Roria

These Training Hotspots are only available to players who have reached Roria League and beyond, training for upcoming big fights such as the Elite Four and Champion. View other tabs to the right for earlier hotspots.

Experience Points

A late addition of the game features the opening of Victory Road and introduces a new EXP training spot — the best trainer being Schoolgirl Joy, with her party providing a sum of 26718 EXP Points, landsliding Beach Bum Joe by about 3x the EXP to become the ideal EXP grinding place. At this point of the game, destructive attacks are expected and some of the Pokemon can deal damage, so ensure your Pokemon are prepared.

Money

As Victory Road and the Roria League introduce no better legitimate money hotspots, Rising Star Darren on Route 11 remains as the best Trainer for getting rich quickly with his reward of 2760 dollars upon victory. As always, be cautious with Krokorok's Foul Play inflicting massive damage, Trapinch's Ability Arena Trap preventing switching, and also the persistent sandstorm which can wear down any Pokémon that are not at least partially Ground, Rock or Steel.

Black Belt Hagar on Route 13 is a decent alternative for players who have teams vulnerable to sandstorms, Foul Play and Ground-type attacks. His money reward is almost 2600 dollars, only slightly lower than that of Darren.

Effort Values

HP

Until the new updates, Mountaineer Tawnya on Route 15 was the only Trainer in Roria to qualify as HP Training Hotspot, her party gave 4 HP EVs in total. However, Schoolgirl Joy (which is also the Money hotspot) provides a total of 10 HP EVs per battle!

Physical Attack

In addition to the money he gives, Rising Star Darren on Route 11 is excellent as always when it comes to Physical Attack EVs. His team grants 5 Attack EVs — one less than other hotspots players may recognize, but he does not provide any unwanted EVs. Be on the alert for the afore-mentioned threats, namely Krokorok's Foul Play, Trapinch's Ability Arena Trap and also the constant sandstorm.

Adventurer Tanner on Route 15 can also be used to train in Physical Attack EVs. His party provides a total of 6 Physical Attack EVs, one more than Darren's team in fact. Unfortunately, there is an unwanted EV stashed in, so similar to the drill on Mountaineer Tawnya's Piloswine, players may need to bring some other Pokémon that also needs Sp. Def EVs to defeat Tanner's Beedrill, or purchase Sp. Def Reset items.

Physical Defense

No new Trainer has ever threatened the position of Hiker Jackson, located on Cragonos Cliffs, being the ideal Trainer for Physical Defense EVs. His squad of Kantonian Geodude family offers 6 Defense EVs upon defeat. Be wary of the devastating attack Self-Destruct and the Ability Sturdy preventing instant knockout.

Special Attack

In addition to a decent amount of EXP points, Beach Bum Joe — the only Trainer on Decca Beach, happens to completely outclass Igneus Depths and becomes the greatest Sp. Atk training ground as well. His 3 powerful Pokémon offer a total of 7 Sp. Atk EVs when defeated. Players are warned again that Joe's Pokémon hit extremely hard with their attacks like Petal Dance, Hydro Pump and Leaf Storm.

Special Defense

HP isn't the only hotspot that the Roria League update brought, it also gave an amazing Special Defense hotspot, the first in the game, Fisherman Sebastian. He gives a total of 10 Sp. Def EVs. Again, these Pokemon are high level and can deal damage, so ensure your team is strong enough. His Blastoise can be tanky with Iron Defense, plus it has its Hidden Ability Rain Dish which allows it to recover HP in rain.

Speed

There is a Trainer that poses great potential to be the Speed hotspot in Cosmeos Valley, only to refuse any rematches. Therefore, Camper Pal on Route 9 continues living up to his name and holds the record to be the optimal Trainer for players to earn Speed EVs, as he gives 5 Speed EVs in total. Just watch out for his Grovyle's Pursuit plus the threat of paralysis induced by his Pichu.

Mints

By the time you have reached the Roria League, the best location to farm mints is still Anthian Park. It has 4 mints, tied with multiple accessible areas including Cosmeos Valley or Lagoona Lake - however, Anthian Park is the most efficient as the mints are closer together, making them quicker to check and reset.