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Equation 1 · Part 10 · The EV Formula Is an Exact Production Function Trainers Solved by Accident

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S=⌊(⌊(2B+I+⌊E/4⌋)⋅L100⌋+5)⋅N⌋S = \left\lfloor \left( \left\lfloor (2B+I+\lfloor E/4 \rfloor) \cdot \frac{L}{100} \right\rfloor + 5 \right) \cdot N \right\rfloor
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What this part means

Add the term after the plus sign to the term or group before it.

Its job in the formula

Add the term after the plus sign to the term or group before it.

The passage around this formula

Since Generation III, every non-HP stat in a modern Pokémon game is produced by one rule: take twice the species’ base stat, add its individual value (an inherited number from 0 to 31, effectively fixed for a competitively bred Pokémon [ 4 ] ), add the floor of its invested effort value divided by four, scale by level over 100 and round down, add five, then multiply by a nature coefficient of 0.9, 1.0, or 1.1 and round down again [ 1 ] : S=⌊(⌊(2B+I+⌊E/4⌋)⋅L100⌋+5)⋅N⌋S = \left\lfloor \left( \left\lfloor (2B+I+\lfloor E/4 \rfloor) \cdot \frac{L}{100} \right\rfloor + 5 \right) \cdot N \right\rfloor. HP uses the same inner term but a different outer shell, adding the Pokémon’s level plus ten instead of multiplying by a nature:

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Addition combines quantities; subtraction measures the signed difference between them. Parentheses show what is combined before the rest of the expression is evaluated.

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