Watch This Before You Purify Your Shadow Mewtwo in Pokemon GO!

[@BFeast-jd5xq]

Here, Brandon is only referring to using Mewtwo as a raid attacker. There are nuanced reasons to actually purify a sub 15 attack Mewtwo if you want to use it in GBL. Charged Move Priority (or CMP) determines who's charged attacks throw first in PVP. CMP is determined by the two pokemon's actual attack power and ignores the 20% increase in power from the shadow bonus. The shadow bonus is modifying the damage and not the actual attack stat. A 15 attack purified Mewtwo will destroy a 14 attack shadow Mewtwo in PvP. Therefore, if you play PvP, purification is valid if your attack stat is under 15. If you do not play PvP, the shadow is most likely still hitting harder than the Mega in raids. Only Rocket Grunts and sith speak in absolutes.

[@PeterTea]

If you want to torture Brandon Tan then just record yourself purifying a shadow Mewtwo 😱

[@aotero88]

Damnnn I should’ve recorded the two Shadow 90+ iv mewtwos I just converted to hundos for whenever the mega releases 🤣

[@badanimator984]

@@aotero88 Shadow 9ivs are better than megas

[@aotero88]

@prudviraju3091 I got the hundo shadow mewtwo as well that’s the main reason

[@AlohaJade808]

Stronger as Shadow obviously🤦🏻‍♀️. Stop playing around with the purifying button. Bro, I been saying this to almost every trainer I’ve came across. They still are dumb founded cause they can’t wrap their heads around 1 purified Hundo vs. a Shadow Hundo. 😂😂😂😣🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@WindRegalia2]

@@badanimator984 not when it comes to mega mewtwo

[@dimsumgor]

Hi Brandon, Thank you so much for doing this test for us ❤❤❤

[@heja7998]

Crystal clear. THANK YOU very much.

[@jonathanhead9009]

I am a hundo collector. I got a ton of 3* Shadows out of this weekend. I ended up getting four Mewtwos who were purified into hundos, giving me a grand total of six hundo Mewtwos. I'll leave the other three stars as shadows, but as a Hu do collector, I wasn't gonna pass that up.

[@jokerzheeyt]

6 purified mewtwos 💀 i wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy

[@einszwo6081]

Completely agreed. I have 6 three star shadow mewtu for a team and on top purified one to Shundo and one to hundo… a team of 6 is enough. If there’s a hundo or Shundo I’ll take it ….

[@schachty]

Same Here

[@skfjdjfkskd665]

F

[@clownfishbox]

Correct.

[@sebastianloco96]

I love your videos Brandon, your an inspiration

[@Joekool88]

That username though...

[@Zeraknight2-hu1og]

Bro wtf is that username💀

[@parth17bhatia]

1:20 The best part of the video already. Thanks for saving that mewtwo Brandon. Ethics over shadow bonus. It is more ethical to have a 2/2/2 purified mewtwo than to use a shadow shundo mewtwo .

[@BFeast-jd5xq]

Shadow pokeman are in pain. You TOTALLY cannot get a shadow pokemon to best buddy friendship, because the shadow pokemon resent their current trainer for events committed to them by their previous trainer. /Sarcasm All shadow pokemon are by default leftist, at least while they are in evil mode. They blame people who did nothing to them for all their problems. Major failure of logic.

[@Ortizjjr]

One thing you could or point out as well was that both of the other mewtwos actually took more damage since it took longer to bring down.😊

[@karolvenczel6109]

The answer is: It depends how many shadows you have. Most ppl got 1 or 2 shadow mewtwo, answer is a simple no. After this event i am keeping my original shadow mewtwo 82% lvl 50, i am keeping 93% and 91% for potential leveling, i purified 89% for a hundo mega mewtwo, 2 are shinies for collection. Together i have 35 shadow mewtwo, 29 shadow mewtwo that i did not mentioned will be transfered into candy grinder in next extra transfer candy event because there is no point in keeping them. It is maybe the strongest pokemon, but getting a team of 6 to level 50 is a task for several years, i am not doing that, i prefer variability in my team.

[@erickdorazco4469]

There other potential move set like focus blast and flamethrower will be broken strong even with no stab

[@alphaeverwing1118]

But with the introduction of shadow raid, if you want to duo them, you need to throw in 4 shadow shards each while tanking their damage. In this case, normal Pokémon will be better than shadow. We saw this with the shadow mewtwo raids where the optimal way to duo it is start mega houndoom, use regular tyranitar to tank while throwing in purified gems, and end with shadow tyranitar or relobby mega houndoom. Now that we’re getting news where legendary shadow raids are coming every weekend, raising 2-3 regular tanky counters so u can duo them. Shadow Articuno for example will obviously be less popular than mewtwo and there’s a good chance u need to duo.

