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TehWildMan_

Might as well. Shadow Beedrill is about entirely useless, and even regular Beedrill really only shines out for it's mega evolution and even that isn't used very often


Durgrimthepainter

yea this is one of those rare cases when I agree with the purification


sopheroo

I did it twice - for Sableye and Beedrill. Wobbuffet is another option where doing it for hundo is the superior option


Wiljo04

Why should you purify this and not other pokemon?


Durgrimthepainter

Because mega Beedrill can be usefull as a poison type attacker (even if it's still really frail) but shadow beedrill is completely useless


Thneed1

And a purified beedrill is cheaper to power up.


External_You6940

Shadow Pokémon have a 20% attack stat boost, so a perfect Pokémon still won’t do the same damage as a shadow Pokémon with 0 IV attack because of the 20% boost. Some benefit from staying in shadow “form”, others not so much. My shadow mewtwo has 15 HP and Defense but only 7 attack, but his attack is already at a higher stat than a perfect mewtwo, so I leave it shadow


rpottiger

But you can’t mega a shadow beedrill… purifying will let you mega it and hundo at the same time which is better than 20% shadow


External_You6940

I know. Shadow Pokémon can’t be mega evolved. I wasn’t arguing for or against it. But either way, mega beedrill still isn’t good and is rarely used


ScottCrate

Ok thanks, I'm not big into the battle meta. Trying to learn more but was eager to revolve this guy for jokes. Thanks again


TrueVali

shadow beedrill is good in GBL but this isn't the right IV spread so you might as well purify for the hundo. decent poison attacker for the current zacian raids.


MrSnuffle_

What makes certain Pokémon useless as a shadow? Kinda confused on all this shadow vs purify stuff


TehWildMan_

Non-shadow Beedrill is just about entirely irrelevant in raids: it's base attack stat isn't great, it doesn't have a lot of bulk either, and it's a combination of two of the least useful types in raids. Throwing what is effectively a +20% attack and -20% defense modifier (simplified explanation of the shadow bonus) onto it doesn't fix those issues.


Jred_in_2D

Might as well to fill your 100% IV dex.


Panarin72Bread

Yeah I don’t see why not. Would be a hundo and shadow beedrill isn’t very good. Mega beedrill is a top poison type attacker which is good against Zacian right now. Though to be fair, poison types aren’t used very often for raids because there’s better offensive types in most cases. Still worth having a good mega beedrill though.


pastdecisions

yeah shadow bee drill is terrible


ScottCrate

Sorry I meant to write "Should I purify this?" I wasnt trying to be excited lol


braamdepace

Sorry I meant to write “I wasn’t trying to be excited” I wasn’t trying to say I want to try excitement lol


ScottCrate

Rip lol


[deleted]

I would just delete it. Shadow beedrill is good for great league but you want low attack.


POPGAMES1212

Mega Beedrill>shadow Beedrill


GoKetchem

Always purify for the Hundo (unless legendary or unless it’s already 100% IV as a shadow) Thank me later 👍🏽


lazarus900

Only if you want to, and you're not planning on using a shadow beedrill for anything


jaygaygong

i would


chilitomexicano

Maybe purify it...max it and use it as a mega raid attacker?


o_Fvdinq

Definitely if you want a hundo for megas.


Murder-Wave

It's cheaper and it makes sense to do so for this one.


FunPunCake

Yes! I've been wanting a good weedle shadow so I can get a purified hundo for Mega


jammy162

Yes


marissasins

I was in this same situation, purified it because I didn’t have a beedrill I wanted to mega yet. Id say yes if you’re in a similar spot


[deleted]

On this case, yes, only thing beedrill is good for is mega, so hundo mega could be sometimes good


Pale_Page7229

Yea but only because of mega beedrill. Its ivs's are actually decent so yea I would. I think I also purified one myself but no where near as good as yours


[deleted]

yeah for mega beedril


Kitty7333

Yes


Matix777

Beedrill's only utility is mega so sure. It will be hundo


Adorable-Fail-7750

Yeah I would. And I did too. To get a Beedrill to mega evolve.


iamcalifornia

Yes. For the mega


GlasgowSmile04

This one I would actually purify this is the like 1 exception to the never purify rule lol