Training for Max Stats
This stuff isn't simple, kids, but that's the way it goes.

Max Stats are the highest possible levels of statness a Pokémon can have. For the purposes of demonstration, I will be referring to Porygon2's stats to help explain the concept of Max Stats.

Porygon2's highest possible stats are: HP 373 / AT 258 / DF 278 / SA 308 / SD 288 / SP 218 This is as high as they can get. However, not every Porygon2 is going to wind up with stats like this. In fact, very few Pokémon will ever wind up with their stats maxed out like this. It is due to the Determining Values, or DV's, of a Pokémon that makes their stat setups different.

There are four DV's, Attack, Defence, Speed and Special. Both Special Attack and Special Defence run off the same DV, and Health is calculated from the four. There are 16 DV's, 0 ~ 15, each one representing 2 stat points. A DV of 15 is Max. If my Porygon2's Attack stat is Max (which it is) the stat will be 258. On the other hand, my Porygon2's Defence is 14. 278-2=276. One DV point equals two stat points. In total, a stat can be off the Max by as many as 30 points. There is no possible way to raise the stats any higher than what the Pokémon's DV's determine.

DV's are determined randomly when you catch or recieve a Pokémon. To obtain my Porygon2, I saved right next to counter and kept checking my Porygon until I got one with stats I liked. This works with all Pokémon except for the GS Legendaries. Once you release Raikou, Entei and Suicune from the tower, their stats are set.

The Health stat is determined by the other four stats. HP starts at 0. If the Attack stat is odd, +8. Defence, +4. Speed, +2. Special, +1. Simple enough.

My Porygon2's DV's are as follows: Attack 15 / Defence 14 / Speed 1 / Special 14 What does this mean? It means my Porygon2 has a Health stat of 10. It gets +8 for having an odd Attack DV and +2 for having an odd Speed DV. (In the Pokémon world, 1 is odd and 0 is even.) Thus, its stats are actually: HP 363 (-10) / AT 258 (Max) / DF 276 (-2) / SA 306 (-2) / SD 286 (-2) / Speed 190 (-28) This is a very good Porygon2, if I do say so myself. The low Speed is not a concern because it has Agility.

Now that you know what they are, how do you calculate them? The best way is to use Rare Candies to level the Pokémon up to Lv. 50. At Lv. 50, if it has not gained any Stat EXP (more on that in a second), its stats can be a total of 15 off, which, convieniently, matches the DV's. A wild Lv. 50 Porygon2's Attack can be anywhere from 85 to 100. If it is, say, 96, it is 4 points off and therefore has a DV of 11. This will equal -8 AT in the long run. (4 DV points = 8 stat points. Another way of looking at it is doubling the differences at Lv. 50.) However, to figure out what the stats at Lv. 50 are in the first place, you can use the Skill-Statfinder. At below Lv. 50, the stats may be rounded, but you can still get a good idea of what to expect. Try to catch Pokémon at the highest level possible, it'll make figuring out their stats a LOT easier.
As your Pokémon levels up, it may gain bonuses on its stats to go with its regular stat increases. This is called STAT EXP because it is based on the Base Stats of the Pokémon you faint between level ups. There are 63 'bonus' points you can gain to your stats, by gaining Stat EXP and by using stat boosters like Iron and HP Up. (However, stat boosters will only help with the first 40 points. If your Pokémon has already gained 40 or more points, stat boosters will have no effect on it.) So, the more opponents your Pokémon faints, the more its stats grow.

At Lv. 100, if your Pokémon has not gained all 63 points, it can still scrape them together by using the Box Trick. Usually, leveling up is what sets off the Stat EXP to bolster your stats. Putting your Pokémon in the box has the same effect. So, if your Lv. 100 Porygon2 uses up all of its PP several times fainting things and you place it in the box, its stats will rise by 3 or 4 points. This will ONLY increase its stats to the Pokémon's personal Max stats! My Porygon2 has raised its stats to 363/258/276/306/286/190. They will NOT rise any more, because that is my Porygon2's personal Max Stats.

And that's all there is to it. Simple, ne? ^_^ If you have any questions, please EMail me at uiru@cephiro.com.
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