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Can purified mega evolve?

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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Can you evolve a purified Pokémon?

You can Purify Shadow Pokémon with a combination of Stardust and Candy. 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.
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Which Pokémon Cannot Mega Evolve?

You can only Mega Evolve one Pokémon at a time. If you Mega Evolve a second Pokémon, the other one will return back to normal. Shadow Pokémon cannot undergo a Mega Evolution. Clone Pokémon cannot undergo a Mega Evolution.
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Do purified Pokémon evolve differently?

Purified Pokémon cost less candy to evolve and less dust to power up. They also know Return, a normal-type attack. While Return is OK on a normal-type Pokémon, it's not super great on anything else and can be replaced.
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Are purified Pokémon more powerful?

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. Purified Pokemon will receive a significant boost in Combat Power (CP).
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Can purified Pokémon be 100%?

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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Is there a downside to purifying Pokémon?

The downsides to purification are: 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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Is it worth it to purify Pokémon?

Purified Pokémon are cheaper to power up in terms of Stardust and Candy. They also lose the Frustration move and have it replaced with Return. Return is not a very good charged move, but it can easily be replaced with a normal Charged TM. Remember, Frustration requires a special event to remove.
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Should I purify or evolve first?

Purifying gives the Pokémon a significant increase in Combat Power and it will cost less candies to evolve. Make sure you Purify a Pokémon BEFORE you evolve it so you can use less candies.
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Can Ash 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. Ash also had caught Snorunt in the Hoenn region.
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What is the weakest Mega Pokémon?

Weakest: Mega Diancie

Once news was released that Diancie would receive a Mega Evolution, expectations were high. Sure enough, in terms of design, Diancie's Mega Evolution is nothing short of a masterpiece. It also possesses both the attack and special attack to back up its power.
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Can you Mega Evolve twice?

You can only have one Mega Pokémon at a time. If you Mega Evolve a different one, your first Pokémon will revert back to normal and you'll need to collect Mega Energy to evolve it again.
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Can purified Pokémon become perfect?

The Purified Pokemon will receive a boost to its stats, making for a potential Perfect Stat Pokemon.
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Can purified Pokémon be shiny?

Purified Pokemon have a boosted friendship to the purifier, by 70 points, and in XD they have special moves they otherwise cannot get. They can only be shiny in Colosseum. In Go, they also have higher CP and lower cost to level up and evolve, and know Return.
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Which Pokémon take 1000 to purify?

The following Pokemon require 1,000 Stardust and 1 Candy to be purified:
  • Magikarp (requires -40 Candy instead of 400 to evolve if purified)
  • Rattata (requires -3 Candy instead of 25 to evolve if purified)
  • Zubat (requires -5 Candy instead of 50 to evolve if purified)
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Who is the best to Mega Evolve?

Undoubtedly, Mega Gengar is the top gun of all Mega evolutions in Pokemon GO and must be in any player's Raid team. And while it doesn't have the highest CP, Mega Gengar has the best Attack stat in the entire game, 349.
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What Pokémon have 2 Mega Evolutions?

There are 46 species of Pokémon capable of Mega Evolution in the core Pokémon games, two of which have two different Mega forms:
  • Venusaur.
  • Charizard* - can change from Fire and Flying to Fire and Dragon.
  • Blastoise.
  • Beedrill.
  • Pidgeot.
  • Alakazam.
  • Slowbro.
  • Gengar.
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Why does Charizard have 2 megas?

The Pokémon fandom has always believed that Charizard should have been a Dragon type. Game Freak obliged by giving Charizard two mega evolutions (a distinction shared by none other than the almighty Mewtwo) with one of them being a Fire Dragon type!
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What is the strongest Shadow Pokémon?

Raikou is the strongest of the three Legendary Dogs, meaning its Shadow form makes it even stronger. Shadow Raikou is naturally resistant to Flying, Steel, and Electric-type attacks, but is weak to Ground-type moves, like Earthquake and Mud Shot.
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Should I keep all purified Pokémon?

If you're attempting to complete research, attain a goal, or some other third oddity in the game, by all means, Purify all your Pokemon. But if you're seeking the most rare Pokemon in Pokemon GO, or you like Pokemon that WIN in Raids, keep your Shadows!
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Can Shadow Pokémon mega evolve?

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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Can you get a perfect IV Shadow Pokémon?

Shadow Pokemon and 100 IVs

That means if a Shadow Pokemon has, for example, 2 attack, 5 defense and 8 stamina, upon purification it will become 4 attack, 7 defense and 10 stamina. So, if you can find a Shadow Pokemon with an IV of 13 for each stat (or more) then you essentially have a perfect IV Pokemon.
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