1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ Jordan Cameron (tenmihara) http://rainbowdash.net/tenmihara http://rainbowdash.net/notice/464264 @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/218" class="url" title="Guess"><span class="fn nickname">abigpony</span></a></span> Okay. In summation, EV is short for Effort Value. EVs are a hidden stat in Pokemon games that affect the growth of a Pokemon's combat stats. A pokemon can have up to 255 EVs in any stat, but no more than 510 in total. For each 4 EVs put into a stat, it will be raised by one point.