Is there a way to lower a Pokemon's IVs in Sword/Shield?

Mar. 25, 2021

I want some trick room Pokemon and I want to see if I can. I also want to lower attacks on physical attackers. Is this possible?

EDIT: If there is a way, please suggest the sword and shield way. I only have those games.

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

No. IVs cannot be manipulated in any way. They are set when you catch or hatch a Pokemon. In gen seven, you can use a bottle cap to make the game think a mon has a perfect iv in a certain stat even though it doesn’t. This is the only way to manipulate ivs, if it even counts anyway. However, there is no way to raise or drop a mon’s iv unless you’re using something like pksm

Source: Experience

There is berries but they are hard to get and are not guaranteed to be on a tree so if you want to do that method you would probably spend hours