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What is the strongest Shadow Pokémon?

1 Shadow Mewtwo
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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What Pokémon are best as Shadow?

These include legendaries such as Mewtwo, Raikou, and Moltres, as well as pseudo-legendaries like Metagross, Salamence, and Dragonite. Even Pokémon like Machamp, Mamoswine, Electivire, and Hariyama make for good Shadow raiders due to their explosive attack stats.
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Are some Shadow Pokemon stronger?

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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What Pokémon are strongest against Shadow?

In pokemon go, pokemon that are super effective against a shadow pokemon depends on the pokemon's type. For example, if the shadow pokemon is a fighting type, a flying, psychic, or fairy pokemon would be super effective.
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What is the legendary Shadow Pokemon?

Here are the Shadow Legendary Pokémon Giovanni has had in his team: Giovanni Shadow Legendary Pokémon so far: Shadow Articuno – November 2019 and March 2021. Shadow Zapdos – December 2019, April and June 2021.
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Is there a shadow lugia?

Shadow Lugia (Japanese: ダークルギア Dark Lugia), codenamed XD001, is a Pokémon exclusive to Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. It is a Lugia corrupted by the criminal organization Cipher, believed to be the ultimate Shadow Pokémon and completely immune to purification.
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Is there a shadow Ditto?

Shadow form available:

Ditto is a Normal-type Pokémon from the Kanto region. It does not evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
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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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Are purified Pokémon stronger?

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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Should I purify Shadow 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.
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Is purified better than Shadow?

Purified Pokémon bonuses

But, it's important to remember that, ultimately, you are losing the best Shadow feature, the 20% attack bonus. 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.
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Is Shadow Latios worth it?

It's still decent, but not great. As a Psychic Type, it has some real potential and can be a decent option, especially given the resistances that Dragon brings, but it's still not outstanding.
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Is there shiny Shadow Pokémon?

Team Rocket Leaders can have shiny Shadow Pokémon. Currently, players can get shiny Beldum from Sierra, shiny Nidoran from Arlo, and shiny Magnemite from Cliff.
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What Pokemon are worth keeping?

Dragon-types are widely considered the best and most viable Pokemon, at least generally speaking. Of course, the only type they're good against is other Dragon-types, but with the sheer number of Dragon-type Legendaries, that's more than enough for them to be useful.
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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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How rare is a perfect Shadow Pokémon?

This means you have a 1 in 152 chance (just less than 1%) of getting IVs of 15 across the board every time you capture a Shadow Pokemon. Trading Pokemon is a good way to take low IV Pokemon and make them more powerful…
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How do you get 100 IV shadow in Pokémon?

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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Should I purify Shadow Lugia?

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Should I purify or evolve?

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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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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Is Shadow Beedrill useful?

Sadly, its best role is nothing but a stepping stone to greater things in the game as any real collecting will yield better poison and bug types and leave Beedrill outclassed.
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What 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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Is Ditto a failed version of Mew?

Ditto: Mew's Clone There's a long-running fan theory that Ditto's actually a failed clone of Mew. But in a 2016 interview, series director Junichi Masuda (who's been at Game Freak since before Gen 1) debunked the theory. Basically: "Naw dawg, no idea what you're talkin about."
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What Pokémon turn into Ditto?

Pokémon Ditto disguises in April 2023: What Pokémon can Ditto be hiding as?
  • Diglett (Gen 1)
  • Grimer (Gen 1)
  • Snubbull (Gen 2)
  • Corphish (Gen 3)
  • Starly (Gen 4)
  • Roggenrola (Gen 5)
  • Tympole (Gen 5)
  • Litleo (Gen 6)
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Is Shiny Ditto out?

Shiny Ditto was introduced with the February 2021 Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto event, where upon completion of the first Special Research story, all paid ticket holders received a shiny blue research Ditto.
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