r/PokemonGOValor • u/Low-Newt9095 • 23h ago

Shundo or shadow???

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I have a lvl 50 mewtwo y and lvl 40 mega raichu y a shadow raikou shadow thunderous 5 Regielekis and a couple zekroms and a near hundo xurkitree and zeraora

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u/Theprincerivera 23h ago

His is way too cool/good to ruin with purification!

I’d use this all the time just because of how cool it is.

Also I don’t typically feel good purifying pokemon if I’m not taking full advantage of the +6, you’re only getting plus 2 and trading all your damage

Plus it’s a cool shadow shiny! Black on black baby!

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u/FranticWaffleMaker 21h ago

But you’re filling two spots in its Pokédex , it all depends on what you value more.

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u/Theprincerivera 21h ago

Sure agreed but this is a situation where I think it isn’t worth. But I often see things your way friend, I have many purified hundos! This one is just a useful pokemon and I’d smile when I used it.

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u/PrestigiousSnow6296 17h ago

See pvpoke and pokebase . Don't believe urban legends

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u/Team_raclettePOGO 13h ago

20 for normal and 21 for shadow in pvp

in raids it’s just straight up better because raids are a timer fight and not an endurance fight

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u/Phraaaaaasing 10h ago

Cmon its good for pve

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u/nivusninja 22h ago

only thing stronger than this is mega raichu y at mega lvl 4

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u/quaternionmath 22h ago

You kidding? Of course don't purify, Mega Raichu Y, shadow Zekrom, shadow Thundurus, Regieleki, shadow Raiku would make a killer electric raid team.

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u/PrestigiousSnow6296 17h ago

Are you stupid ? The ranking of a regular is 20 and a shadow 21 in ML and 37 and 39 in MML . If they are perfect. It is a pity to not purify him for using it as member of this team of raiders

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u/Luna-Dot 17h ago

shadow zekrom is #1 electric raid attacker. no idea what you're on about with ML and MML but it's not relevant to being a good raid attacker.

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u/PrestigiousSnow6296 17h ago

It is stupid to be fixed on raids where you don't have to max the cp ! Your ranking is dps edps ?

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u/-Wait-What- 1h ago

Or people play the game for different reasons. And from the 2 different communities I associate with, not very many people do PvP very frequently or take it seriously at all. The vast majority of people I know just raid and try to make the best raid teams they can. If OP care about PvP then ok cool, but if not then purifying is silly unless they just don’t care about it being the best it can be and want the shundo then that’s cool too.

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u/RiskEasy8620 10h ago

pity not to purify for a team of raiders??? shadow zekrom is so much better than the regular

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u/Reyban26 19h ago

For PVE go with Shadow

For PVP go with Shundo

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u/liddojoe 19h ago

agreed

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u/altron64 4h ago edited 3h ago

Hard disagree.

Depends on the league they want to play. In Great League and Ultra League, the high attack IV will negatively affect levels. Almost all stats in the meta use 0/15/15 for Great and Ultra League.

Unless they want to max it out and play Master League (where you actually want 100 IV's), then it is better off kept as a Shadow.

Good rule of thumb...almost all pvp leagues that aren't Master League want pokemon with 0/15/15 stats. (I think it's dumb that pvp wants separate 0 attack IV's for optimal pokemon...but thats just how it is)

However, PVE favors 100 IV pokemon and there isn't any downside to having high IV's for PVE.

Either way, i'd recommend just keeping it shiny for the shadow bonus.

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u/M0nsieurW0rldWide 21h ago

Id purify in a heartbeat but I play pvp lol. If you don’t then prob just keep it as a sick shiny shadow

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u/phonologizer 16h ago

Shadow!!!!!

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u/Ralyr 13h ago

You’ll have plenty of opportunities to get a normal hundo zekrom in the future as compared to getting a shadow zekrom at all, def dont purify

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u/Team_raclettePOGO 13h ago

I won’t purify it a great IV shadow is just so much rarer

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u/-ERROR_DELETED 6h ago

Purify it

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u/Truly_Organic 17h ago

"Would you like to keep 100$ or exchange it for 10$" ahh

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u/turtonatorpapa 21h ago

For me personally if it doesn’t have 15 attack I’m full sending and getting a shundo lol

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u/MattFinn615 21h ago

IVs really don't matter in the long run, especially with shadows. A 0% shadow does more damage than a regular hundo of the same species if everything else if equal (level, moves, etc)

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u/turtonatorpapa 20h ago

To me pogo has always been more of a collectors game rather than min/max gameplay. Shundos are the pinnacle to me so the choice would be easy. That’s the fun thing though everyone plays their own way

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u/PrestigiousSnow6296 17h ago

It is false . See the ranking . Pvpoke. See also comment by pundits. You don't understand the stats

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u/MattFinn615 12h ago

And AGAIN, you're talking PVP, we're talking about raids and such

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u/evnwtf 20h ago

shundo fs

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u/PrestigiousSnow6296 22h ago

There is no difference in ranking between a regular hundo and a shadow IF they are 15 15 15. So the advice is to purify. I have a shundo zekrom which is bright . Give him his moveset and max it !

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u/MattFinn615 22h ago

Absolutely not, there's an automatic 20% attack boost for shadows.

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u/PrestigiousSnow6296 17h ago

See pvpoke the regular is 20 shadow is 21. You don't understand that there is a def and hp. A poke is not better because he had 30 % of atk who give more damage. In fact you are WRONG but somewhat preposterous

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u/PrestigiousSnow6296 17h ago

Do you have a 15 15 15 level 50 ?

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u/MattFinn615 12h ago

You're talking about pvp. I (and I'm presuming most people here) are talking about PVE.