1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ Jordan Cameron (tenmihara) http://rainbowdash.net/tenmihara http://rainbowdash.net/notice/786996 @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/2706" class="url" title="Rodolfo Andrade Breves"><span class="fn nickname">mushi</span></a></span> Effectively yes, but there are shortcuts. Vitamins, training weights and Pokerus to be specific. Before that though, it's good to know how many Effort Values a Pokemon can have, and how they work to increase their respective stat.