Basics

The basics of Pokemon training lie primarily in a trainer's personality and training style. The most important aspects of Pokemon training is Effort Points and the Pokemon itself. Throughout Manjyome's and Lilakyria's training, they realized that at Slateport City, a lady would give you an effort ribbon after some time. Lilakyria asked the question, "What determines when she will give you an effort ribbon?" Manjyome decided to find the answer, so they began on a competition to find out the answer. Lilakyria found out that if she trained at a place with many Whismurs, her Pokemon's HP stats would go up more points and if she took the same Pokemon to a place with many Zubuts, her Pokemon's HP stats wouldn't go up so much. Therefore they concluded that there existed something that rewarded a trainer after the Pokemon's leveled up. So they called this "something" effort points. After breeding many Pokemon, Lilakyria found out that every Pokemon hatched has different nature and different stats associated with the same nature.
What differs your Flygon from Lilakyria's Flygon? The answers lies in:

• Effort Points
• The Pokemon itself

But first, enjoying Pokemon is the first step so actually your training style is the most important part! Please read our Trainer Types section! But if you are eager to learn about effort points and the pokemon itself go to our strong type section.