What happens when you purify a shadow pokémon?

What happens when you purify a shadow pokémon?

What happens when you purify a shadow pokémon?

Purifying a Shadow Pokémon will improve their appraisal and reduce the amount of Stardust and Candy required for them to Power Up, Evolve, or learn a new attack. When Purified, a Shadow Pokémon will forget Frustration and learn Return, a Charged Attack that's exclusive to Purified Pokémon.

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Why keep a shadow pokémon?
Though a serious undertaking, Shadow Pokémon are incredibly useful allies in Raid Battles—their unique strength can help you defeat Raid Bosses quickly.
2024-01-14 01:54:12


How much does it cost to purify a shadow pokémon?
Shadow Pokémon have various candy and stardust costs to purify depending on the Pokémon itself. Common Shadow Pokémon such as Rattata, Weedle and Zubat are the cheapest, only costing 1,000 stardust and 1 candy to purify. Shadow Legendary Pokémon are the most expensive, costing 20,000 stardust and 20 candies to purify.
2023-12-07 08:34:24


Why should i not purify a pokémon?
In PvE (Raids), you want to keep them unpurified, as they have higher DPS (damager per second) than their purified/regular counterparts, thanks to a 20% buff to their Attack, but on the flipside, because they see a 20% nerf to Defense, they go down faster, and that may hurt their TDO (total damage output), but the ...
2023-10-26 06:39:09


Should you purify a 4 star shadow pokémon?
While the obvious thing to do when catching a Shadow Pokemon is to purify it, purification is not required and players can choose to keep their Shadow Pokemon.
2023-02-25 18:29:20