Induvidual Values(IV)

[UncleSam]

I get the basis of this, but how do you know what IV's you are getting when you breed? I have a few EV trained parties and I checked their stats, the first one I made had horrible IV's yet the second one had almost 31 for every stat...

 

[jigglyppuff8]

The IVs for the baby are first created at random. Then, a random IV from either parent is inherited to the baby. Then, any random IV except an HP IV is selected from either parent and is passed to the baby. Finally, any random IV except an HP or Defense IV is selected from either parent and passed to the baby. These three random IVs may overlap, that is, the same random IV can be chosen to be inherited in the second, or third, IV transfer.

I can't explain it any better. Also, don't forget about Serebii's IV calculator: http://www.serebii.net/games/iv-calcdp.shtml

 

[UncleSam]

http://www.serebii.net/games/iv-calcdp.shtml

I use psypokes instead: http://www.psypokes.com/dex/iv.php I don't use serebii(don't flame me) I was able to find all my info on psypokes, and I read about IV's and was still confusing, it helped a little lol