VG Weekly Poll #40 Do nature and IVs matter to you?

Do natures and IVs matter to you?

  • Yes, both do!

    Votes: 33 33.3%

  • Nature - yes. IVs - no.

    Votes: 37 37.4%

  • Nature - no. IVs - yes.

    Votes: 2 2.0%

  • Nope.

    Votes: 27 27.3%
  • Total voters
    99
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Hello Everynyan! Welcome to the fortieth! instalment in the Video Games Forum's new weekly series of polls!

Centered around the Pokemon series of video games, these polls will be based on the various different aspects of the popular video game franchise. Every Monday, a Video Games staff member will post a new poll that'll remained stickied up on top of the forum. Suggestions for polls and questions can be sent to Joshawott or Zeb and they could possibly used for new polls (credit will be given, of course).

With that out of the way, here is the poll: Do nature and IVs matter to you?. One of our first polls was whether or not played "EV Trained" their Pokémon. Now we're wondering, do you also care about your Pokémon's Individual Values and/or nature?

Past Polls of the Week

01) Was Black and White a step in the right direction?
02) Did you agree with N's ideals?
03) Favourite Generation?
04) Do you EV train?
05) Favourite Grass-type starter?
06) Was the Battle Tower/Subway too hard?
07) Favourite Spin-Off Series?
08) Favourite Fire/Fighting type starter?
09) Who was the hardest Gym Leader?
10) Primary, Secondary of Tertiary Version?
11) Do you use the Pokémon Global Link?
12) Do you like the Pokémon Dream World?
13) Creepiest Pokémon Resting Place?
14) Favourite Regional Professor?
15) Favourite Legendary Trio?
16) Favourite Early Bird?
17) Favourite Unova Gym Design?
18) Favourite Ice-type Trainer
19) Favourite Dragon-type Version Mascot
20) Initial Reaction to Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition?
21) Favourite Male Playable Character?
22) Favourite Villainous team?
23) Favourite Early Rodent?
24) Favourite Fossil Pokémon?
25) Most Anticipated 3DS Feature?
26) Favourite Female Playable Character?
27) Thoughts on the Doctor and Nurse trainer classes?
28) Do you nickname your Pokémon?
29) Do you use sacrifical moves?
30) Which Kyurem form is your favourite?
31) Should Black 2 and White 2 have been on the 3DS?
32) Do you participate in official VGC events?
33) Which type needs more attention?.
34) Would you like to see Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition localised?.
35) Will we see any new pokemon in B2W2?
36) Do you like the changes to the EXP system in Black and White?
37) Are you willing to pay the price for Pokédex 3D Pro?
38) Which currently released Mythical Pokémon do you want the most?
39) Would you agree with paid DLC in Pokémon?

Thank you for voting!

-The Video Games Forum Staff
 
IVs honestly dont matter to me at all but If I got a Pokemon with great IVs, Id consider it lucky. Idid get a Totodile that has Flawless Speed and Attack and a great nature to go with it, so I really need to consider breeding it. Nature matters a little bit more. Im not competitive but I do want to understand what natures do for Pokemon and how they can use them.
 
In-game, IVs don't matter to me but Natures do to an extent atleast. I won't use a Pokemon with a nature that hinders its best stats.

If you want to play competititvely, then IVs and Nature are of utmost importance. There is no possible arguement to the contrary here.
 
Natures are my most concerns. IVs will only make things more frustrating because of how it makes Hidden Power more complex.
 
For in-game purposes: I only really consider nature. IVs are just a hassle for an in-game team. And even then, say if I wanted a Jolly Starly, if I managed to catch a Hasty or Naive one before I get a Jolly, then I'd take that too (Timid would be a no-no though because it would lower Staraptor's Attack stat).

But once I finish the game, I usually turn to breeding and RNGing so, natures and IVs do matter to me then. But for in-game purposes, I really only care about nature.
 
Not really. I don't battle competitively, so all that stuff in game isn't much of an importance to me. Natures matter some in game, I guess, but eh I can usually make do with whatever I get.
 
Actually I sort of care about what nature a Pokemon has. Only because I'd rather have a beneficial stat-boost than a useless stat-boost.

I can't be bothered with IVs and such, though.
 
They're both important to me, I can't stand the thought of either being poor with my competitive Pokemon, though I might settle for the second-best nature if I've been breeding for a strong fighter for ages and am beginning to get fed up with the whole process. (Naive instead of Jolly on a physical sweeper, for example)
 
I used to care, but I gave myself endless headaches trying to work out good IVs while maintaining a good Hidden Power for a few Pokemon. Since I'm terrible at math, it never worked out. Nowadays, I just Pokesav what I need, saves both time and my sanity.

As for Natures, no, not at all. I think it's neat when I get "stereotype-defying" natures, like my Charizard in FireRed who was Lax, something most people wouldn't expect a Charizard to be.
 
Natures are influential to a lot of extents, making them more important. They are also explicitally told, though you aren't told the effect themselves... but generally, it is unwise to disregard them even for in-game battling.

They also affect immersion in the games. It doubles as a detail the individual pokémon more to life, in a way.


IVs, on the other hand... are negligible. They are only important in competitive battling, and even then, they are there for optimization. That said, they also do small details with them, like Hidden Power Type, or the small blurb on the stats page... but they are far less important than nature and can be neglected to various extents.
 
I have to care about both, playing competitively as much as I do. However, if I get a great nature on a legendary, I generally don't care about IV's because I hate soft-resetting.
 
None of them matter to me because I never trained/bred pokemons for those reasons. It kinda makes the games too difficult for me, so I don't care much about them except for stats
 
Both matter to me, but if getting good IVs is too difficult, I don't bother anymore. I usually just forget about IVs.
 
No. I've chosen to not do anything in the game that is going to cause me endless hours of frustration, swearing, and tears. This includes competitive battling, hunting for shinies, and breeding for Natures or IVs.
 
Neither of them matter to me, it doesn't make that much of a difference to how easy it is to get through the game, and it takes more time to get a good nature and IVs, so I don't bother.
 
Natures somewhat matter to me in game. I'll never use a Pokemon with a nature detrimental to one of its main stats, however I'll sometimes use one with a not bad/not good nature (like my Staraptor with a +Def/-SpA nature) if I don't find something better. I never bother with IVs, though. I don't even know how to check em xD
 
Not at all. I do even bother with natures, and the only time I consider IVs is if I have two of the same Pokemon and need to decide which one I want to train.
 
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