Introduction
A few questions were nagging me: Would evolving early be better for pokemon attributes? Would boosting the stats (with HP up, iron, etc.) early be better than later? Here is my short experiment using Game Shark codes. All stats quoted here are in this order: HP, attack, defense, speed and special.
The Experiment
Equipment
1 - L3 pikachu (mine had 15 8 7 10 8)
1 - thunderstone
97 - rare candies
10 each - HP up, iron, carbos, calcium, protein.
Procedure
After getting the equipment save your game and reset to restore the settings after each experiment.
Experiment A
Give rare candies to pikachu until L100. Record the stats at L's 3, 10, 20, 30, 40, 43, 50, 60, ..., 100.
Use thunderstone (call this !!) on pikachu and record raichu's stats.
Use all the stat boosters. Record stats.
Experiment B
Use all the stat boosters (call this ++) on L3 pikachu. Record stats.
Give rare candies to pikachu until L100. Record stats as above.
Use thunderstone and record raichu's stats.
Experiment C
Give rare candies to pikachu until L43. Record stats as above.
Use thunderstone and record raichu's stats.
Use remaining rare candies on raichu and record stats as above.
Use all the stat boosters. Record stats.
Experiment D
Use thunderstone and record L3 raichu's stats.
Give rare candies to raichu until L100. Record stats as above.
Use all the stat boosters. Record stats.
Experiment E
Use all the stat boosters on pikachu. Record stats.
Use thunderstone and record raichu's L3 stats.
Give rare candies to raichu until L100. Record stats as above.
Experiment F
Use thunderstone and record raichu's L3 stats.
Use all the stat boosters on raichu. Record stats.
Give rare candies to raichu until L100. Record stats as above.
Results
Experiment A Experiment B Experiment C
3: 15 8 7 10 8 15 8 7 10 8 15 8 7 10 8
++: .. .. .. .. .. 16 9 8 11 9 .. .. .. .. ..
10: 28 17 11 23 17 32 21 15 27 21 28 17 11 23 17
20: 47 29 18 41 29 55 37 26 49 37 47 29 18 41 29
30: 66 42 25 59 41 78 54 37 71 53 66 42 25 59 41
40: 85 54 32 77 53 101 70 48 93 69 85 54 32 77 53
43: 90 58 34 82 57 108 75 51 99 74 90 58 34 82 57
!!: .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. 112 88 55 91 91
50: 104 67 39 95 66 124 87 59 115 86 129 102 64 105 106
60: 122 79 45 113 78 146 103 69 137 102 152 121 75 125 126 |