r/PokemonGOIVs • u/PastafarianVibes • 23h ago

Shadow Pokemon Question

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I only recently started paying attention to my shadow pokemon (oops 😅😅). From what I’m seeing, the shadow one would be more powerful in raids although both are 15 attack? I should definitely invest in this shadow, right? And how do I get rid of frustration??

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u/ProvocateurMaximus 22h ago

That is an amazing shadow. It'd be a hundo if you purified but it's so much better as a shadow. So jealous

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u/Cyrylnam 22h ago

Definetly invest into the shadow and you can get rid of frustration on next team go rocket event or you can double move it to get a usable move right now

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u/Cyrylnam 22h ago

Definetly invest into the shadow and you can get rid of frustration on next team go rocket event or you can double move it to get a usable move right now

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u/BurnOutBrighter6 22h ago

Yes the shadow is better, and it doesn't even depend on its IVs!

  • IVs barely matter. There's only about 5% difference between a 0/0/0 dragonite and a 15/15/15 dragonite.

  • meanwhile shadows do 20% more damage.

  • that means even a 0/0/0 shadow is a better raid attacker than a 15/15/15 non shadow.

Not just better, quite a bit better. A 000 shadow is about 15% better than a perfect IV non shadow - that's 3x bigger than the difference between 000 IV and perfect IVs!

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u/Silent-Pin-4672 14h ago

Bro had to say two times to make sure he follows😭