In Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, your Pokemon's stats are more important than ever. To defeat 5-star and 6-star Tera Raid battles, you'll need to maximize the efficiency of your Pokemon's stats, which means breeding perfect IV Pokemon and training their EVs correctly.
Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: Complete Stats And Natures Guide
Do you want to be the best? Be sure to learn how to properly train your team in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet!Essentially, IVs are your Pokemon's base stat potential. The higher the IV, the higher that stat has the potential to be through leveling up. If you're wondering how to see this information for yourself, you've come to the right place. Here, we'll take a look at how to unlock the Judge function, and how to check your team's IVs.
Updated October 7, 2023: We've freshened this guide up to make it easier to understand how to get the judge function in Scarlet and Violet, what exactly IVs are, and what they're good for.
How To Get The Judge Function
The Judge Function is an in-game tool that you can use to check the IV (Individual Values) spread that a Pokemon of your choice has in its stats. However, this menu isn't something you get by default.
Instead, you'll need to progress through the main story of the game until you beat all three main arcs (The Gym Leaders, Team Star, and the Path of Legends Titan Pokemon). Then, complete the final story arc until you see the credits.
Once you have reached that point, you must go to any Pokemon Center, where the nurse will tell you that the Judge Function is now unlocked.
How To Check IVs
To check your IVs, simply open up your Boxes menu, and select the Pokemon you want to check. Then, press the Plus (+) button to cycle to the Judge Function screen.
Here, you can see the IVs of each of your Pokemon's stats, ranging from "No Good" to "Best". The exact value ranges of each label is shown below.
- Best - 31
- Fantastic - 30
- Very Good - 26-29
- Pretty Good - 16-25
- Decent - 1-15
- No Good - 0
While these IVs are randomly generated when you catch or hatch the Pokemon, they can still be changed later using the Hyper Training Function. These numbers don't actually tell you how strong that particular stat is currently, but rather the native potential of that stat, which adds to the final result once you have fully trained that Pokemon.
The higher the IV, the higher values that stat can reach once it has been fully EV-trained or fed stat-boosting items like Protein.
What Are IVs And Why Are They Useful?
As mentioned above, IVs are essentially the DNA that determines your specific Pokemon's stats. When you catch or breed any Pokemon, it will be randomly assigned IVs ranging from zero to 31, with 31 being the absolute best. Every single Pokemon has different IVs, which is why you can catch two different Pikachus with different stats.
IVs may seem like small differences, but they add up, especially when it comes to Tera Raid battles and especially competitive battles.
When creating a competitive team, you'll want to make sure all your Pokemon's stats are as good as they can be, because your opponent will definitely be doing the same thing.
Although IVs are very important, you'll need to choose the correct nature for your Pokemon, and ensure you level up their EVs to maximize their beneficial stats. This can be a long process, but it is made significantly easier in Scarlet and Violet thanks to Hyper Training and Nature Mints.