Tips and General Information

A Few General EV Training Tips:

Pokmon gain EVs whenever they gain experience; if you're not starting with
a freshly hatched Pokmon, you'll probably need to reset its EVs with a Reset
Bag first.

Pokrus doubles the EVs gained per Pokmon defeated.

Macho Brace doubles the EVs gained per Pokmon defeated.

Power items add +4 in a specific stat to the EVs gained per Pokmon
defeated.

With Exp. Share ON, all Pokmon in the party gain EVs.
A Few Horde EV Training Tips:

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Using Sweet Scent or Honey initiates a Horde battle 100% of the time on the
routes listed below.
Common Sweet Scent Pokmon include Combee (Route 4) and Bulbasaur
(Pokmon Lab).
Horde battles will not activate on rainy routes.
If it is currently raining on a route you were going to use for EV training,
choose another route from the list below.
To defeat all five Pokmon in one turn, use a powerful Pokmon with a move
that hits all opponents.
Common choices include Pokmon with Surf, Parabolic Charge Heliolisk, and
Petal Blizzard Venusaur.
You gain EVs for each Pokmon defeated in battle. In Horde battles, you gain
a total of five times the regular EVs.
Power item, Macho Brace, and Pokrus boosts are applied to each Pokmon
defeated.
With Exp. Share ON, a Pokmon who does not participate in battle can gain
additional EVs by equipping the aforementioned EV-boosting items.
Explanation of Horde EV Math:
The total number of EVs gained from defeating every Pokmon in a Horde
Battle can be found at the end of each line below.
Pokrus doubles the total EV gain per Horde Battle.
Macho Brace doubles the total EV gain per Horde Battle.
Power Items add four EVs per Pokmon defeated.
All multipliers are cumulative (e.g., Pokrus + Macho Brace = 4*EVs).

Most Efficient Routes for EV Training

These routes take into account frequency of encounters, number of EVs gained per
Pokmon defeated, and ease of access to the location.

HP - Route 5, Connecting Cave, Route 20

Attack - Route 19, Route 14
Defense - Terminus Cave, Victory Road
Special Attack - Frost Cavern
Special Defense - Reflection Cave

Speed - Route 8, Route 12, Route 15

A Complete List of Horde Battles Per Route

Encounters are color coded as follows:

Health Points

Attack

Defense

Special Attack

Special Defense

Speed

Mixed
Route 5 - Versant Road
[Common] Gulpin (1 HP) = 5 HP
[Uncommon] Scraggy (1 Atk) = 5 Atk
[Rare: Y] Minun*4 (4 Spe) + Plusle*1 (1 Spe) = 5 Spe
[Rare: X] Plusle*4 (4 Spe) + Minun*1 (1 Spe) = 5 Spe
Route 7 - Rivire Walk
[Common] Hoppip (1 SpD) = 5 SpD
[Uncommon] Psyduck (1 SpA) = 5 SpA
[Rare] Roselia (2 SpA) = 10 SpA
Connecting Cave
[Common] Whismur (1 HP) = 5 HP
[Uncommon] Zubat (1 Spe) = 5 Spe
[Rare] Axew (1 Atk) = 5 Atk
Route 8 - Muraille Coast
[Common] Wingull (1 Spe) = 5 Spe
[Uncommon: Y] Seviper*4 (4 Atk + 4 SpA) + Zangoose*1 (2 Atk) = 6 Atk +
4 SpA
[Uncommon: X] Zangoose*4 (8 Atk) + Seviper*1 (1 Atk + 1 SpA) = 9 Atk +
1 SpA
[Rare] Taillow = 5 Spe
Route 10 - Menhir Trail
[Common] Nosepass (1 Def) = 5 Def
[Uncommon] Yanma (1 Spe) = 5 Spe
[Rare: Y] Electrike (1 Spe) = 5 Spe
[Rare: X] Houndour (1 SpA) = 5 SpA

Route 11 - Miroir Way

[Common: Y] Nidoran*4 (4 HP) + Nidoran*1 (1 Atk) = 4 HP + 1 Atk
[Common: X] Nidoran*4 (4 Atk) + Nidoran*1 (1 HP) = 4 Atk + 1 HP
[Uncommon] Stunky = 5 Spe
[Rare] Starly = 5 Spe
Reflection Cave
[Common] Mime Jr. (1 SpD) = 5 SpD
[Uncommon] Roggenrola (1 Def) = 5 Def
[Rare] Roggenrola*4 (4 Def) + Carbink*1 (1 Def + 1 SpD) = 5 Def + 1 SpD
Route 12 - Fourrage Road
[Common] Wingull = 5 Spe
[Uncommon] Mareep = 5 SpA
[Rare] Tauros*4 (4 Atk + 4 Spe) + Miltank*1 (2 Def) = 4 Atk + 4 Spe + 2
Def
Azure Bay
[Common] Wingull (1 Spe) = 5 Spe
[Uncommon] Slowpoke (1 HP) = 5 HP
[Rare] Exeggcute (1 Def) = 5 Def
Route 14 - Laverre Nature Trail
[Common] Bellsprout (1 Atk) = 5 Atk
[Uncommon] Skorupi (1 Def) = 5 Def
[Rare] Ekans (1 Atk) = 5 Atk
Route 15 - Brun Way
[Common] Murkrow (1 Spe) = 5 Spe
[Uncommon] Foongus (1 HP) = 5 HP
[Rare] Klefki (1 Def) = 5 Def
Route 16 - Mlancolie Path
[Common] Murkrow (1 Spe) = 5 Spe
[Uncommon] Foongus (1 HP) = 5 HP
[Rare] Klefki (1 Def) = 5 Def
Frost Cavern

