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Since the Update that gave us Team Rocket encounters, Shadow Pokémon have become a thing.
Aside from looking cool, and the option to "Purify" them (which leads to a badge, making the capture encounters easier?), and the excessive costs to buy a "new attack", what is the point of keeping a Shadow Pokémon?
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Since the Update that gave us Team Rocket encounters, Shadow Pokémon have become a thing.
Aside from looking cool, and the option to "Purify" them (which leads to a badge, making the capture encounters easier?), and the excessive costs to buy a "new attack", what is the point of keeping a Shadow Pokémon?
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The badge you get for purifying Pokémon doesn't necessarily make the capture easier. It provides you with additional premiere balls for more chances to capture
– Wondercricket
Sep 19 at 15:34
In the handheld games Return and Frustration do more or less damage based on your friendship. Recently data that would add pokemon friendship level was found in the game (can't find a source).
– Pureferret
Sep 19 at 16:03
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Since the Update that gave us Team Rocket encounters, Shadow Pokémon have become a thing.
Aside from looking cool, and the option to "Purify" them (which leads to a badge, making the capture encounters easier?), and the excessive costs to buy a "new attack", what is the point of keeping a Shadow Pokémon?
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Since the Update that gave us Team Rocket encounters, Shadow Pokémon have become a thing.
Aside from looking cool, and the option to "Purify" them (which leads to a badge, making the capture encounters easier?), and the excessive costs to buy a "new attack", what is the point of keeping a Shadow Pokémon?
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The badge you get for purifying Pokémon doesn't necessarily make the capture easier. It provides you with additional premiere balls for more chances to capture
– Wondercricket
Sep 19 at 15:34
In the handheld games Return and Frustration do more or less damage based on your friendship. Recently data that would add pokemon friendship level was found in the game (can't find a source).
– Pureferret
Sep 19 at 16:03
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The badge you get for purifying Pokémon doesn't necessarily make the capture easier. It provides you with additional premiere balls for more chances to capture
– Wondercricket
Sep 19 at 15:34
In the handheld games Return and Frustration do more or less damage based on your friendship. Recently data that would add pokemon friendship level was found in the game (can't find a source).
– Pureferret
Sep 19 at 16:03
The badge you get for purifying Pokémon doesn't necessarily make the capture easier. It provides you with additional premiere balls for more chances to capture
– Wondercricket
Sep 19 at 15:34
The badge you get for purifying Pokémon doesn't necessarily make the capture easier. It provides you with additional premiere balls for more chances to capture
– Wondercricket
Sep 19 at 15:34
In the handheld games Return and Frustration do more or less damage based on your friendship. Recently data that would add pokemon friendship level was found in the game (can't find a source).
– Pureferret
Sep 19 at 16:03
In the handheld games Return and Frustration do more or less damage based on your friendship. Recently data that would add pokemon friendship level was found in the game (can't find a source).
– Pureferret
Sep 19 at 16:03
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There isn't one, unless it fits one of the typical min-max desired attributes:
- Has high IVs
- Has desired moves
Other than that, there's no point in keeping them as they are also fodder Pokemon, or if you intend to at some point mass-purify them.
Just a note: Fodder shadow is more valuable than regular fodder Pokemon as they have lower costs when upgraded using candy (like Lucky Pokemon) once you purify them, so if moves and IVs aren't your goal: That's a reason to keep them (ie. a shadow Bulbasaur with bad IVs versus a regular Bulbasaur with also bad IVs)
answered Sep 19 at 3:23
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Your point about lower costs is not true, Shadow Pokemon cost more to power up - Purified Pokemon have the reduction, but it isn't as much as a Lucky.
– MattR
Sep 19 at 7:58
@MattR I believe he's referring to candy costs, not stardust costs: "they have lower costs when upgraded using candy"; which is true. The easiest comparison is evolutions. A regular Bulbasaur would take 25 candies to evolve, but a shadow/purified Bulbasaur only uses 20.
– Ben
Oct 2 at 2:13
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The additional benefits apart from those you said are, and general benefits non-specific to Shadow Pokemon as per Aytimothy, are:
- Collection. In a similar vein as to how people enjoy having different forms of other Pokemon, including all the Pikachus, one can have a collection of all the different Shadow Pokemon and/or their purified variants. Lucky Purified Pokemon can be obtained. Shadow and Purified status are also shown in Pokemon deposited in gyms.
- Purified Pokemon require less stardust and candy to level up.
- The move Return, only available upon purifying. It is a good normal-type move offensively in PvE but not PvP. In fact, it is the charge move with the highest damage based on time and energy for Snorlax in PvE! It could potentially serve as an additional coverage move for PvP, but I've yet to identify a Pokemon good in PvP that would benefit from using Return over its usual moves.
