What's a more realistic EV spread for a defensive Venusaur?

144 Def/96 SpD

I don't understand Smogon's weird-ass EV spreads.

>>31547020
What do you mean by "realistic"? If you read the description, it'll tell you why those specific EVs, which do help a lot in competitive play compared to 252HP/252Def/4SpD.

>>31547236
Practically every Pokémon in VGC team reports have those sorts of spreads. They're designed to live specific hits or get specific KOs, without wasting any points going overkill on other calcs.
252/252/4 is fine if you're playing casually but they're often objectively outclassed.

>>31547020
If you don't fear Jolly azumarill just put those 20 evs in your def

>>31547236
They tend to waste evs in a set just for one or two specifics pokemon with a specific set.

>>31547261
>252/252/4 is fine if you're playing casually but they're often objectively outclassed.
It's funny that people still parrot this when the 2014 and 2015 world champions mostly used simple spreads.

>>31547020
I assume you mean realistically doable in-game where you can't see EVs that clearly but also as close as possible.
Just make it 255 HP (max), 100 Def, 139 SpD,20 Spe.
You use vitamins to get 100 in Def, 20 in speed, then you can max out HP, then max out SpD (only it won't actually max out it will stop at 139)

>>31547341
Please play the game before correcting people.

How the fuck do you actually make EV this accurate in game? Maxing or 10,20,30.... Is easy but 248? 96? 144? Or these spreads from trainer tower, just how? You cant even check how much EV you have in each stat

>>31547341
>255
Impossible past gen VI and it's a waste of 3 EVs.

>>31547292
How about 2016/2017 famalam? People are using mixed spreads more and more because they work.

>>31549002
Most people just gen up pokemon so it doesn't matter, but you there are all kinds of guides and calculators out there so look it up on your time.

>>31547020
IMO, really specific spreads are usually, but not always, a waste because they are way too specific in what they are meant to counter. You won't always face the exact situation you planned for (coughVGCPachisurucough) because the metagame keeps changing to counter the things meant to counter them so what might be an optimal stat spread today will be sub-optimal next month.

>>31549002
It's easy on Showdown

>>31549002
Pelago. Each sessions 4 EVs. Divide the number of evs you need by 4 and do that many sessiosn

>>31549002
Just as a quick example:

>96
Give nine stat boosters then beat six 1 EV-yielding mons or three if you are pokerused

>>31547261
You can't prepare for every situation like that though. I can understand running weird EVs for VGC or speed creep EVs for Showdown, but not maxing out one of your offensive or defensive stats could very easily bite you in the ass depending on the situation.

>>31547292
>>31547278

>why would you prepare for specific relevant threats when you could just dump all the evs into two stats

>>31547020
>What's a more realistic EV spread for a defensive Venusaur?
What do you mean by realistic?

>>31549639

one's that's real instead of otherwise

>>31549153
Or deposit your mon in pelayo and use 24 rounds (24*4)=96.

>realistic

what? you can't into basic math?

https://themetalfleece.github.io/sunmoon/ExactEVs.html

I just use this since I'd rather not wait for pelago training

>>31549625
>20 Speed EVs are used outpace Adamant maximum Speed Azumarill accounting for Hidden Power Fire's IV drop
>relevant threads
I'm not saying that a non 252 spread are bad, but sometimes smogon is ridiculous.