In LC, Is There a Max For Each Stat On Specific Pokemon?

When building an LC team, you usually can’t do 252 in a stat. I’m wondering if this is because each Pokémon in LC has a max on how high a stat is. Not the EVs, there are obviously a max for each species, but the stat when EVs+IVs+Nature are added. For example, Chinchou can have 220 EVs in speed and with Timid it hits a max of 17 speed (not including a Choice Scarf).

I hope this wasn’t too confusing.

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

Due to idiosyncrasies of the stat formula, each additional stat point requires (400 / Level) EVs; at LC we have Level = 5, so the number of EVs required is 80. The first point starting from 0 EVs may require fewer than 80, owing to aftereffects produced by base stats, but once you know where the threshold for that first point is, any further points you get from EVs will require exactly 80 more each, and if you reach a jump point at 176 or higher, you can no longer hold enough EVs in that stat to get to the next point so there’s no sense putting in any more.

Specifically:

All of Chinchou’s base stats end in 5, 6, 7, or 8, leaving them at the “worst-case” end of the scale where even the first point is furthest away, and there’s no hope of a 4-point gain in any stat from EVs.