LogFAQs > #925046817

Yeah it's garbage.

EVs at least are a good concept strategy wise but they are a pain to train.

IVs are just bad in every sense. They barely add depth to the game besides the occasional Trick Room minmax. They exist so Nintendo can make the pokemon feel more like living creatures to casuals.

Don't try to argue that in the pokemon boards, you'll run into a horde of teenagers who somehow think spending an hour biking for each pokemon is the expression of RL meritocracy.

Well, what I do is stick to Showdown for team testing and only breed it in cartridge when I intend to go to RL tournaments. Takes about a full day to breed a team, plus the time begging online for mons with hidden abilities. It's annoying, but manageable for tournaments.

But I really wish Nintendo added a simulator mode inside the cartridge so you could test teams.