determining the [[stats]] of a Pokémon, being responsible for the large variation in stats among untrained Pokémon of the same species.

In the games, the term '''potential''' is often used to allude to IVs, such as by the [[stats judge]]. [[Game Freak]] keeps IVs and {{EV}}s hidden because they prefer to think of {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} as "real, living creatures".<ref>[http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-12/11/pokemon-interview Pokemon's Junichi Masuda: 'We weren’t explicitly targeting children' (Wired UK)]</ref>

Each of the six battle stats has an IV associated with it, with that IV coming into calculation alongside the Pokémon's [[base stats]] and {{EV}}s to determine the actual stat number. A Pokémon's IVs are determined when it is [[Pseudorandom number generation in Pokémon|generated by the game]]; when it is obtained as an {{pkmn|Egg}} from the [[Pokémon Day Care]], [[wild Pokémon|encountered in the wild]], or [[Gift Pokémon|given to the player by an NPC]].

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The calculated [[Type]] and [[Power]] of the move {{m|Hidden Power}} is based on the IVs of the Pokémon. Hidden Power can be of any type aside from {{t|Normal}}, have a power between 31 and 70. The formula used in Generation II is different to the one used in later generations.

In [[Generation VI]], Pokémon in the {{egg2|Undiscovered}} are now guaranteed to have values of 31 in at least three of their stats when caught in the wild. Pokémon caught in the [[Friend Safari]] will have values of 31 in at least two of their stats.