Gotta Train 'Em All Part 5 - Wrap-up

I'll just go over the last Gym and Elite 4 super quick:

Ampharos and Gyarados (with Avalanche and Ice Fang) took out Clair with minor issues.

Ampharos and Arcanine make quick work of Will.
Arcanine humiliated Koga.
Heracross beat down Bruno.
Karen was a team effort, and also the easiest of the bunch - except for Gengar. I sent Tauros out thinking that Ghost moves don't effect him and his Zen Headbutt could take out Gengar because of the type alignment advantage and because of Gengar's low Defense. However, Gengar is quick and he know Focus Blast, which finished off Tauros in one hit. That was the first and only time I used Tauros.

I figured that I could use Steelix against Lance, powering up his Attack and Defense with Curse and letting Rock Throw do the rest (since Dragonite is also a Flying type). However, his first Dragonite knew Fire Blast. After defeating it with Gyarados, I threw a revived Steelix back out against Aerodactyl then employed the Curse strategy. It carried Steelix through the rest of the battle.

When breaking down the stats, I'll bold the highest of each particular stat on the team. I'll also italicize the lowest particular stat on the team. For example, Ampharos as the highest Sp Atk out of all team members, but the lowest Attack. So his Sp Atk is bold and his Attack is italicized.

At lv 50, here's the breakdown:

Arcanine (Quirky in nature: neutral)
HP 153
Attack 128
Defense 94
Sp Atk 126
Sp Def 94
Speed 118

Steelix (Hardy: neutral)
HP 149
Attack 102
Defense 217 (wow)
Sp Atk 65
Sp Def 83
Speed 51 (wow...)

Gyarados (Lax: +Defense, -Sp Def)
HP 171
Attack 144
Defense 116
Sp Atk 79
Sp Def 106
Speed 100

Heracross (Hardy: neutral)
HP 149
Attack 138
Defense 99
Sp Atk 55
Sp Def 115
Speed 106

Tauros (Docile: neutral)
HP 148
Attack 112
Defense 116
Sp Atk 56
Sp Def 80
Speed 132

Ampharos (Modest: +Sp Atk, -Attack)
HP 167
Attack 77
Defense 83
Sp Atk 134
Sp Def 102
Speed 72

So Arcanine did not have any particular stat that was the highest on the team, but also did not have any stat that was the lowest. Gyarados, on the other hand, had 2 stats that were the highest and none that were the lowest.

It's tough to pick an MVP out of these two, but I'd have to go with Arcanine for his all-round versatility.