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Can you Mega Evolve a purified Pokémon?

The Rules Of Mega Evolution
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.
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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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Can purified Pokémon be 100%?

Purified Pokémon also get IV boosts when powered up. Each stat goes up by two when purified, meaning if you catch a Shadow Pokémon with at least 13 Attack, Defense, and Stamina will turn into an 100% IV Pokémon.
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Is it better to evolve a purified Pokémon or normal?

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. Purified Pokémon also get IV boosts when powered up.
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Should I purify a 3 star Shadow Pokémon?

When is purifying a Shadow Pokemon worth it? Many players often reiterate the line that purifying a Pokemon isn't worth it in almost any situation, but there are certainly situations where a purified Pokemon is more useful, even if it loses the 20% damage buff that comes with being a Shadow Pokemon.
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Can you get a purified lucky Pokemon?

You can find a Lucky Shadow Pokémon, meaning you can also have a Lucky Purified Pokémon.
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Do purified Pokémon become 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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What Pokémon cost 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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Can you Mega Evolve forever?

Your Pokémon will undergo Mega Evolution, which lasts for eight hours. Only one of your Pokémon may be Mega Evolved at a time, so if you choose to Mega Evolve a different Pokémon before the eight hours is over, the first Mega-Evolved Pokémon will return to its previous state.
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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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Does Mega Evolve last forever?

Beedrill asks for 100 Mega Energy, while Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise require 200. The Mega Evolution will only last for four hours, however.
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What Pokémon only take 1000 Stardust to purify?

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.
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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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Is it cheaper to power up purified 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.
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Should I purify shadow Shinies?

Why would you purify? The most obvious reason to purify is get yourself a 100% IV Shiny Pokemon. Even nearly four years after Pokemon Go released, this is something many trainers are still searching for. While this is good for your collection and bragging rights, the reason behind is purely aesthetic.
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Is a shadow shiny rare?

Shadow shiny Pokemon are among the rarest and most sought-after types of Pokemon in Pokemon Go. Shiny Pokemon are already rare, with only a 1 in 450 chance of encountering one in the wild or hatching one from an egg.
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Do shiny Shadow Pokémon exist?

The best part is that these Shadow Pokemon can be Shiny too, but unfortunately, out of 39 released Shiny Shadow Pokemon in Pokemon Go, only three are currently available in the game. If you are wondering which Shiny Shadow Pokemon is released, take a look at the list we made.
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What is a rare Lucky Pokémon?

Lucky Pokémon are a new type of Pokémon in Pokémon GO that require 50% less Stardust to power up over a regular Pokémon, and have a special background while viewing them in your Pokédex. While viewing one, you'll also see a new counter displaying the number of Lucky Pokémon you've caught for each species.
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Is lucky or shiny rarer?

A lucky Pokémon player has just had an encounter rarer than finding a Shiny in Pokémon White 2. To the average Pokémon fan, a Shiny form Pokémon is one of the rarest things one can find, with the alternate-colored creatures being highly prized for their scarcity and their distinct appearances.
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Is CP or stars more important?

CP is the number at the top of your Pokemon's listing – that's where you see the simultaneously most and least important part of your Pokemon's worth. The CP runs hand-in-hand with the star rating.
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Which Pokémon should you keep Shadow?

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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Can you purify a Pokémon to make it perfect?

The IV increase means a Shadow Pokemon with IVs of 13 (13 attack, defense and stamina) are guaranteed to become perfect (100% IV) when purified.
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Is it better to evolve or power up first?

Pokemon GO: Why evolving first is preferred

In the long run, it costs less Stardust to evolve and then strategically power up Pokemon that are used in battles often. At times, players will power up a Pokemon significantly only to evolve them and find that they're not used all that often.
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