Should I trade purified Pokémon?

Purified Pokemon 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 13/13/13 Shadow Pokemon would be perfect after Purification.

Is it worth trading purified Pokémon?

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).

What happens if you trade a purified Pokémon?

The defense debuff for Shadow Pokemon is removed, meaning the Pokemon won't take additional damage compared to a Shadow. Purified Pokemon can be traded, though they are limited at once per day because they are considered Special Trades in Pokemon GO.

Is trading purified Pokémon a special trade?

Special trades are all trades involving Legendary Pokémon, Shiny Pokémon, Purified Pokémon and Pokémon that have not been registered in the Pokédex.

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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Can purified Pokémon become perfect?

The Purified Pokemon will receive a boost to its stats, making for a potential Perfect Stat Pokemon.

How do you know if a purified Pokémon will be 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. If it already has an IV 14 or more than that particular IV(s) will go to 15.

What is the benefit of purified Pokémon?

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. When Purified, a Shadow Pokémon will forget Frustration and learn Return, a Charged Attack that's exclusive to Purified Pokémon.

Does trading Pokémon make them lucky?

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.

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.

What Pokémon can't be traded?

Trading is only available for Trainers that are Level 10 or above. Certain Pokémon cannot be traded. Mythical Pokémon (like Mew) and Pokémon that have previously been traded once before cannot be traded.

Is purified better than lucky?

Obtaining Lucky Pokémon

The Stardust cost for powering it up will be reduced by 50%, which means they can reach a higher CP much faster than other Pokémon. This cost reduction stacks with that of being Purified, making a Lucky Purified Pokémon far cheaper to upgrade.

Is shadow or purified better?

Furthermore, they get +2 IV points for each stat upon purification. To compensate, they lose the 20% to extra damage they had as shadows but also lose the +20% to damage received. WHICH SHOULD YOU PICK?: In raids, shadows are always the better option as explained above.

Which Pokémon are good purified?

The most useful purified Pokémon for PvP currently are Banette, Ivysaur, Gloom, and Dragonair. In recent Silph Arena cups, a few of these Pokémon have shown their potential and performed extremely well with the move Return.

What is the rarest Lucky Pokémon?

Kecleon. The promised day occured in January 2023 when, nearly four years since the last release of a new Gen 3 Pokémon, Kecleon finally arrived in Pokémon Go. To catch Kecleon, you must find a PokéStop with a mostly invisible Kecleon clinging to it.

How do you get a 100% lucky trade in Pokemon go?

There are two ways that you can get a guaranteed Lucky Pokemon. The first way is via a phenomenon called Lucky Friends. When you're Lucky Friends with another trainer, the next trade you make with them is guaranteed to give you a Lucky Pokemon. To become Lucky Friends, you have to reach the Best Friends level, first.

Does purifying Pokémon increase CP?

Purifying a Shadow Pokémon adds two to each of your IVs (to a maximum of 15) and improves your Pokémon's level to 25. So, adding this information to your Pokémon's current stats will give you its new CP.

Why do all purified Pokémon have return?

Return is a Normal-type charged attack. This attack is taught to a Pokémon that has been purified as a replacement for Frustration. Return is retained by Purified Pokémon if evolved.

Which Pokémon should not be purified?

Yes, you shouldn't purify your Shadow Pokemon. Even though purifying Shadow Pokemon buffs stats, they aren't as good as their Shadow counterparts. Shadow Pokemon, although they have weaker defense, have very high attack. This makes them a strong opponent in PVP, being able to destroy their opponent quickly and easily.

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.

Can purified Pokemon GO 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.

Can you trade shiny Pokemon?

If you are trading Legendaries and Shinies you both own, the cost is the same as a Standard Pokémon you don't own, such as a regional or a Unown form. But if one of you don't have a Legendary or Shiny in a trade, then the cost jumps up massively.