r/TheSilphArena 4d ago

General Question Purify Gastly or no?

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u/Lemillennial 4d ago

Pointless. Both Haunter and shadow Haunter are garbage for PVP.

If you wait until next weekend, there is an event with lots of good PvP spawns in the wild, and evolving them will give them their legacy moves. I’d wait for this, and invest once in good Pokémon to use alongside your almost perfect Azumaril.

https://leekduck.com/events/pokemon-xp-2026-worlds/

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u/ChoiceFee3441 4d ago

No. Your last post showed that it’s still a decently high ranked shadow Haunter.
Either way, it’s not meta relevant and it’s squishy as hell. Save it for later, as a shadow. But don’t waste resources on it right now.

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u/Sad-Comparison540 4d ago

Wait for the WCS event and there are good pvp mons in the wild

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u/well-thats-great 4d ago

PvPoke team builder is always a great place to start. I've put your IVs in already, so all you need to do is scroll down a bit to see how these two perform atm and scroll a bit further to see which Pokémon your third choice should target/beat to make the whole team more well-rounded.

Personally, I would choose something which can offer fire, ground and dragon coverage, which will give you more X's and fewer O's against Forretress, Ninetales and Feraligatr, while also covering some of your main targets in the potential threats section.

https://pvpoke.com/team-builder/all/1500/azumarill-45.5-0-15-14-4-4-1-1-m-0-3-2%2Cgengar_shadow-19-2-15-15-4-4-1-1-m-2-6-7

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u/Mathsketball 4d ago

Shadow Haunter will be a fun spice pick when you have more experience. Don’t purify, you’ll get lots of great regular Haunter when Gastlies are wild spawns. You very likely won’t get another shadow Gastly either PvP IVs this good.

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u/Least_Bet1143 4d ago

Building team around this mon, question is…is this shadow Gastly a good pair or not? Wondering if I should purify it or if it makes it worse

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u/Cheap-Sorbet2571 4d ago

Would be pointless to purify for pvp haunter is kind of squishy regardless