Are Shadow Pokemon worth keeping?

Shadow Pokémon are now the glass cannons of Pokémon GO. Earlier, there was no reason why trainers wouldn’t want to purify Shadow Pokémon — purifying a Shadow Pokémon boosted CP to Level 25, get a +2 buff to all IVs, and decreased Candy / Stardust costs. It might actually be worth keeping a Shadow Pokémon now.

Do Shadow Pokemon purify?

Shadow Pokémon have the charge move Frustration, while the Candy and Stardust cost to power it up are tripled. So – how do you solve a a problem like a Shadow Pokémon? The answer – purify them, and having a Purified Pokémon offers a number of benefits that make the process worthwhile.

Should you purify Shadow suicune?

Shadow Pokémon have a strong attack power, so some trainers like to keep them in their corrupted form. Nevertheless, purifying Shadow Pokémon is a research requirement for Go Fest, and it gives their IV stats a boost, so it is worth doing.

Which Shadow Pokemon are worth keeping?

Probably shadow Aerodactyl will be good in Flying Cup. As for PVE: Starters, Arcanine, Alakazam, Machamp, Magnezone, Exeggutor, Scizor, Electivire, Pinsir, Gyarados, all legendary (except Suicune), Weavile, Houndoom, Tyra, Gardevoir, Absol Salamence, Metagross, Electivire…

Are shadow or purified Pokemon better?

Shadow pokemon have 20% more attack, but 20% less defense than normal pokemon. So they’re basically glass cannons, which can be occasionally good for PvP. However, they’re more expensive to power than regular pokemon. There’s no difference between normal and purified pokemon stat-wise.

How do you beat Shadow Mewtwo?

Mewtwo is a Psychic-type creature with a weakness to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-type attacks in Pokémon Go, so possible counters include Scizor and Tyranitar. Other Pokémon to use as counters to exploit the weakness of Mewtwo include Genesect, Darkrai, Gengar, and Volcarona.

Who can defeat Shadow Mewtwo?

The best Pokemon Go Shadow Mewtwo counters are Mega Gengar, Shadow Mewtwo, Mega Houndoom, Mega Gyarados, Shadow Weavile & Shadow Tyranitar.

How do you counter Mewtwo?

Mewtwo is weak to the following types: x1 Bug, x1 Ghost, x1 Dark. Generally speaking, the best counters for it are:Chandelure, Origin Giratina and Darkrai.

Can you beat Shadow Mewtwo the first time?

You can. “beat” him but the story in the game assumes you lost anyway. Scripted battle.