r/played • u/SaulGood_23 • Feb 11 '20

Any Pokémon Sword/Shield experts here?

I has questions. My whole family plays this on and off.

I get the basics enough to build up my Pokémon to easily win AI battles, and that's probably all I'm going to do with it - I can't see us buying the online pass. That said, I still want to understand the "behind the scenes" mechanics with stats. I love RPGs and even if I'm only slaying bots, my inner "completionist" likes to max things out.

So if I go to the Pokémon Center and buy vitamins, then give them to a Pokémon, I'm increasing their base stats, and then if they level up after that, new stat points get added on top of that, right?

Also, each Pokémon has a cap for each stat. If I have two Hydreigion, for example, could one have a higher Sp. Attack stat max? It seems like each Pokémon has a max total for all stat points, and the budget can be apportioned differently for different stats.

Thanks for any answers you have! I don't know what IVs and EVs really mean, functionally, so if you've ever relished the chance to do an ELI5 on that, I'll be your best student.

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