Stat Points instead of EVs and IVs

Stat Points (SP) replace EVs. The math got much simpler: 1 SP = +1 point in the final stat, since every Pokémon battles at level 50.

• 66 SP per Pokémon.
• Up to 32 SP in a single stat (32 SP is the same as the old 252 EVs).
• Each SP costs 5 VP. A full spread comes to 330 VP.
• Removing SP is free. Only adding costs VP.
• Everything is done in the Train menu. There are no vitamins, mints, EV berries or bottle caps.

Since each SP is worth exactly 1 point, speed creeping is easy: it's common to spend 1 to 4 SP just to outspeed a benchmark by 1 point. The speed tiers help you find those numbers.

In Champions every Pokémon has 31 IVs in every stat, always. There's no breeding, Hyper Training or bottle caps. A Pokémon brought over from HOME with worse IVs also becomes 31 inside the game.

The downside: you can't lower IVs. The classic 0 Speed IV for Trick Room doesn't exist. The workaround is to combine three things:

1. A naturally slow Pokémon (Torkoal has 20 base Speed; Incineroar and Farigiraf, 60).
2. 0 SP in Speed.
3. An alignment that lowers Speed: Brave, Quiet, Relaxed or Sassy.

Natures are now called Stat Alignment and work the same way: +10% to one stat and −10% to another. But there are only 21 options. Hardy, Docile, Bashful and Quirky are gone, and Serious is the only neutral one. Changing the alignment costs 500 VP.

Pasted a team with Hardy or another old neutral nature? Caneko's team validator flags the error and reminds you that the neutral alignment in Champions is Serious.

The rule is: the first 4 EVs become 1 SP, and after that every 8 EVs add 1 more SP. That's why 252 EVs give exactly 32 SP. In practice it's the same as dividing the EVs by 8 and rounding (halves round up), which is the math Caneko does.

To convert a whole spread at once, use the EV to SP converter. It also finds the minimum spread to hit a benchmark.

By the chart, 252/252/4 becomes 32/32/1. That adds up to 65 SP, but Champions gives you 66. After the two 32s, 2 SP are left over, and they go into the third stat. That's why the classic spread becomes 32/32/2 in Champions: you get 1 more point than you had before.

The same goes for any old spread: convert stat by stat, add it up and check whether you still have SP left to distribute before reaching 66.

Pasted a team exported with EVs into Caneko (total above 66 and some stat above 32)? The system converts it automatically (EV ÷ 8) and tells you it did. If the total is 66 or less, it reads the numbers as SP.

1. Speed first. Decide who you want to outspeed (or, under Trick Room, who you want to stay below). Check the speed tiers.
2. Then the attack you need to survive. Test in the damage calculator how much HP and defensive SP it takes to tank the meta's main attack.
3. Put the rest into attack or more bulk.
4. Before spending VP, check the total: up to 32 per stat and 66 overall.