[@Chemical_Symphony]

This is what I keep saying too. Just depends on how many you have. How many roles you want to fill. I caught 65 over the weekend. Purified three of them for hundos a couple 98s. But I caught two shinies that are 98 that I will never purify as well as a handful of other 98s non-shiny. I'm going to load them up with different movesets. Yeah if you only catch one or two you might as well just keep it.

[@techsk8er1O5]

Too much money bro

[@starscream7755]

At this point since you can have so many of them I don't think there is much harm in purifying say a /13/13/13 for a hundo for the mega. Maybe wait until the mega is out but if you have 20+ not that big of a deal.

[@johnpratts2856]

Exactly. Purifing for a perfect for the sake of the Mega, makes sense.

[@rlptide2]

Hi Brandon I saw you at Philippines Cebu at Oakridge! I was at the condo when I was playing Pokemon go when I saw your lure module and gym was Milotic at somewhere around 3 am sad I couldn't see you😅

[@BrandonTan91]

Yes, I was there editing at Starbucks😂

[@FruitVideos]

You should also test the time for different mewtwos to be defeted. No attacking, just taking damage

[@L.Reeves]

This. It always bugs me when people talk about the attack boost without mentioning the mon will die faster too

[@BFeast-jd5xq]

The reason damage dealt is mentioned and not damage taken, is because in raids you are racing the clock. As long as you aren't 1 hit ko'd, it's of little consequence 18% defense. You can always pop max revives and get back into the raid.

[@alakerfanatic]

I think he did already. Just a couple of months ago, he raided with a shadow and regular.

[@L.Reeves]

@@BFeast-jd5xq Which takes time. Like if your time to kill is slower, but you spend more time actively fighting and doing damage then it changes the discussion. I've had bullshit server issues losing 10+ seconds using revives

[@ashfauzzamanaronno6606]

Bro this tests have already been done ages ago. By sorting to DPS*TDO parameter.

[@Fnkwav]

Comments for the algorithm!! Love your videos brandon! Keep it up man!

[@Joekool88]

Got a 89% (15/14/11), it's my best. Will get it to best buddy and power it up

[@Oger_von_Altschauerberg]

i did that too i only have 1 mewtwo its a shadow mewtwo with 15/15/7 and today i leveld it to 41 and its also my best buddy

[@Ryyyaaaaannn]

I might purify my lowest couple to send to friends. Not because its better, but I'll probably never level it because i dont have 1000 xl mewtwo candies (or normal candies)

[@mrnoneofurbusiness7942]

just trade normal mewtwo when it comes back. purify to trade is the biggest waste of stardust and candy i could imagine.

[@kirito5547]

@@mrnoneofurbusiness7942 not if it's a lucky trade especially guaranteed one.

[@efyuar]

i already purified 2 out of 25 mewtwo i got just because i never gotten any mewtwo before and i wanted to use charge moves other than frustration :D

[@allyspawn7910]

you could just unlock the second charge move

[@overwaterlol]

@@allyspawn7910 + literally wait for just 2-3 weeks until the next team rocket event and then remove frustration

[@tsebek4334]

​@@allyspawn7910not all players have a lot of candy 😊🙃

[@allyspawn7910]

@@tsebek4334 the person i answered said they did atleast 25 raids in 2 days...

[@rosacam6765]

Why didn’t you just remove frustration with a Charge TM during the raids? I removed it from all of my Mewtows without purifying it.

[@lakzefar449]

My 3 best IV shadow mewtwos were: 96, 15/13/15, 94 15/15/12, 89 13/13/13. I purified the 13/13/13 one to get a hundo. Ain't nothing wrong with that.

[@speedy4659]

Normally I get triggered when people purify, but looking at the IV's of the other two it's not a bad idea at all

[@christopherlawyer4214]

Here's a case for purifying a shadow mewtwo 1. You already have "enough" shadow mewtwos. (whatever "enough" means to you.) so If you did 100 shadow mewtwo raids...you're probably not going to power them all up. 2. You are *lucky* friends with someone also purifying theirs. 3. You do a mirror trade of purified lucky mewtwos. Your lucky purified mewtwo will have a stat floor of 12/12/12. You will get both the purified discount and lucky discount on stardust. You'll get a 20% discount on both candy and stardust for your 2nd charge move. You'll get a candy discount for powering it up. If you're trying to do things on a budget, this is an *excellent* way to save both stardust and candies.

