Hello! I'm Cobrakai, and i'm doing this topic to aid people with their EV training! I want to share with you a list of decent EV training hotspots (some of them better then others but it's what i found best until now), with a list of the Pokémons showing up in each hotspot, their approximate levels, EV gain from battling each of those Pokémon and the daytime where those Pokémon appear. The rarity of listed Pokémon is estimated. This guide will be updated as soon as i get more information on other decent hotspots.
EDIT: Hotspots are not all in Kanto anymore, decided to add a few from Johto region aswell because they are actually really good.
Ways to Modify EV Gain:
As there are no Horde encounters, we are gonna struggle bit more than at 6th gen games (X & Y).
Pokérus also not available so, the struggle will be even bigger.
Macho Brace IS available and working, making EV training 2x faster - doubles EV gain but halves holder's speed.
As many people seemed to not know, Macho Brace can be obtained in the Johto region, Goldenrod City, by trading a Drowzee with an npc who gives a Machop helding the item.
HealthPoints (HP) EV training hotspots:
Johto - Ruins of Alph Entrance
Kanto - Viridian Forest
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Attack (Atk) EV training hotspots:
Johto - Mt.Mortar
Johto - Dark Cave (North)
Kanto - Pokémon Tower (Lavender)
Kanto - Mt.Moon
Kanto - Route 11
Kanto - Route 12
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Defense (Def) EV training hotspots:
Kanto - Viridian Forest
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Speed (SPD) EV training hotspots:
Johto - Dragons Den
Kanto - Diglett Cave
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Special Attack (Sp.Atk) EV training hotspots:
Kanto - Route 5
Kanto - Route 6
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Special Defense (Sp.Def) EV training hotspots:
Attention: To be honest, Sp. Def is so easy to train, u can find Tentacool almost everywhere (through rod or surfing, doesn't matter which method).
I'm just listing the locations where it seemed i found a high ammount of Tentacruel for a faster train (maybe i was just lucky finding many Tentacruel in these zones, maybe it's just my impression).
Kanto - Route 19 & 20
Hope this topic can help a lot of people.
Would also like to ask for PRO's community to help improving this topic, as i think every1 wants to train their Pokémons EV with an always higher and improving efficiency.
Cobrakai