Apex Pokemon Are A Trap
Pokemon Go Tour: Johto is on the horizon, and we’ll finally be able to get our grubby little hands on every single shiny Pokemon from Silver & Gold. It’s safe to say players are excited to be heading to the best region ever created in augmented reality form. As well as a handful of new shinies, boosted shiny rates, a host of bonuses, and more raids, Niantic is adding Apex variants of Lugia and Ho-oh into the mix.
If it all seems too good to be true, that’s because, well, it is. These Apex Legendaries (great name by the way, nobody’s made anything called that before), have more powerful attacks in their Shadow forms, and these attacks get an even bigger boost when you purify them. That’s how it should be - purifying Shadow Pokemon should grant them bonuses that help in battle, to incentivise you helping them out and healing them like a regular Nurse Joy.
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Lore-wise, you see, Shadow Pokemon need your help. They are not canonically in pain, but they are being harmed by the dark aura that surrounds them. Similar to Pokemon Legends: Arceus’ Alpha Pokemon, they are more aggressive in Shadow form, and this is represented by a 20 percent boost to their attack. To balance things in PvP, they also take 20 percent more damage. However, this makes Shadow Pokemon formidable attackers, useful for tackling raids and taking on opponents in Go Battle League, so many players - myself included - don’t purify them.
I even keep a bunch of useless Shadow Pokemon around, Rattatas and Pidgeys and stuff that only cost 1,000 Stardust to purify. I prolong their suffering until Giovanni rolls around and the Professor requires me to purify a bunch of monsters in order to
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