Taken from
http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/file/925601/48647
INDIVIVUAL VALUES AND HIDDEN POWER
Individual Values, or IVs for short are numbers, from 0 to 31, given to each
and every Pokemon when you first encounter it. This determines what your
Pokemon's stats are. For instance you see how two Pokemon, even if they have
the same Nature, have some different stats? That's IVs. I am NOT good at
calculating them, so please don't ask. there is another way, though. In
Diamond and Pearl, you can tell what stat has the highest IV on each Pokemon
by looking at its' Summary See the line at the bottom of the screen where
its' Nature is shown? the "Loves to Eat," "Somewhat vain" "Likes to thrash
about." That's the Stat with the highest IV. Here is a list of all the
sayings.
HP: Loves to eat, often dozes off, often scatters things, scatters things
often, likes to relax
ATK: Proud of its power, likes to thrash about, a little quick tempered, likes
to fight, quick tempered
DEF: Sturdy body, capable of taking hits, highly persistent, good endurance,
good perseverance
S. ATK: Highly curious, mischievous, thoroughly cunning, often lost in
thought, very finicky
S. DEF: Strong willed, somewhat vain, strongly defiant, hates to lose,
somewhat stubborn
SPEED: Likes to run, alert to sounds, impetuous and silly, somewhat of a
clown, quick to flee
Okay, here's where things get a little complicated. Each saying stands for
a bunch of possible IVs. So if you get "Often dozes off" for the highest IV,
it could be 31, but it could also be 26, 21, 16, 11, 6, or 1. The sayings go
around in a pattern, which repeats itself
Anyways, here's the list of the pattern. At the end, they repeat.
HIT POINTS
31-Often dozes off
30-Loves to Eat
29-Likes to Relax
28-Likes to scatter things
27-Often Naps
26-Often dozes off
ATTACK
31-Likes to thrash about
30-Proud of its' Power
29-Hot Tempered
28-Quick tempered
27-A little Quick-Tempered
26-Likes to Thrash about
DEFENSE
31-Capable of taking hits
30-Sturdy Body
29-Good perseverance
28-Good endurance
27-Highly persistent
26-Capable of taking hits
SPEED
31-Alert to sounds
30-Likes to run
29-Quick to flee
28-Somewhat of a clown
27-Impetuous and silly
26-Alert to sounds
SPECIAL ATTACK
31-Mischeivous
30-Highly Curious
29-Very Finicky
28-Often lost in thought
27-Thoroughly cunning
26-Mischeivous
SPECIAL DEFENSE
31-Somewhat Vain
30-Strong Willed
29-Somewhat Stubborn
28-Hates to lose
27-Strongly Defiant
26-Somewhat Vain
Yay you.