[@625Lucashenrique]

that's only the case if you can get both to the same level. I'd like to see one video that compares same candy investment in both, like 50 candies for the shadow and 50 candies for the purified, which one is going to be better. I think it better reflects the majority of players who don't have too many resources

[@MrZachieChan]

I have a 14/14/14 shiny shadow mewtwo, once mega mewtwo comes out I’m probably going to purify for the shundo mega, I have another shadow shiny mewtwo with 15 attack and don’t see myself doing enough normal mewtwo raids to ever get a shundo if/when it returns

[@userunknown1030]

that would make the most sense shiny shundos are hard to come by that is for sure.

[@hazeltan9024]

Thanks for making an effort on the experiment. Like what you said, I will never purify any of the Shadow Pokémon especially Mewtwo 💪🏻

[@CardCollector]

I tested a shadow vs purified and the purified won with the same attacks on PVP. Shadow is only stronger in gyms. With the 20% defense drop a shadow will lose. Show a test on it on PVP with just confusion attacks.

[@reginaldwesley2129]

Great video, Prof. Brandon, Prof. Oak raised you well.

[@iglpsyz1696]

Actually u can test with the level 20 shadow mewtwo still strong then level 25 mewtwo. At the same time u r educated players not only it stronger in shadow form and u can power up then lesser but with better dmg out put when using them ( use lesser resources for a better outcome)

[@overwaterlol]

I don't really understand all the excitement about hundos. Sure, it's nice to look at but seeing the purified effect on the Pokemon and knowing they made it weaker, instead of keeping it a shadow that looks so sick is just a bit cringe. Now that I'm quite a high level I love (and prefer) collecting shadow Pokemon and knowing they will contribute the most damage for me in raids.

[@finestlex]

Purified one that I caught on my second account and lucky traded it over to my main didn’t get the Hundo tho:(

[@AlexanderSamurai94]

Same test for the Resistente? I mean HP not Dif

[@kingjokermod]

uh i purified my shadow mewtwo my best one and its a hundo shiny mewtwo was it bad that i purified my mewtwo to almmost 3200cp? or was it a bad idea still?

[@aaronashcaster5875]

I purified 1 to get hundo mewtwo for future mega and maxed it out keep others that we’re all 10 iv on all stats or more for my army of shadows though will only use 3 others because already had 2 mewtwos with 98 iv and double legacy moves are 4500cp so just gonna do 3 regular and 3 shadows for raids

[@mmokzlrsn]

the reason for this shadow pokemons have +20dmg boost -20def debuff

[@Kaffelop]

What about doing some training matches? I mean at higher level raids the defending pokemon do fight back. Would be nice to see ex 100% regular Mewtwo v 0% Shadow Mewtwo. Or something like that. Would giver a better picture imo.

[@EliBirdsall]

shadow mewtwo is 6 6 6 base

[@shironium]

dps is much more important than how bulky your pokemon is in raids if for example you're doing a raid with other players and your whole team was made up of shadow mewtwos, at the end of the raid you'll need to revive more shadow mewtwos than if you used regular or purified mewtwos, but your damage output would be quite a bit higher with the team of shadow mewtwos

[@DavidYordan777]

for how long you've been palying pokemon go ? watching your mewtwo candy make me curious :D, nice video, i've got my first shadow mewtwo through raid. :D

[@DavidYordan777]

i have question can i change my shadow mewtwo fast attack and charged attack even its not purified ?

[@PatrickJesp]

Im a returning/new player. But what about charged attacks for PvE? Isnt it better to get rid of frustation, and get a decent one instead? Or i guess just wait till its possible to change chaged attack at an event?

[@Bebito_SS]

I'm pretty sure it's always worth the wait when it comes to removing frustration, though it might be a while till then

[@michaeldeeping2452]

Highest was a 97 iv shiny but deffo not gonna purify it now lol

[@neilodwyer99]

So basically I’m pretty sure the only way a purified mewto is better is against a mewto itself in pvp. Shadow mewto is better against every single other Pokémon but I think purfied mew two is better against mewto itself

[@ethanschmidt2277]

when’s the next event ?

[@naveenraju7099]

GREAT INFORMATION Brandon,Really appriciate that

[@deadboyspoem2]

what was the point of the purified mewtwo?

[@koljafcsp09]

If my best shadow mewtus are 13-13-14 15-9-13 11-14-15 14-15-8 12-12-14 And i already have a purified shundo so i dont need anything for mega, which one do i power?

