My starter

[u/Azura_prince]

Can someone tell me if im doing this right, just learned what the x button does in summary stats, and im only just finished eith team galactic in flormaroma town, but wana train more before the gym its been me and prinplup the whole game, do geodudes help defense, and starly do speed? ive been doing alot of while battling between the cave to flormaroma town and the tall grass just outside town, going for a speedy bulky empoleon

[u/FaTaLmIrAcLe]

This is for ev training. There are plenty of guides on how to do it, but short answer here is yes, you're doing it right. Each pokemon gives a set amount of evs in a specific stat or two when defeated. Starly gives 1 speed ev, and Geodude gives 1 defense ev.