1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ Jordan Cameron (tenmihara) http://rainbowdash.net/tenmihara http://rainbowdash.net/notice/787083 @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/2706" class="url" title="Rodolfo Andrade Breves"><span class="fn nickname">mushi</span></a></span> Like I said, shortcuts. There are three big ones. Vitamins, Training Weights, and Pokerus. Vitamins give 10 EVs to their respective stat, but cannot boost a stat over 100 EVs. I always start with a fresh Pokemon (although, my estimate for EV building did not include move/nature breeding, but there are shortcuts there too), then for any 252/252/4 build, put 10 vitamins into the two stats and about half the work is done