Awakening values

Go Power, abbreviated AVs from its commonly known fan term, Awakening values, are a mechanic introduced in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, replacing effort values. Similar to EVs, AVs are used to increase a Pokémon's stats, but are awarded through the use of Candy and leveling up, rather than by defeating other Pokémon in battles or consuming vitamins.

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Measuring AVs

Using certain Candy and raising a Pokémon's level are the only ways to increase a Pokémon's AVs. Every additional AV corresponds to one stat point added after all other calculations are made, with a limit of 200 AVs for each stat. Since AVs are added in after all other calculations have been made, Pokémon with maxed out AVs will have an additional 200 stat points regardless of level, Nature, IV, or friendship.

At each level-up, a Pokémon will gain one AV on a random stat. Candy is required to further increase the AVs. Each stat requires a specific Candy to raise its AV. The more AVs a Pokémon has on a stat, the more Candy is required to raise that stat by an additional AV. Each time Candy is used, the stats will only increase by one point regardless of the Candy's size; however, the larger the Candy used, the less of that Candy is required. Once the AVs of a stat reach a certain threshold, then only larger Candy can be used to further increase that stat.

Stat Candy
HP Health Candy Health Candy L Health Candy XL
Attack Mighty Candy Mighty Candy L Mighty Candy XL
Defense Tough Candy Tough Candy L Tough Candy XL
Special Attack Smart Candy Smart Candy L Smart Candy XL
Special Defense Courage Candy Courage Candy L Courage Candy XL
Speed Quick Candy Quick Candy L Quick Candy XL
Min Level — Lv 30+ Lv 60+
Max AVs 50 100 200


In addition, species-specific Candy can also be used to boost all of a Pokémon's AVs by one, regardless of current level or AVs, up until 200 AVs. Species-specific Candy are generally harder to find, but can boost a Pokémon's AV much faster.

In battle

In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, players can choose between two sets of rules in link battles: Normal rules and No restrictions. If normal rules are chosen, then all participating Pokémon will have their levels set to 50, friendship set to 70, and all AVs set to 0. If no restrictions, participating Pokémon will retain their current AVs, levels, and friendship.

Comparison to effort values

Like EVs, AVs are a mechanic that allow Pokémon to further grow their stats outside of leveling up. However, there are major differences between the two values that allow Pokémon under the AV system to exceed stat ceilings that previously existed using EVs.

Under the EV system, 4 EVs are required for a one-point increase to a stat at level 100, assuming a neutral nature. With a beneficial nature, 4 EVs will sometimes boost a stat by a second point, while a hindering nature will cause some blocks of 4 EVs to fail to increase the stat at all. Since the effect of EVs are scaled by level, boosts in stats by EVs are less frequent at lower levels, so at level 50 each increase requires 8 EVs, and at level 10 it requires 40.

With an EV limit of 252 for a given stat, a level 100 Pokémon can have its stat boosted by up to 63 points through EVs (69 points with a beneficial nature).

Under the AV system, only one AV is required for a one-point increase to a stat. Since AVs are added in last, after all other calculations are made, the one-point increase is realized regardless of a Pokémon's current level or nature. This would allow for a low-level Pokémon with high AVs to overpower a much higher-level Pokémon without much AVs already invested.

At a limit of 200 AVs, a level 100 Pokémon's stats (assuming a neutral nature) are equivalent to what it would have if effort values were allowed to go up to 800 in every stat, while a level 1 Pokémon's stats would be equivalent to effort values of 80,000 in every stat.

Costs

The following table shows how much of each type of candy is required to increase the AV of a stat by one point. Cumulative values show the total amount of candy needed to reach a certain point, if the player were to only use one type of candy. If the player wanted to use the smallest candy first before reaching the cap, simply subtract 50 from the cumulative L amount and 100 from the XL amount.

AVs Marginal cost Cumulative cost
111111111
211112222
311113333
411114444
511115555
611116666
711117777
811118888
911119999
10111110101010
11211112111111
12211114121212
13211116131313
14211118141414
15311121151515
16311124161616
17311127171717
18411131181818
19411135191919
20411139202020
21511144212121
22511149222222
23611155232323
24611161242424
25711168252525
26711175262626
27811183272727
28811191282828
299111100292929
309111109303030
3110111119313131
3211111130323232
3311111141333333
3412111153343434
3513111166353535
3613111179363636
3714111193373737
3815111208383838
3916111224393939
4016111240404040
4117111257414141
4217111274424242
4318111292434343
4418111310444444
4518111328454545
4619111347464646
4719111366474747
4820111386484848
4920111406494949
5020111426505050
51—211—525151
52—211—545252
53—211—565353
54—211—585454
55—211—605555
56—211—625656
57—211—645757
58—311—675858
59—311—705959
60—311—736060
61—311—766161
62—311—796262
63—311—826363
64—311—856464
65—311—886565
66—311—916666
67—311—946767
68—311—976868
69—311—1006969
70—311—1037070
71—311—1067171
72—311—1097272
73—311—1127373
74—311—1157474
75—311—1187575
76—411—1227676
77—411—1267777
78—411—1307878
79—411—1347979
80—411—1388080
81—411—1428181
82—411—1468282
83—411—1508383
84—411—1548484
85—411—1588585
86—411—1628686
87—411—1668787
88—411—1708888
89—411—1748989
90—411—1789090
91—411—1829191
92—411—1869292
93—411—1909393
94—411—1949494
95—411—1989595
96—411—2029696
97—411—2069797
98—411—2109898
99—411—2149999
100—411—218100100
101——21——102101
102——21——104102
103——21——106103
104——21——108104
105——21——110105
106——21——112106
107——21——114107
108——21——116108
109——21——118109
110——21——120110
111——21——122111
112——21——124112
113——21——126113
114——21——128114
115——21——130115
116——21——132116
117——21——134117
118——21——136118
119——21——138119
120——21——140120
121——21——142121
122——21——144122
123——21——146123
124——21——148124
125——21——150125
126——21——152126
127——21——154127
128——21——156128
129——21——158129
130——21——160130
131——21——162131
132——21——164132
133——21——166133
134——21——168134
135——21——170135
136——21——172136
137——21——174137
138——21——176138
139——21——178139
140——21——180140
141——21——182141
142——21——184142
143——21——186143
144——21——188144
145——21——190145
146——21——192146
147——21——194147
148——21——196148
149——21——198149
150——21——200150
151——21——202151
152——21——204152
153——21——206153
154——31——209154
155——31——212155
156——31——215156
157——31——218157
158——31——221158
159——41——225159
160——41——229160
161——41——233161
162——41——237162
163——41——241163
164——41——245164
165——51——250165
166——51——255166
167——51——260167
168——51——265168
169——51——270169
170——61——276170
171——61——282171
172——61——288172
173——61——294173
174——61——300174
175——71——307175
176——71——314176
177——71——321177
178——71——328178
179——71——335179
180——81——343180
181——81——351181
182——81——359182
183——81——367183
184——91——376184
185——91——385185
186——91——394186
187——91——403187
188——101——413188
189——101——423189
190——101——433190
191——101——443191
192——101——453192
193——111——464193
194——111——475194
195——111——486195
196——111——497196
197——121——509197
198——121——521198
199——121——533199
200——121——545200

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Pokémon individuality
Level • Stats • Friendship • Gender • Ability • Nature • Characteristic
Effort values • Individual values • Awakening values • Effort level
Condition • Performance • Affection • Memory


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