I'm ignoring Frustation as a reason since that move is terrible both in PvE and PvP.
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There isn't one, unless it fits one of the typical min-max desired attributes:
- Has high IVs
- Has desired moves
Other than that, there's no point in keeping them as they are also fodder Pokemon, or if you intend to at some point mass-purify them.
Just a note: Fodder shadow is more valuable than regular fodder Pokemon as they have lower costs when upgraded using candy (like Lucky Pokemon) once you purify them, so if moves and IVs aren't your goal: That's a reason to keep them (ie. a shadow Bulbasaur with bad IVs versus a regular Bulbasaur with also bad IVs)
answered Sep 19 at 3:23
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Your point about lower costs is not true, Shadow Pokemon cost more to power up - Purified Pokemon have the reduction, but it isn't as much as a Lucky.
– MattR
Sep 19 at 7:58
@MattR I believe he's referring to candy costs, not stardust costs: "they have lower costs when upgraded using candy"; which is true. The easiest comparison is evolutions. A regular Bulbasaur would take 25 candies to evolve, but a shadow/purified Bulbasaur only uses 20.
– Ben
Oct 2 at 2:13
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There isn't one, unless it fits one of the typical min-max desired attributes:
- Has high IVs
- Has desired moves
Other than that, there's no point in keeping them as they are also fodder Pokemon, or if you intend to at some point mass-purify them.
Just a note: Fodder shadow is more valuable than regular fodder Pokemon as they have lower costs when upgraded using candy (like Lucky Pokemon) once you purify them, so if moves and IVs aren't your goal: That's a reason to keep them (ie. a shadow Bulbasaur with bad IVs versus a regular Bulbasaur with also bad IVs)
answered Sep 19 at 3:23
aytimothyaytimothy
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Your point about lower costs is not true, Shadow Pokemon cost more to power up - Purified Pokemon have the reduction, but it isn't as much as a Lucky.
– MattR
Sep 19 at 7:58
@MattR I believe he's referring to candy costs, not stardust costs: "they have lower costs when upgraded using candy"; which is true. The easiest comparison is evolutions. A regular Bulbasaur would take 25 candies to evolve, but a shadow/purified Bulbasaur only uses 20.
– Ben
Oct 2 at 2:13
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There isn't one, unless it fits one of the typical min-max desired attributes:
- Has high IVs
- Has desired moves
Other than that, there's no point in keeping them as they are also fodder Pokemon, or if you intend to at some point mass-purify them.
Just a note: Fodder shadow is more valuable than regular fodder Pokemon as they have lower costs when upgraded using candy (like Lucky Pokemon) once you purify them, so if moves and IVs aren't your goal: That's a reason to keep them (ie. a shadow Bulbasaur with bad IVs versus a regular Bulbasaur with also bad IVs)
answered Sep 19 at 3:23
aytimothyaytimothy
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There isn't one, unless it fits one of the typical min-max desired attributes:
- Has high IVs
- Has desired moves
Other than that, there's no point in keeping them as they are also fodder Pokemon, or if you intend to at some point mass-purify them.
Just a note: Fodder shadow is more valuable than regular fodder Pokemon as they have lower costs when upgraded using candy (like Lucky Pokemon) once you purify them, so if moves and IVs aren't your goal: That's a reason to keep them (ie. a shadow Bulbasaur with bad IVs versus a regular Bulbasaur with also bad IVs)
answered Sep 19 at 3:23
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Your point about lower costs is not true, Shadow Pokemon cost more to power up - Purified Pokemon have the reduction, but it isn't as much as a Lucky.
– MattR
Sep 19 at 7:58
@MattR I believe he's referring to candy costs, not stardust costs: "they have lower costs when upgraded using candy"; which is true. The easiest comparison is evolutions. A regular Bulbasaur would take 25 candies to evolve, but a shadow/purified Bulbasaur only uses 20.
– Ben
Oct 2 at 2:13
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5
Your point about lower costs is not true, Shadow Pokemon cost more to power up - Purified Pokemon have the reduction, but it isn't as much as a Lucky.
– MattR
Sep 19 at 7:58
@MattR I believe he's referring to candy costs, not stardust costs: "they have lower costs when upgraded using candy"; which is true. The easiest comparison is evolutions. A regular Bulbasaur would take 25 candies to evolve, but a shadow/purified Bulbasaur only uses 20.
– Ben
Oct 2 at 2:13
5
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Your point about lower costs is not true, Shadow Pokemon cost more to power up - Purified Pokemon have the reduction, but it isn't as much as a Lucky.
