Cheapest Shadow Pokemon To Purify

Here'southward how to purify in Pokemon Go.

Pokemon Go 's latest major update introduced Shadow Pokemon, Purified Pokemon, and Team Become Rocket, likewise as the ability to purify Shadow Pokemon to turn them into productive members of Poke-society (see: your team).

The introduction is a nod to the GameCube spinoff games,Pokemon Coliseum and Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness. However, there's a scrap more to Shadow Pokemon and purifying them in Pokemon GO, though.

We've detailed which Pokemon are Shadow Pokemon, how to become them, and why yous should care about purifying them.

What Are Shadow Pokemon?

Shadow Pokemon are 'mon that have been corrupted by darkness, which ways they accept been corrupted by Team GO Rocket. Shadow Pokemon have unlike movesets and primarily rely on Frustration.

As you lot'd expect, Shadow Pokemon await different from their regular counterparts, with sinister red eyes and a shadowy aura.

Obtaining Shadow Pokemon is tied to the recently-introduced Squad GO Rocket. Periodically, Team Rocket volition invade PokeStops at random.

Reddit user meier-anderson discovered these invasions last roughly xxx minutes. If you find one happening, it'due south best to bound on information technology correct away.

When a PokeStop is invaded, you'll see information technology have on a darker advent, and the icon jerks around. Although invasions are random, Niantic has obviously increased their frequency since the mechanic first went live.

In one case you challenge Team Rocket and defeat the Grunt's team of Shadow Pokemon, they'll leave i backside. You lot tin can then capture information technology in the aforementioned way yous would for a Raid capture.

From there, you can choose to keep it equally a Shadow 'mon or piece of work to Purify it.

Have Nanab Berries handy when y'all come across a Shadow Pokemon to brand capture easier.

How to Purify Shadow Pokemon

Purifying Shadow Pokemon is a lot easier than in the spin-off games where they commencement appeared.

Open your storage
Choose the Shadow Pokemon y'all want
Then cull Purify

Shadow 'mon have a imperial flame next to their icons. You can find the Purify choice most the Power-Up and Evolve options.

Also, y'all don't actually have to Purify. If you utilise Shadow Charmander to turn into Shadow Charmeleon, that's certainly possible to do.

But if you do choose to Purify, it costs a set corporeality of Stardust and Candy that's related to the specific Shadow Pokemon. This is where Purifying early on comes in handy since information technology requires more than Candy to Purify evolved Pokemon.

Purified Pokemon take a blue star next to their icon in your storage.

Why Purify Shadow Pokemon?

There are a lot of reasons why you'd want to Purify your Shadow Pokemon, and Reddit user ControvT compiled a list of them.

IV levels in each stat will increase past 2, which is handy if you're trying to get a perfect Pokemon
Level increases, up to level 25
Learns Return, a 3-bar Normal-type move
Candy price for strengthening or evolving the Pokemon decreases by 10%
Stardust price for strengthening or teaching a secondary move decreases by 20%

Another reason to Purify is thanks to an update introduced on July 25. Forth with decreasing Shadow Pokemon capture rates every bit mentioned, the update makes it impossible to trade Shadow Pokemon.

Purified Pokemon tin can be traded, though. Given the IV improvements Purifying offers, it means your chances of getting a perfect 'mon ultimately improve when you Purify, i.e. a thirteen/13/13 Shadow Pokemon would be perfect afterwards Purification.

Which Shadow Pokemon are Available?

For now, a handful of Gen I Pokemon are the just ones available as Shadow Pokemon in the game, with one Gen Three 'mon making an appearance likewise.

Bulbasaur
Charmander
Squirtle
Ratatta
Zubat
Snorlax
Dratini
Mudkip

Datamined/Rumored Shadow Pokemon

Over on Reddit, u/martycochrane presented a huge list, found via datamining, of Pokemon that could be appearing in the hereafter as Shadow Pokemon.

These cover all the Generations currently represented inPokemon Get, simply it'southward not sure if the entries hateful evolved Shadow Pokemon will be capturable or if these are simply avails tied to evolved forms of base Shadow Pokemon you catch.

As ever with information found from datamining, there'due south no guarantee whatsoever or all of this is true, specially since it seems slightly odd we'd get Shadow Mudkip, only no Shadow Treecko or Shadow Torchic.

Here's the list:

Weedle
Kakuna
Beedrill
Ekans
Arbok
Sandshrew
Sandslash
Nidoran Female
Nidorina
Nidoqueen
Nidoran Male person
Nidorino
Nidoking
Vulpix
Ninetales
Oddish
Gloom
Vileplume
Venonat
Venomoth
Meowth
Persian
Psyduck
Golduck
Growlithe
Arcanine
Poliwag
Poliwhirl
Poliwrath
Abra
Kadabra
Alakazam
Machop
Machoke
Machamp
Bellsprout
Weepinbell
Victreebell
Magnemite
Magneton
Grimer
Muk
Drowzee
Hypno
Exeggcute
Exeggutor
Cubone
Marowak
Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan
Koffing
Weezing
Scyther
Electabuzz
Magmar
Magikarp
Gyarados
Lapras
Porygon
Omanyte
Omastar
Articuno
Zapdos
Moltres
Mareep
Flaffy
Ampharos
Bellossom
Politoed
Misdreavus
Wobbuffet
Gligar
Scizor
Shuckle
Sneasel
Houndour
Houndoom
Porygon2
Larvitar
Pupitar
Tyranitar
Seedot
Nuzleaf
Shiftry
Ralts
Kirlia
Gardevoir
Mawile
Carvanha
Sharpedo
Trapinch
Vibrava
Flygon
Cacnea
Cacturne
Absol
Bagon
Shelgon
Salamence
Beldum
Metang
Metagross
Turtwig
Grotle
Torterra
Chimchar
Monferno
Infernape
Mismagnius
Stunky
Skunktank
Weavile
Magnezone
Electivire
Magmortar
Gliscor
Porygon-Z
Gallade

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We'll update if these datamined 'monday do end upwards coming to the game. Meanwhile, cheque out our other Pokemon Go guides for help catching and raising your Pokemon horde.

Published Sep. 25th 2019