[@Speedykev07]

Shadow also take 20% more damage so for PvP it’s not good and raids if the Raid boss has fast charging attack is also not good. If you want to purify purify don’t listen to the fanatics of the community.

[@DepressedFalconsFan]

Would you purify a 14/14/14? I'm torn on It.

[@trainerskulb00d]

They also take more damage too....

[@Lashandan]

This video should finally end all discussions about redeeming. ;) Thank you for the vivid comparison!

[@chuds429]

I watch PoGo videos seldomly and I just noticed that you're actually super near my area lol.

[@norlanz396]

I purified one cause I had 6 other that where better and I don't have a single non shadow and I need one for the mega form

[@henrikytreeide7999]

what legendary has giovanni?

[@shoewrapper1692]

I still purified my 13-13-13 shiny to get a shundo for the eventual mega

[@lewiscoles1023]

I purified a 13 15 14 shadow mewtwo just because I've played since day one and never encountered a hundo. Kept all the shadows with higher attack and plan to keep as shadow

[@bujkulka]

What about master league Brandon? Shadow or regular? I got mad for not getting good IV shadow mewtwo and I invested all my resources into my old regular hundo mewtwo. Was it a mistake? I'm talking just about PvP.

[@Miklo_1]

Shadow also take more damage tho. And Pokémon go is not the same anymore after the Niantic hostility Vs the community.

[@KingMonsef]

Didnt gent any good. 2 shinis. Deleted all me raid mewtwos

[@ashfauzzamanaronno6606]

My higest IV shadow mewtwo just happened to be my first shiny shadow mewtwo as well. 13.14.15

[@Bonbon12863]

Hi have shadow mewtwo but its a shiny so if its still shadow its very strong as shadow

[@antonioyaphiar753]

I got shundo shiny mewtwo, what should I do with the fast move and charge attack? And I got no enough candy to get 2 attack

[@KK-vx7st]

I purified one just because I didn't have a hundo before and I wanted one for the Mega Mewtwo Y, I could get another for the Mega Mewtwo X but I think I won't do that

[@FedericoManzione]

15/15/14 Shadow is better than 15/15/15 normal or Purified One on PvP Battle?

[@gigachadmemes4727]

I’m tempted to purify my legendarys to get rid of frustration all of my friends are purifying theres because it’s to weak and low c

[@nacholluvioso]

thanks for this 💖

[@haydenjacobs2555]

I purified for a shundo MewTwo but I had many other shadow mewtwos that were better.

[@antoniorivera9525]

When is the next time frustration can be forgotten?

[@vadimpaoloni9717]

mine just have frustration for the strong attack and i can t change

[@99rahulmore47]

Is there is any of 12,14,14 iv shadow mewto turn into hundo after purify

[@DjayTinus]

Cool Thanks for the info bro

[@psp2goz]

Did 54 raids got myself a shundo shadow mewtwo

[@nando_cali]

But they will bring his mega soon so I can’t wait

[@GOMothibe]

Thanks for the info Brandan 👏

[@jmlaforteza777]

Nope. Not ever regretting Purifying my S-Mewtwo turning it into a Hundo. 🤘 . ( I have an extra high IV'd Mewtwo so no worries haha )

[@corryjackson315]

Is it just me or by looking at the 3 test mewtwos afterwards the shadow mew two had less damage done to it ?

[@ElChapin247]

Does this affect all shadow Pokémon or just Mewtwo?

[@babaleon3855]

all of them

[@amandaprice1846]

I was wondering the exact same thing!So a 0 star shadow anything is better than a hundo regular pokemon?!

[@babaleon3855]

@@amandaprice1846 so this counts only for the raids, not in pvp fights or anything: just for the raids a 0/0/0 shadow pokemon is stronger than a 15/15/15 normal pokemon. I doubt that you need EVERY shadow pokemon which you caught, because 80% of those are pokemon you dont need. Strong pokemon like mewtu for example are better as shadows like in this case. But they are also more expensive to power up with stardust.

[@chachaweiwei3640]

This isn't even a problem fo me since NIANTIC continues to try to charge me more than my friends to raid they need to F off with their stupid A/B testing

[@miguelviana4902]

Hey! I have two Shadow moltres one is 14/10/11 and the other is 15/4/7. Wich one should I power up?

[@Kr0Br0]

I don’t get it? You caught like 100+ shadow MewTwo, what does it matter if you purify 1 when you have 99more?

[@starscream7755]

Because of a lack of common sense

[@flowithmarcus7935]

When is the next event to possibly renove frustration?

