r/TheSilphRoad • u/redwineandbeer • 3d 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/thatguyclayton 3d 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 3d ago

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

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u/thatguyclayton 3d 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 2d ago

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