5 Pokémon You SHOULD PURIFY! 

This video was only made to mention Sableye

So glad you put the 1,000 dust tip at the end. So many people I've met don't save any of those to purify, so when they get a quest to purify X number of shadows, it ends up costing them 10s of thousands of stardust because they just grab whatever is convenient from their inventory.

If you're below level 45, DO NOT PURIFY the cheaper pokemon (1k to purify)...save those for level 45 requirements.

Wow! I like the way you edited everything, great job!

Literally got a 13 13 14 sableye two weeks ago and was excited to know it’s a hundo if I purify and it’s good for pvp very excited to use it soon

I accidentally purified my shadow 100% bee drill but after watching this I don’t feel as bad now

Really like the overlays on this one - looked smooth. Especially the +2IV bit.

Tip : Don't Purify The Pokemon In The Thumbnail 😂

Great info. thanks for the video. It was really helpful.

Great info! Thanks 👍🏼

I love the animation, great vid Dax!

would really like to see a comparison video between megas, and shadows as it will really show which one will be the better one!

Great to see you back!

I also used Purified Ivysaur and used Wine Whip, Power Whip and Return. Just for fun. Return is pretty much only useful against opposing Poison Types.

Also Purified Alolan Raticate with Return viable in Limited cups like Kanto & Halloween cup.

I’m surprised you didn’t mention making pluckys. The power up discounts from Lucky and Purified stack, and makes sense for any Pokémon you’d want to raise non Shadow.

One more type of pokemon to purify is if Niantic ever offers the increased chance of XL candy for transferring pokemon to the professor event bonus. Since there is also a bump in levels to the pokemon when you purify it and a greater chance of xl candy for the higher level, keep your top 6 bagons, beldums, weaviles, etc. and rather than just immedietely transferring the rest hold them for the event then purify them before transfering. (credit to Brandon Tan on this tip).

Thanks for this!

This is what I've been looking for. Got a charizard and a shadowed 43 charmander and been wondering whether to purify or not. Thank you

Love the content

I asked about this a few weeks ago so it really helps to know

So happy beedrill and houndoom are on that list. I never purify but I did for those to get the 100% for megas

I actually got a 13 13 13 purloin and purified it as I really like hundos and working toward the pokedex

For the recent evolution cup, Machoke is another one that benefitted from having Return

Thanks for these tips on these

I purified my 90% shadow mewtwo to make people visibly upset when I show them😂

I haven’t watched the video yet, but let me guess what those Pokemon will be: 1. Sableye - this one should be obvious 2. Wobbuffet - this thing literally only has Mirror Coat normally so probably benefits even more from purification than sableye 3. Alolan Raticate - is actually quite good with Return, probably better than the shadow 4. Skarmory I guess because it’s better as a normal Skarmory? 5. I have no idea lol, Staraptor because I’ve seen quite a few videos on Return Staraptor lately? Edit: just watched the video, I was thinking of saying stuff like random hundos but thought that he would list 5 concrete pokemon lol. Was also thinking about Dusclops, but figured it wouldn’t be on the list since the shadow is apparently still quite good when compared to a normal Dusclops, and both aren’t really super meta in the great league

I actually purified my manectric a looong time ago before I knew about how good shadows were, but now its my 100% mega so thats cool lol

Amazing vid, like always ❤

Hey Dax, love ur vids. Btw shadow Zubat and shadow Ducklett are also cheap shadows for 1,000 stardust.

Another reason to purify something like Wobuffet is just cost. For a few candy you slip several levels of power ups, plus your future moves cost less candy, so purify can pay for itself or even earn you candy on certain Pokémon.

thank you for this video i have 2k shadows and i need room but didnt know what to clear or not

Also good iv shadows or shadows in general are a lot harder to get and could be a trophy itself

With this latest evolution cup I would almost say shadow or regular dusclops is better bc its easier to control the IV spread and ice punch and shadow punch both seem necessary. I have the purified 1 and I'm constantly needing a punch I don't have, but I don't want to TM away return.

This is exactly what I did with my mega ampharos. Purified it to get the hundo!

I can see U changed Your videos editor 🔥💯

Some of the first Pokemon I've ever purified we're both Banette and Sableye that were high 3 star, and had both Hundos ready for their mega since

Thank you. Thanks to this video i chcecked my shadow camerupt and found out by purifing him it'll turn into hundo. will sure came handy when his mega evolve come out

All this time I've been regretting purifying my Wobbufett into a hundo but not anymore after this video

i had no idea sableye is your fav pokemon. i caught a hundo 3 years ago in chicago which i've used a ton in GL that knows 3 moves. but after watching your video and checking my collection I also have a 13/13/12 shadow sableye. is that as good as its going to get for me?

