>>18847694It ultimately depends on what poke you're making, here's my basics at least:
>Max out an offense no matter what, unless the poke is made specifically for sitting there/support/has guaranteed setup compensationExample: bulky CM Cofagrigus
>Pokes speed is lower than base 80, no point in speed invesment unless they raise speed to sweepExample: 251 is the magical number to outpace Tornadus-T after a single Dragon/Quiver Dance, the rest goes into the obvious 252 offense and ANY remaining towards bulk investment. No point in outpacing benchmarked pokes and having wasted EVs.
>Max HP is not always wise due to hazard damage, Lefties recovery, base stat placemantExample: anything weak to Stealth Rock should always have an HP number that CANNOT be divided by 4/8/16 and the like
>special attackers should have their Attack IV lowered as much as possible without affecting their Hidden Power type if they have that moveTools I use:
D-calc for determining deffensive EV spreads & Assault Vest fun
>http://pokestudio.altervista.org/defevs.phpSpeed-calc for finding benchmark threats and how many Speed EVs I should invest before attempting sweeps
>http://www.pokemon-tools.com/xy/en/calc_speed/Hope this helps
