What would make my Pokemon stronger, vitamins (Carbos ect) or Wings (Muscle Wing)?

Question

hi I have never really understood EVs, I always used to use tons of Rare Candies to get to Lv:100 but since I heard that EVs help you get stronger Pokemon i've stopped using them now but i'm a little stuck. As i've said I used Rare Candies to get really strong an I used to use the Vitamins to squeeze as much power out of my Pokemon as possible but i've seen and found these Wings on Black 1 and White 2 but never used them. now I have read up about them on this website but i'm still a little confused on whether I can use the full 225 on each stat (yeah I have that many because I used an Action Replay for all/max items) and get the highest stats possible.

For example say if I caught a Lv:1 Arceus and gave it as many wings as possible at Lv:1 would it get every EV at once without battling or would it be better to battle till it's Lv:100 then use the Vitamins? I chose Arceus as the example as 1, it's 1 of my favourite Pokemon and 2, it has the highest stats but what i'm wondering is if I use the wings would it's stats be the highest number possible if I use all of the wings I could. so would it's final Lv:100 stats be:

HP - 444
ATTACK - 372
DEFENSE - 372
SP. ATK - 372
SP. DEF - 372
SPEED - 372
(i would love Arceus to have every one of these stats)

i'm not bothered about whether I can or can't use it over Wi-Fi as I don't use that it's just for personal in-game use an for when I have an Infrared/Wireless battle with friends just so I can just destroy their teams with ease using them.

Answer 1

Sorry, those stats are not possible. Here are the reasons:

• Only 2 stats can fully utilize EVs. 252 EVs are needed to max out a stat. And there are only 510 EVs available. So 2 stats can be maximized. No more.
• Only 1 stat can be fully maximized with a Nature, excluding HP. 372 on Arceus is 252 EVs + a benefical Nature. Same with your 444 HP, but HP doesn't need natures. So only 1 stat can reach 372, again, excluding HP.

I cannot determine what stats you Arceus will have; it depends on how many and what kind of wings / vitamins are given.

Also, only 508 EVs can be used, as 4 EVs = 1 stat point.

Now, in regards to your question. Vitamins give 10 EVs, while wings give 1 EV. It may seem like Vitamins are superior, but you can only use 10 Vitamins a stat. Meaning 100 EVs. So Vitamins are stronger for limited used. Wings can be used in unlimited quantities up to 255 a stat.

• Vitamins: Limited
• Wings: Unlimited

I'd say Wings.

Comments

ok thanks for clearing that up for me :) so from now would i be able to use 252 wings on Arceus' Sp.Atk and say Speed to make those stats considerably higher than if i never used the wings, vitamins or Rare Candies and if i use the wings would i be able to use Rare Candies again or is it still better to battle to Lv:100?

sorry about the load of questions i dont really understand EVs that well.

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If you use 252 EVs in Speed and Special Attack, and Level it up to 100 using Rare Candies, that would be fine.
Also, you get 4 extra EVs to put somewhere. In Arceus' case, make it in HP.

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I just did the 252 wings on Arceus' Speed & Sp.Atk, plus the remaining on HP an it's overall stats now are:

HP - 362
Attack - 248
Defence - 252
Sp.Atk - 341
Sp.Def - 234
Speed - 314

thanks to you explaining the effects the wings can have i have now got the strongest Arceus that i've ever had. the last one's stats were:

HP - 386
Attack - 267
Defence - 270
Sp.Atk - 290
Sp.Def - 270
Speed - 286

thank you so much for helping me understand EVs and the wings :) i'm going to remake my entire uber team now and use this information to my advantage when i face my friends over wireless :)

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No problem.