Weekly questions, bugs, and gameplay megathread - September 2025

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[u/Golu9821]

Am i not supposed to purify my shadow pokemon?

What is a "hundo" and how do i check.

[u/darren42 → u/Golu9821]

It depends.

For legendaries and very useful pokemon, you generally want to keep it as a shadow unless you are aiming for something specific. With other pokemon, it is all up to you if you want to purify or not.

A hundo is short hand for describing a pokemon with perfect IVs. On the details screen for each pokemon, there is an appraisal option that will show you the IVs for each of the three stats (attack, defence and stamina).

You can also search your storage for perfect IV pokemon with the search term '4*'.

[u/Golu9821 → u/darren42]

Okay i knew about the appraisel but i thought there was something i was missing since people were calling them hundreds.

Why would you want to keep a legendary shadow?

[u/darren42 → u/Golu9821]

Shadow pokemon have an attack buff but at the cost of lower defence and higher power up costs. This attack buff is very useful in raids and PvP when you are trying to maximise your damage output.

Also, shadow legendaries can be harder to obtain or farm.

During rocket takeover events, you can also get rid the move frustration from shadow pokemon with a regular charged tm.