Competitive Battling 101: Part 2

During this post of competitive battling 101 I will be talking about Physical and Special moves, IVs and EVs, and team synergy. 

First, Physical and Special moves. This is a very important part of the current metagame. Some Pokemon, such as Weavile, are physical attackers, therefore they should use physical attacks. Some are Mixed, like Infernape, which can utilize both physical and special sets. The rest are special attackers, like Volcarona, who use strictly Special Attacks. 

Pokemon also need EVs and IVs to be in their greatest potential. EVs stand for Effort Values. Effort Values are points you get from defeating an opposing Pokemon. For each EVs in one stat, you gain one point. For instance, if you defeat one lillipup you will get 1 EV in Attack. IVs are randomly generated stats the determine how strong your Pokemon is. They go anywhere from 0-31 and affect your Pokemon's Hidden Power.

Team Synergy is how well you team works together. For instance, if your entire team is weak to electric type moves, you might have a really bad time with a Jolteon. So you want to balance your team out. Balance out your weaknesses! If one Pokemon is weak to a move, cover it with another!

Thats all for now. But there will be more Competitive Battling 101 later!