I recently picked up Pokémon Black 2 and after playing it for a while and noticing how slow my Oshawott was it got me thinking; in all my years of playing Pokémon I've never played the metagame. I've been playing the games for over ten years now but not once have I even dipped my toes in the complicated world of EVs & IVs, tiers and all that head-scratching stuff.
But because my Oshawott is so slow I've been contemplating it. IVs seem more trouble than they're worth so I'm thinking of dipping my toes into some EV training as that seems fairly doable.
So what about you guys? Do you like to play the metagame or are you like me for the most part, content with catching your 'mons and getting your badges? If you do how dedicated are you to it?
Also the title wasn't meant to be a pun but...
INB4 Metapod/Metagross jokes
Seriously though, fuck IVs