EV training help

[Phreen]

hey i ran into some trouble here, I was ev training my weezing at lv 99 and when it leveled it didnt gain the points it would in a stat should, so I was wondering if I should ev train it again

[Stu-Stu22]

I'm kinda new to the whole EV training thing myself,

But my first guess is that since you're just starting to train your weezing at lv. 99, it's EVs have probably already been maxed out, since there is a 510 point limit.

[Phreen]

well i actually used rare candys to get to that level, should i even keep it since i already have a skarmory on my team

[pokemonfan]

No offense intention but...rare candies make pokemon at level 100s pretty lame. I know because I have a friend with a level 100 infernape and well it got owned by an ice pokemon because it was leveled up their by rare candies.

[Phreen]

actually rare candies dont decrease stats, rare candies are useless unless you EV train them, and which ice pokemon

---------- Post added at 11:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:43 AM ----------

here is what someone said off another site and this is what I do, and Infernape actually kinda sucks, my yanmega can KO it with one air slash

"Here's how Rare Candies work.

They are EXACTLY the same as leveling Pokemon off of others, EXCEPT that you do NOT get Effort Values. This means if you Rare Candy a Pokemon to level 100w ithout ever fighting, their stats WILL suck.

HOWEVER; should you EV train first, THEN rare candy, you will have the SAME RESULTS as if you leveled them to 100 naturally.

Basically, rare candy only if you've EV trained already."