Tips for a newb?

So, I'm going through Emerald like I normally play through Pokemon games - like a 10-year-old. I don't know anything about IVs or EVs or anything like that, just the basic Water, Fire, Grass pyramid lol.

I think I'm going to play through Ruby utilizing this knowledge though, and see how much it makes a difference compared to my playthrough of emerald. Or does none of that stuff matter when you're playing offline?

Anyway, anyone have links to guides or anything like that, or could you explain some of the basic concepts?

Would be sweet, thanks.

Offline = Highest level pretty much. Just grind for EXP in a early area. Bonus points if you find a shiny :3

Yeah, when you're playing offline don't worry too much about EV's and IV's. EV's are basically bonus stats that you get from beating pokemon. In example a rhydom might give 2 EV's to defense for defeating it. IV's are internally generated bonus stats. They're really just for perfecting stats for online play.

I know Cl03y wrote a great tutorial on EVing for me in one of these threads but I'm having a bitch of a time finding it

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Originally Posted by Raivu

I know Cl03y wrote a great tutorial on EVing for me in one of these threads but I'm having a bitch of a time finding it

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I tried to make a sticky thread for it but apparently I cant do that. :(

i tried to find cloeys post earlier but hthe search functions on LG are weird as fuck.

Well if anyone can find it that would be awesome. This kind of stuff has always interested me, maybe I could utilize it and start playing online or something haha. I used to have a friend that was OBSESSED with pokemon, everyone else who loved pokemon at my school wouldn't even battle him because he was so OP. It was insane, he was amazing at the game and training his pokemon and stuff, they were literally in the highest percentile haha. I would ask him to teach me about it, but he's off to college now. (Well, not really, he's working at a Target to get money for college)

Well I learned most of the things i needed to know about pokemon on here:

List of Pokemon (sprites gallery) | Pokemon Database

It has literally a FULL list of pokemon, all possible moves, all possible abilities, breeding move combinations etc. Just pick out a cool team from your version and try to get them! :)

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Originally Posted by PrincessFluttershy

Well I learned most of the things i needed to know about pokemon on here:

List of Pokemon (sprites gallery) | Pokemon Database

It has literally a FULL list of pokemon, all possible moves, all possible abilities, breeding move combinations etc. Just pick out a cool team from your version and try to get them! :)

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I always just stuck with Serebii.net [http://www.serebii.net] .
They have my back. :3

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Originally Posted by Ethan

I always just stuck with Serebii.net [http://www.serebii.net] .
They have my back. :3

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Wow are you really going to compete with my favorite website. PFFT, the only thing i used serebii for was their in game trading guide. Then I found out you could cheat pokemon in BW 2 and stopped caring :(

I've used Serebii for a few things, but I've never heard of the one that you linked Fluttershy. I'll have to check it out, seems useful. I think I'm going to look up all of the tips and tricks for the pokemon I have on heart gold, or maybe buy Soul Silver and start from new on that looking up the pokemon I catch on that website as I go, so that I can teach them all of the best stuff from the lowest levels, or know when to not evolve them or stuff like that haha.

I learn all I need from:
Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia

Also this highlight the strengths and weaknesses of any team:
Pokémon Team Builder

Really just catch pokemon you think are cool and go from there. If you're playing competitively you have to do a little more thinking.
I tend to go through the game waiting to catch my favorites, or that's the original plan but my team that carries me through usually becomes my favorites and I end up not switching them out.

Smogon is good to learn new strategies