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Nature/IV curiosity

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Out of curiosity, would it be more beneficial, if I want a certain stat to be as high as possible at level 100, to go for close-to-max IVs or a beneficial nature (as opposed to a neutral one)?

(I want to give my Anorith that I'm getting in Sapphire the best Attack stat possible in case I plan on training it, but I was wondering whether I wanted to have a beneficial nature or max IVs if I had to have one or the other.)
 
According to my calculations, Armaldo will have 350 attack at level 100 with max EVs, 1 attack IV, and beneficial nature vs 349 with max EVs, 31 attack IV, and a neutral nature.
 
well, since IV's go down to 0, that means: base > 125? nature. otherwise, IV. of course you'd probably go with natures even lower than that, because IV's aren't going to be 0 all the time.
 
Nature. Of course, it's even better to have a beneficial nature and non-awful relevant IVs. Don't worry too much about IVs for everything being awesome, if you decide to IV breed; just go for one or two stats.

Also, if you can at all help it, breed for natures in Emerald or later: you can give either parent an Everstone and it'll have a 50% chance of passing down its nature. Doesn't work in Sapphire, though.

But anyway. If you're set on Sapphire, reset/breed for nature, don't worry about IVs, and effort train.
 
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