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Roughly speaking, defeating fast Pokémon increases Speed better than fighting slow Pokémon, defeating Pokémon with high hit points improves HP more than defeating Pokémon with low HP, and so on. For example, fighting 100 Machop will improve a Pokémon's attack stat more than fighting 100 Abra of the same level, whereas the Abra will improve the Special Attack stat more. For a list of the effort points that Pokémon give away on their defeat, see [[list of Pokémon by effort value yield]]. | Roughly speaking, defeating fast Pokémon increases Speed better than fighting slow Pokémon, defeating Pokémon with high hit points improves HP more than defeating Pokémon with low HP, and so on. For example, fighting 100 Machop will improve a Pokémon's attack stat more than fighting 100 Abra of the same level, whereas the Abra will improve the Special Attack stat more. For a list of the effort points that Pokémon give away on their defeat, see [[list of Pokémon by effort value yield]]. | ||
Gaining EVs takes a lot of patience and is very complicated, but is not required to | Gaining EVs takes a lot of patience and is very complicated, but is not required to complete the game; it is simply used to improve desired stats. | ||
Effort values only appear in the [[version|main series]] Pokémon games, and are not present in the spin-off games, such as the {{pkmn|Mystery Dungeon}} series. | Effort values only appear in the [[version|main series]] Pokémon games, and are not present in the spin-off games, such as the {{pkmn|Mystery Dungeon}} series. | ||