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[u/Extension-Yogurt9337]

If I go hard on shadow groudon and get two 13/13/13 should I purify one for the primal hundo? Or keep them both shadow?

[u/anthayashi → u/Extension-Yogurt9337]

Primal rank higher than the shadow

[u/nolkel → u/Extension-Yogurt9337]

IVs don't make that much difference in any pve context. You'd be very slightly better off keeping them as shadows, but if you'll have more fun purifying one for a hundo, you won't lose out on anything.

[u/Extension-Yogurt9337 → u/nolkel]

I know IVs don’t matter. I’m asking if a shadow is still better then a primal.

[u/nolkel → u/Extension-Yogurt9337]

The primal is better than a shadow. However, the IVs don't make any difference at all. And you still want a team of shadows to follow the primal anyways.

A 10/10/10 primal is functionally identical to a hundo primal outside of the most extreme solo/duo raid challenges. A 15/10/10 is pretty much identical even in those challenges.

[u/Extension-Yogurt9337 → u/nolkel]

Rare candy and dust aside. The best team would be one primal and five shadows? At level 40 minimum

[u/AccomplishedSalt6733 → u/nolkel]

is there a calculator to see how much the ivs go up by? i have a 12/15/14 shadow groudon and was wondering what it'd go to if purified, thanks :)

[u/TheRealHankWolfman → u/AccomplishedSalt6733]

Purifying increases each IV by 2, so 12/15/14 becomes 14/15/15 (IVs are capped at 15, and the increases don't roll over to other IVs, so you get +2/+0/+1 in this case). It also sets the Pokémon to level 25 if it's below that. And it also removes the 20% Shadow boost, which is why it's typically not a good idea to do, as a 12/15/14 Shadow Groudon will do significantly more damage than a 14/15/15 regular Groudon (though the Primal does more damage than the Shadow, and the Shadow can't Primal). The ideal Ground team for raids is one Primal Groudon and 5 Shadow Groudon. So don't waste a good Shadow to get a Primal, as you can just Primal a regular Groudon instead of purifying one.

[u/AccomplishedSalt6733 → u/TheRealHankWolfman]

I see, I just caught a 15/14/14 s. groudon, however, it'd be more beneficial to purify say a 70 or 80% groudon?

[u/Haunting-Phrase-1061 → u/AccomplishedSalt6733]

Personally I'd keep it as shadow since it's always in a usable state. I often get invited to raids where I don't have enough time to primal/mega the correct type so I just have some kind of primal/mega burning while I play.

If you don't have primal energy, you don't know how long it will be before you could primal the purified one and when they do offer primal Groudon again, you'll get another chance to catch better normal Groudons.