I have a hundo purified Wobby that I made it forget return when I was young and green :( Also, instead of just deleting Shadow Pokemon if you can spare the dust for it purify them because it goes toward your purified decks and toward your platinum metal

Daxi i have a 3 15 15 purified sabeleye perfect moveset i was waiting for you to tell its good

Need advice. I have 3 3 star shadow tyranitars. 15/14/13, 14/15/13 and a 13/13/14. Should I purify one to prepare for a mega tyranitar?

These tips have been a huge boon. I've obtained a hundo Houndoom and a second hundo Beedrill to add to my perfect Mega's collection. My army of ballers grows.

Just watched this and got like 8 perfects and including a wicked Beedrill

LOVE my 💯 purified Wobbuffet! Amazing great league pokemon!

I purified a high IV mareep to make it my first hundo after conemplating whether I should for about a week. I've just recently come back to the game and really don't have much in the way of a "team" set up, very much less so for the various types, so having access to a half-decent elecrtic type raid Pokemon (I'd read about and seen everywhere that Mega Ampharos is a pretty decent pick for people who don't have Kyogre/Manetric/etc) and wanted to have that hundo. I also checked to make sure that Shadow Ampharos wasn't as good as the mega evolution, which it wasn't. I still pissed off my friend when I told him. Currently, I have no regrets except that it's not been such a good time recently to actually *use* my mega hundo (who I also don't have mega energy for lol). All in due time, though. For now just powering my elecrtic boio up. Let's just say that seeing Ampharos on the list of 'Mons to purify boosted my confidence in my decision just that much more!

Finally an answer to my shadow beedrill problem!

I had a shiny shadow Aerodactyl that was useless. Then I purified him and he became a PSHundo Mega Aerodactyl and has been very useful

some day i plan on eveloving my purfied magic carp into a garadose. Ik ik its not ¨the same as a shinny¨ but it still looks cool when your in pvp.

I have a 13/13/13 shadow Aerodactyl that I think I'm going to purify since I have no intent on powering it up and using it anyway. Shadow Aerodactyl can be a strong rock type attacker, but I'd rather have the 15/15/15 to eventually mega evolve. I already have other rock type attackers anyway (Rampardos for the win) and Mega Aerodactyl has a great niche where it's good against flying type raids due to the rock type, while also boosting the candy you get from flying types.

I purified my sableye when I started playing before I even started battle league it’s a 100iv and it helped me finally reach ace level 😋

I usually purify bad IV mons, but I'm still a new player. Gotta work on that Purifier medal. But it's a lot of stardust and candy, so after I max that, I'd most likely just transfer them.

Thank you

I have a hundo Shadow Wobbufet. Hopefully it gets a community day or move update. I deleted frustration on it by mistake. It doesn't have a second move so I'm kind of stuck with just mirror coat for now.

I was battling in go battle league and my togekiss was against Dragonite. Easy win I thought, didnt care much about being hit with its charged move either with how much health I had.....it absolutely destroyed me with return. The move can be really good to balance you out

I swear I just purified my Shadow Sableye an hour ago and was looking all over to see if it was a good move (I have 2 Shadow Sableye with great IVs and wanted a Hundo). Then this video drops!

For a moment I thought you forgot about sableye cos It was the last but I should've have realised you would never forget about ur fav Pokemon

Slowly building up from worse ev's to max ev's 1 hundo norm 1 hundo shadow and 1 hundo purified all evolutions and base pokemons and all shinys and even pokemon i get along the way 🧡 good luck on the 2024 grind

Can you do a list of best shadow 3 stage pokemon? Since the team go rocket bosses and grunts sometimes get some great 3 stage pokemon? Like i made the mistake to purify a magamite

My first ever Shadow Pokemon was a shadow Sandshrew that I purified and it's stats were so low that I never thought it would become a perfect IV mon... I transferred it to pokémon home...

I just got my first Purified Hundo: Onix. I have evolved to Steelix but I only have about 100 mega energy so I will have to wait to mega evolve.

I think every mega pokémon has more attack and defense than the shadow version as far as I've seen. Provided you use the Pokemon's Mega or primal form, it should have higher stats as far as I know and get the mega or primal bonuses. Since Mewtwo has a Mega Evolution coming up, I can see a reason to purify a shadow Mewtwo for Mega Mewtwo, especially if it's a 4*, because of the Mega stats and bonuses (one that people think you should never purify). With that said, you could have both a Shadow Mewtwo and a Purified Mega Mewtwo-that way, the Shadow Mewtwo can be boosted by the Mega Mewtwo if the attack boost from the Mega Mewtwo will last the whole battle. The Mega Mewtwo will also boost the attack of other people's Mega and Shadow Mewtwos, which will be insane. Also, in my opinion, I think this video could elaborate more on the 20% defense drop and say that pokémon who have a lot more base defense are not good to purify. Registeel has much more defense than attack, for example, so it will lose a lot of it by remaining a Shadow pokémon (the stat sum is less for Shadow Registeel), and the ranks on Pvpoke reflect that by putting regular Registeel above Shadow Registeel. I also think it's the same kind of situation for Lugia. It has so much defense, and you're working against its best trait and what it's naturally good at by keeping it a shadow pokémon where it will lose a lot of that defense (the stat sum for Shadow Lugia is less too). There are also better options that you could use instead of Shadow Lugia that have a higher base attack to amplify with the shadow bonus, so I lean against Shadow Lugia after also considering its base attack isn't anything special.