[@revoke4060]

Got a 93% non shiny shadow and 80% shiny shadow and idk which one to level 50 😭

[@AlanoBeast7]

You need to look for their stats not %

[@allyspawn7910]

i would do one with 15 atk

[@naveenraju7099]

Trust me GO with the Shadow Shiny

[@Joekool88]

Maybe hold first. You could get a better iv mewtwo when mega mewtwo comes back

[@allyspawn7910]

@@Joekool88 better iv doesnt matter if its not shadow

[@joshuakeys5390]

Didn’t you do this exact video before??

[@bobbyventon5015]

Can't wait to purify 2 or 3 of my pundo Mewtwo! 🤩 After watching this video I can once again confirm that PvE content doesn't matter to me and I really need a regular (non-shadow) hundo for the ML, which before the shadow raid event I hadn't been able to get.

[@Leiwastaken]

I have 15 15 14 I don't want to purify it but bro i want 100 iv mewtwo so bad😭

[@jeevannr5980]

How about defense?

[@mariojovan7771]

thank you so much

[@abhanshu4146]

you're the littrealy god of Pokemon go

[@chrisbranley8265]

I got 93 15/13/14 shud I prufiy it or not?

[@MrM3-eo4bb]

Due to the fact that Niantic hates rural/disabled players Pokemon Go is now transformed to Pokemon Car. In Person Only raids kills small communites who do not stand a chance to take down a Shadow Mewtwo. Instead you have to drive to a big city with more gyms/players, and hope for the best....

[@radioactivebotanist]

I have a 151415 shadow mewtwo. I was so stoked.

[@Fatkidlovecake]

I have like 10 shdows so I decided to purify one of them just so i could have one to use. No elite tms. I unfortunately purified a 11/10/11 which was my 2nd best shadow iv. I saved my best 12/13/14. The rest are bad ivs but still good. I decided to purify the best one because if a 0 iv shadow is better might as well have the best possible none shadow

[@emilbriat1548]

Eleven month after Thank you !!!!

[@failzure332]

purifying a shadow mewtwo isn’t that bad. In master league it only goes down 2 ranks. 9-11. If your planning to climb or just get the gbl rewards both options are viable. Shadow does more damage but isnt as tanky but in fact quite glassy + you aren’t able to tm frustration. If your looking for a cheaper but viable option purify the mewtwo

[@SPR1NGPLUSH]

you can tm frustration off of it tomorrow on june 10th

[@mbitenas87]

Brandon, mate, imagine, some people are still not convinced. Doesn't matter how many tests, videos, stats you show them. Baffles me. Thanks for the vid, appreciate it.

[@LumesideLside]

The way I see it is Regular is the best for pvp but shadow is the best for gyms and raids

[@JadeGhostIII]

I feel like Brandon is secretly the real Hiro nakamura

[@shashwatguhathakurta5624]

I got a hundo shadow mewtwo... Thought id purify it and lvl it up... Thanks for the vid bro🙂

[@vtpnoy]

purify it.

[@moldytyboogie2348]

@@vtpnoy dont tf

[@shashwatguhathakurta5624]

​@@vtpnoy 😂

[@Familyfirst1971]

Going too miss Pokémon go

[@techsk8er1O5]

33 thousand Mewtwo candy. Let’s just sit on that for a minute…….. that’s thousands of dollars worth of raids to get that amount of candy 😂😂😂

[@Jimmy-fi4ht]

I can't wait to Purify my shundo shadow mew 2

[@Octane2k]

Does this apply for pvp as well ?

[@officialvinsace7780]

Did these raids and got a 7/7/7 mewtwo.. purified it just to get it off the dex

[@gobbob456]

He got the normall mewtwo in norway

[@laudx2496]

Hey brandon, would it be possible to try using purified m2 with return in pvp?

[@zhanucong4614]

Return is for pokemons that don't have any better move

[@marioskonst9706]

I caught a 13/13/15 Shadow Mewtwo. Should I purify it and Have my first 4* Mewtwo and power up it to level 50? I have other 2 Shadow Mewtwo at level 45 and they are 84% and 82%

[@allyspawn7910]

probably wait for mega mewtwo because the purified one wont be usefull until its released anyway

[@binhtong6617]

I’m a noob. Do we need to wait for a rocket event to change the shadow charge move ?

[@ollyboag5061]

Yes

[@anzuuu7]

as i’m using the mewtwo for master league, i purified a 13/13/14 for the hundo, also i wanted to have another move that is not frustration (i came back to the game and i don’t have any mewtwo candies)

[@ArelisRoman-l7q]

I purified one shadow mewtwo to get a hundo but I only did that because I got a shundo shadow mewtwo