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Are Shadow Pokémon stronger than normal?

Shadow Pokémon have a 20% boost to their Attack stats in both PvP and PvE (Raids and Gym battles) at the cost of a 20% decrease to their Defense stats. In PvE, this results in Shadow Pokémon being much stronger than their normal versions, since the huge increase in damage outweighs the lower bulk.
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Why Shadow Pokémon are better?

Shadow Pokémon also deal more damage with their Fast and Charged Attacks, but they take more damage when attacked. The extra damage dealt by Shadow Pokémon is shown as a “Shadow Bonus” next to their attacks on their summary page, just like Weather Boosts.
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Should I evolve Shadow Pokémon or normal?

Shadow Pokemon cost 20% more Candy and Stardust to Power Up, Evolve or to learn a new Charged Move. Purified Pokemon will have better Appraisal and receive 2 points towards all their IVs. This can potentially bring a 2-star Shadow Pokemon to a 3-star if it's purified.
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Is it better to keep Shadow Pokémon or purify?

Yes keep your shadow Pokemon unpurified. Shadow Pokemon works as angry Pokemon and will deal damage more faster then Normal or Purified Pokemon. The attack power of a Shadow Pokemon is boosted by 1.2x or 20%, making its fast attack hit significantly harder. So it's better to keep them unpurified.
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What is the strongest Shadow Pokémon in Pokémon?

Undoubtedly, Shadow Mewtwo is the single best Shadow Pokemon to use in Raids as it has the strongest Attack stat (300), and that's after Niantic nerfed it. But, more than that, Shadow Mewtwo can learn almost any move of any type-specific move, from Thunderbolt to Hyper Beam.
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0% SHADOW VS 100% NON-SHADOW POKEMON, WHICH IS STRONGER? - Pokemon GO

Can Shadow Pokémon be 100%?

Weather boosted Shadow Pokémon are at Level 13. As we mentioned above, Purified Pokémon get a +2 increase in each IV value. As a result, a Shadow Pokémon with 13 / 13 / 13 IVs is guaranteed to become a 100% Purified Pokémon.
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Who beats Shadow Pokémon?

Here is a list of Pokémon, and the moves they can use, that would make an ideal team to take down a Shadow Snorlax or two:
  • Tyranitar - Ideal Moves: Smash Down / Crunch.
  • Ursaring - Ideal Moves: Counter / Close Combat.
  • Lucario - Ideal Moves: Counter / Power-Up Punch.
  • Weavile - Ideal Moves: Ice Shard / Avalanche.
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Are Lucky Pokemon stronger?

One of the many benefits to trading Pokémon with friends is that you have a chance at receiving a Lucky Pokémon. Lucky Pokémon are more likely to be strong opponents in battle, require less Stardust to power up, and appear with a shimmery effect in the Pokédex and on the Pokémon's Summary page.
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Can you mega evolve Shadow Pokémon?

You cannot mega evolve shadow or clone Pokémon. You can mega evolve purified Pokémon, but they won't have a swirly white aura when mega evolved. You cannot use a mega evolved Pokémon to defend a gym. Mega Pokémon can't be used in the GO Battle League (but this may change in the future)
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Is there a benefit to not purifying Pokémon?

Purified Pokemon lose the 20% damage bonus made available to Shadows. Though this is less painful for certain Pokemon, others do benefit highly from remaining as a Shadow. The 2 IV increase is often dwarfed by the Shadow damage boost.
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Should you delete Shadow Pokémon?

Is There Any Benefit To Keeping Shadow Pokémon? Trainers who choose to keep their Pokémon as Shadow Pokémon will reap the benefits of increased attack stats, but at the cost of decreased defensive stats. For some trainers, these stronger attacks are well worth the tradeoff.
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Where can you catch a ditto?

Ditto are found in West Province (Area Two) and West Province (Area Three), though you won't find one just by looking out for a pink blob in the field. They disguise themselves as other Pokémon! Instead, there are two ways to ensure you catch a Ditto. One is that you can engage a wild Pokémon in a battle.
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What are the pros and cons of Shadow Pokémon?

We can all agree, Shadow Pokémon look amazing. Some look better than others, but overall most love the eerie powerful look these Pokémon have. Except, they aren't more powerful than a non-Shadow form.
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Cons:
  • Costly to power up evolve.
  • Costly to evolve.
  • Costly to teach a new move.
  • Not any stronger than a regular Pokémon.
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Why is Shadow work so powerful?

Shadow work helps you reduce projection when you interact with others. You're less likely to be triggered by other people's personality traits and quirks. In turn, this can help you feel more compassionate toward others. You no longer see the dark side of yourself reflected in others.
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Can purified Pokémon be lucky?

When you purify a Pokemon, it becomes cheaper to power up, both with candy and stardust. There's also a reduced cost when it comes to evolving a purified Pokemon as well. This stacks with the Lucky effect, so a Lucky Purified Pokemon gets both the reduced candy costs AND a massively discounted stardust cost.
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Does Ash ever Mega Evolve?

Ash's Treecko had later middle-evolved into Grovyle. Later in the Kanto region, Ash's Grovyle fully-evolved into Sceptile. Ash had left it at Professor Oak's Laboratory, although he had never Mega Evolved it into Mega Sceptile for the first time.
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Why doesn t Ash Mega Evolve?

In universe, it's simply because Bulbasaur doesn't want to. As many have said, no one can, and it is especially not in Ash's character to do so, to force their Pokemon to evolve. Outside of the anime universe, we all know it's because the anime is mainly used for advertisement.
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Is Shadow Charizard any good?

While a relatively high ATK stat offers good offensive capabilities, a lack of bulk combined with a risky typing and a double weakness makes Charizard difficult to use.
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Can a Shiny Pokémon be lucky?

Lucky Pokemon are like shinies in another way - they're only really found through luck rather than any true manipulation of the game, though sometimes the Pokemon Go gods over at developer Niantic bless players with higher rates of potentially getting one.
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Where are the rarest Pokémon in Pokemon go?

The Lake Guardians - Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf

This is due to two very important factors - they're very rare spawn rate and that all three are regionally exclusive Pokémon. The Lake Guardians can be found in the following regions: Uxie - Asia and Pacific regions. Mesprit - Europe, Middle East, Africa and India.
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What age Pokémon are lucky?

The research shows that Pokémon less than a year old have about a 5% chance to be lucky, Pokémon that are a year old have a 10% chance, and Pokémon that are two years old have a 25% chance.
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Are Shadow Pokémon evil?

Collecting Shadow Pokémon through snagging and restoring them to normal by purifying them is the main goal of Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.” These are basically artificially created Evil Pokémon that are being used to do bad guys bidding.
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Who beats Shadow Lugia?

Best Lugia counters

Mamoswine with Powder Snow and Avalanche. Rhyperior with Smack Down and Rock Wrecker. Tyranitar with Smack Down and Stone Edge.
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How many Shadow Pokémon are there?

This is a list of all Pokémon which were made into Shadow Pokémon by Cipher in Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. There are 131 different Pokémon on this list.
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