I got a great shadow Sableye that is now a purified 98%, I’m so excited about it 😍

Need advice. I have a shadow shiny larvitar 13/14/14. Should i purify it to have a purified shundo? I have already 2 better shadow larvitars on that account. A 15/15/12 and 14/15/15. Advice?

Hey Daxi!, I love you'r vids they are actually really useful. But i kinda came with other reason here. I came to ask you for help if you know if i can fix AR pokestops scanning quests. I've been trying multiple ways to upload data, re-install game and many more but its still not working, so im asking for help. Pls help cuz this quest is really useful

Nice vid now I know what to purify and I can learn my noob freinds what to purify

A while ago in the morning i purified my Almost 4* Sableye, when i purified it i got a 4* Sableye.😊😊😊😊

I have a 15/15/14 shadow Bidoof. It's staying in shadow form and it's on its way to best buddy

I love the way that the thumbnail was saying purify shadow mewtwo

That blurred mewtwo in the thumbnail though !! 😂😂😂

I purified my shadow 13/13/13 to get my hundo Metagross. I don’t regret it one bit because I would have spent a lot rare candies and stardust on it, whereas I have distributed it elsewhere. Second note, Mega Houndoom is a beast.

Thank you, I’ve been sitting on a 96 shadow Sable eye and had NO CLUE.

I have a 98% Abomasnow and a 98% Shadow Abomasnow. I've been tempted many times to purify it so it can be a 100% IV Mega Pokemon but I've held off because Shadow Abomasnow is useful in PvP.

I have a 15-13-13 shadow Aerodactyl I plan to purify once the mega comes out again

Hey Daxi I got my first hundo shadow Pokemon. It was Charmander. I was so excited. Lol Can't wait to tm it & maybe level 50 it. I still don't have a shiny shadow. I've only done around 3,000 rocket battles tho. So I'd say I should get one anytime now. But still hyped that my first shadow hundo was Charmander. Considering it could have been a terrible Pokemon like Weedle. Lol

Didn’t watch the video just saw the thumbnail… thanks I was wondering if shadow mewtwo would be better purified… now I know it is it even got stronger stars and cp

alolan raticate with return is also spicy pvp pick 🙂

Daxi, would you purify a shiny sharpedo 15-15-13 ?

4:11 to 4:13, Bro was Doing the Pokérap😂

Is shadow Bannette a good ghost type raid attacker?

I love my purified hundo maxed Wobbuffet!

5:22 you missed zubat

1:08 I didn't know that shadow punch was a Dark type move

Yo @Poké Daxi Thoughts on purifying a 14/14/14 Shadow Blastoise? Saw the sweet graphic in the vid but didn't hear you confirm if it was worth or not. I'm leaning towards purifying.

I got a shadow shiny sableye, does the must purify for this one still as relevant or should I hold off to just keep it as a collection?

I got a question I can purify a shadow shadow ivysaur that can’t be a shudo should I do it or no? I already have a shadow venusaur that’s really good?

Thanks for mentioning it ! I did purify a bunch of pokemons to mega which I didn't want to level the shadow forms anyway :)

One Pokémon I’ll add inn Staraptor: He has two self debuff nuke moves.With Return it’ll be somewhat good I guess

I'm kinda new to the shadow pokemon feature, I purified some pokemon cause I didn't know better, I have some shadows that I don't know what to do with them, or if they're good in the GBL, does anyone know a group where I can ask or someone who could guide me? I did get a Hundo Girafarig and Sableye by purifying them, but there are others that I'm not so sure.

I have a shadow shiny venasaur and another shadow shiny bulbasaur that if I purify will be six off max, should I purify the bulbasaur?

I like it that nobody mentions that for dusclops shadow punch there is a dark type icon next to it.

I would love it if purifying only uped defense and HP. In lore it would mean they are tougher pokemon, but more peaceful! Skilled in battle, but they have lots of restraint.

Just got a Rank 39 as Purified from Sierra. I'll take it 🥹

I have a 13/14/15 Entei, should I purify? I know entei will be available again and I can get good IVs on a regular one, but my luck with legendaraids has been horrible lately

I have shiny 15/13/15 shadow geodude.. Should i purify it for shundo?

This there a list that I see so I can purify without worry about purity a good one I don’t know much about all the shadows

Should I purify a shadow Scizor that would be 100% IV (can mega-evolve)

I purified a swampert today to get a 100% for when the mega comes out

Worth noting shadow beedrill is kind of good for pvp. Love the content. This type of video needed to be made.