– MattR
Sep 19 at 7:58
Your point about lower costs is not true, Shadow Pokemon cost more to power up - Purified Pokemon have the reduction, but it isn't as much as a Lucky.
– MattR
Sep 19 at 7:58
@MattR I believe he's referring to candy costs, not stardust costs: "they have lower costs when upgraded using candy"; which is true. The easiest comparison is evolutions. A regular Bulbasaur would take 25 candies to evolve, but a shadow/purified Bulbasaur only uses 20.
– Ben
Oct 2 at 2:13
@MattR I believe he's referring to candy costs, not stardust costs: "they have lower costs when upgraded using candy"; which is true. The easiest comparison is evolutions. A regular Bulbasaur would take 25 candies to evolve, but a shadow/purified Bulbasaur only uses 20.
– Ben
Oct 2 at 2:13
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The additional benefits apart from those you said are, and general benefits non-specific to Shadow Pokemon as per Aytimothy, are:
- Collection. In a similar vein as to how people enjoy having different forms of other Pokemon, including all the Pikachus, one can have a collection of all the different Shadow Pokemon and/or their purified variants. Lucky Purified Pokemon can be obtained. Shadow and Purified status are also shown in Pokemon deposited in gyms.
- Purified Pokemon require less stardust and candy to level up.
- The move Return, only available upon purifying. It is a good normal-type move offensively in PvE but not PvP. In fact, it is the charge move with the highest damage based on time and energy for Snorlax in PvE! It could potentially serve as an additional coverage move for PvP, but I've yet to identify a Pokemon good in PvP that would benefit from using Return over its usual moves.
I'm ignoring Frustation as a reason since that move is terrible both in PvE and PvP.
answered Sep 19 at 8:03
MBorgMBorg
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The additional benefits apart from those you said are, and general benefits non-specific to Shadow Pokemon as per Aytimothy, are:
- Collection. In a similar vein as to how people enjoy having different forms of other Pokemon, including all the Pikachus, one can have a collection of all the different Shadow Pokemon and/or their purified variants. Lucky Purified Pokemon can be obtained. Shadow and Purified status are also shown in Pokemon deposited in gyms.
- Purified Pokemon require less stardust and candy to level up.
- The move Return, only available upon purifying. It is a good normal-type move offensively in PvE but not PvP. In fact, it is the charge move with the highest damage based on time and energy for Snorlax in PvE! It could potentially serve as an additional coverage move for PvP, but I've yet to identify a Pokemon good in PvP that would benefit from using Return over its usual moves.
I'm ignoring Frustation as a reason since that move is terrible both in PvE and PvP.
answered Sep 19 at 8:03
MBorgMBorg
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The additional benefits apart from those you said are, and general benefits non-specific to Shadow Pokemon as per Aytimothy, are:
- Collection. In a similar vein as to how people enjoy having different forms of other Pokemon, including all the Pikachus, one can have a collection of all the different Shadow Pokemon and/or their purified variants. Lucky Purified Pokemon can be obtained. Shadow and Purified status are also shown in Pokemon deposited in gyms.
- Purified Pokemon require less stardust and candy to level up.
- The move Return, only available upon purifying. It is a good normal-type move offensively in PvE but not PvP. In fact, it is the charge move with the highest damage based on time and energy for Snorlax in PvE! It could potentially serve as an additional coverage move for PvP, but I've yet to identify a Pokemon good in PvP that would benefit from using Return over its usual moves.
I'm ignoring Frustation as a reason since that move is terrible both in PvE and PvP.
answered Sep 19 at 8:03
MBorgMBorg
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The additional benefits apart from those you said are, and general benefits non-specific to Shadow Pokemon as per Aytimothy, are:
- Collection. In a similar vein as to how people enjoy having different forms of other Pokemon, including all the Pikachus, one can have a collection of all the different Shadow Pokemon and/or their purified variants. Lucky Purified Pokemon can be obtained. Shadow and Purified status are also shown in Pokemon deposited in gyms.
- Purified Pokemon require less stardust and candy to level up.
- The move Return, only available upon purifying. It is a good normal-type move offensively in PvE but not PvP. In fact, it is the charge move with the highest damage based on time and energy for Snorlax in PvE! It could potentially serve as an additional coverage move for PvP, but I've yet to identify a Pokemon good in PvP that would benefit from using Return over its usual moves.
I'm ignoring Frustation as a reason since that move is terrible both in PvE and PvP.
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The badge you get for purifying Pokémon doesn't necessarily make the capture easier. It provides you with additional premiere balls for more chances to capture
– Wondercricket
Sep 19 at 15:34
In the handheld games Return and Frustration do more or less damage based on your friendship. Recently data that would add pokemon friendship level was found in the game (can't find a source).
– Pureferret
Sep 19 at 16:03