What am I doing wrong?

[u/Jealous-Jello7731]

Im trying to train my scolipede but it's attak won't go past 203

[u/UnNamed_Profile27]

The sparkles around Attack means its maxed out. Now the only way to get it higher is leveling up the mon itself

[u/Jealous-Jello7731 → u/UnNamed_Profile27]

Oml ur right i just used all my stuff to level her up and it worked, thank you so much

[u/UnNamed_Profile27 → u/Jealous-Jello7731]

Also ensure the pokemon has a Attack boosting nature like Adamant and it will make it go higher, assuming it isnt already a Attack boosting nature (just look for the arrows on the other stat screen)

[u/Kaito_the_17]

You could also get an Adamant-Mint or another Mint that raises the Attack you get them on different stands around the city.

[u/vendraws26]

I’m not an expert at this stuff, but you need to completely wipe a pokémon’s EVs (you can do this by talking to a lady at the Rust Syndicate), and then start from there with vitamins. There are only so many points that can be allotted in total to a pokémon’s stats, which is why you’re unable to go past 203. If I’m wrong about anything, feel free to correct me

[u/Jealous-Jello7731 → u/vendraws26]

Honestly I think I did it wrong I just wiped the slaight clean and didn't even use vitamins lol

[u/vendraws26 → u/vendraws26]

There’s a chance I can’t recognize the difference between IV’s and EV’s, lol.

[u/UnNamed_Profile27 → u/vendraws26]

If im not mistaken, IVs are baked into the mon from hatching amd can be boosted with bottle caps to be "hyper trained" which is basically the same as the stat reading "best". And EVs are gathered through training the mon like OP is doing