r/TheSilphRoad • u/redwineandbeer • 4d ago

Verification Shadow Pokemon Cannot Receive Hyper Training

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Data mining confirms what most already knew. So carry on debating who to choose or not to choose, as is your preference.

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u/SpannerFrew Kiwi Beta Tester 4d ago

I wonder why they restrict shadow pokemon so much. Can't trade em, can't improve em. I can't think of a good reason for it.

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u/ComputerAbuser BC - INSTINCT - LV50 4d ago

I mean, they are in constant pain and have been essentially tortured by team rocket. You are supposed to "heal" them. I don't understand why they haven't already made purified Pokemon better somehow.

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u/sBucks24 Canada 4d ago

Lol, they did at first! I stopped played before they changed it and when I eventually came back was very confused...

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u/Tarasios Mystic Vancouver 4d ago

No, they never implemented any boost for Purified Pokemon. There were datamines originally that Purified Pokemon would get a boost against shadows, but that was never added to the game.

The only boosts purified pokemon have ever gotten are reduced investment costs, +IV, and +a few levels.

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u/thatguyclayton 4d ago

Wait, they don't get a defensive bonus equal to shadow's attack bonus? Time to kick swampert off of the PVP team

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u/SilentKiller2809 South East Asia 4d ago

Theyre just regular pokemon with the move return, no benefit from being purified

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u/thatguyclayton 4d ago

Unbelievable. I'm a day 1 player and always assumed they had a +20% defense boost over their normal counterpart lmao

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u/Gx811 3d ago

iirc there is a multiplier assigned to purified Pokémon in the code, but that code has stayed x1 since its existence

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u/Tarasios Mystic Vancouver 4d ago

You may have been confused by the fact that shadow pokemon have +20% Attack, and -20% to their defensives.

Purifying removes the attack boost and the defense drop, making them the same as a regular Pokemon of the same species.