[Common] Vanillite (1 SpA) = 5 SpA

[Uncommon] Cubchoo (1 Atk) = 5 Atk
[Rare] Smoochum (1 SpA) = 5 SpA
Route 18 - Valle troite Way
[Common] Geodude (1 Def) = 5 Def
[Uncommon] Durant (2 Def) = 10 Def
[Rare] Durant*4 (8 Def) + Heatmor*1 (2 SpA) = 8 Def + 2 SpA
Terminus Cave
[Common] Durant (2 Def) = 10 Def
[Uncommon] Geodude (1 Def) = 5 Def
[Rare: X] Aron (1 Def) = 5 Def
[Rare: Y] Larvitar (1 Atk) = 5 Atk
Route 19 - Grande Valle Way
[Common] Weepinbell (2 Atk) = 10 Atk
[Uncommon] Gligar (1 Def) = 5 Def
[Rare] Arbok (2 Atk) = 10 Atk
Route 20 - Winding Woods
[Common] Foongus (1 HP) = 5 HP
[Uncommon] Trevenant (2 Atk) = 10 Atk
[Rare] Trevenant*4 (8 Atk) / Sudowoodo*1 (2 Def) = 8 Atk + 2 Def
The Pokmon Village
[Common] Foongus (1 HP) = 5 HP
[Uncommon] Poliwag (1 Spe) = 5 Spe
[Rare] Lombre (2 SpD) = 10 SpD
Route 21 - Dernire Way
[Common] Spinda (1 SpA) = 5 SpA
[Uncommon] Swablu (1 SpD) = 5 SpD
[Rare] Scyther (1 Atk) = 5 Atk
Victory Road [Caves 1 & 4]
[Common] Geodude (1 Def) = 5 Def
[Uncommon] Floatzel (2 Spe) = 10 Spe

[Rare] Lickitung (2 HP) = 10 HP

Victory Road [Caves 2 & 3]
[Common] Geodude (1 Def) = 5 Def
[Uncommon] Graveler (2 Def) = 10 Def
[Rare] Lickitung (2 HP) = 10 HP

Modifying EV Gain

Pokrus doubles EVs gained, can be combined with Macho Brace and Power Items

Macho Brace doubles EVs gained, halves the holders Speed, can be combined with
Pokrus

Power Items give 4 additional EV points to the corresponding stat, halves holders
Speed, can be combined with Pokrus

Calculations for EVs per Pokmon

Dont forget to multiply by 5 for horde encounters!
Base 3 points:

Pokrus / Macho Brace: 6 EVs

Pokrus + Macho Brace: 12 EVs

Pokrus + Power Item: 14 EVs

Base 2 points:

Pokrus / Macho Brace: 4 EVs

Pokrus + Macho Brace: 8 EVs

Pokrus + Power Item: 12 EVs

Base 1 point:

Pokrus / Macho Brace: 2 EVs

Pokrus + Macho Brace: 4 EVs

Pokrus + Power Item: 10 EVs

2. Hordes

It seems Game Freak has understood our frustrations with running

into the wrong Pokmon while training and given us at least one
location with a 100% encounter rate for each stat. Weve listed them
below with alternatives in case there are hazards in the way! As always,
this list will be updated as we find even more efficient ways of doing
things. These are all hordes so you want to use Sweet Scent or Honey
to attract them.

HP

Location: Rusturf Tunnel

Encounter Rate: 100%
Level: 5
EVs: 1 HP each

Attack

Location: Mt. Pyre (cemetery area)

Encounter Rate: 100%
Level: 15
EVs: 1 Atk each

Defense

Location: Route 111

Encounter Rate: 100%
Level: 11
EVs: 1 Def each
Note that Sweet Scent and Honey actually work in Sandstorm unlike
in previous games!

Special Attack

Location: Route 119

Encounter Rate: 100%
Level: 13
EVs: 1 SpA each

Location: Route 113

Encounter Rate: 95%
Level: 9
EVs: 1 SpA each

Special Defence

Location: Route 115

Encounter Rate: 100%
Level: 10
EVs: 1 SpD each

Speed
or
Location: Route 104 (North Wingull, South Taillow)
Encounter Rate: 100% combined
Level: 2
EVs: 1 Spe each
Note: the route is divided into two parts by Petalburg Woods. Southern
part of the route has Taillow hordes, Northern has Wingull hordes.
As soon as the full games are released, well expand the guide with
more methods. Thanks to Project Pokmon for providing us the data to
create this guide with and good luck with your EV training!