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Flavour bath and massage
Forum-Index → Bug Reports → Resolved → Flavour bath and massageIgnore this, then, I guess :'D
Riako's post gives another possible explanation, though, so this can stay in solved.
Kitties! Riako has no idea what he unleashed with that update🙀
Collecting Lovely Larvesta and Silly Seel Plushies~
Looking for Ice Gems and Flying Gems here! Help me hunt a Shiny Articuno!
(You can win your own non-shiny Articuno in return)
Breeding events for the cause here!
It does, however, work just like in the games. Every Pokémon has "Effort Values" - which can be increased by Massages, Vitamin drinks or randomly while interacting. They increase the absolute stat of a Pokémon.
There's a limit of 255 EV Points per stat, though. I guess you had already reached that limit?