I discovered this when determining how much rare candy I’d need to power up some of my shadows from 35 to 40.
According to PokeGenie (and cross referencing with multiple other resources), it should take 144 candy and 105.6K dust to power up from 35 to 40. However, most of my Pokemon only take 141 candy and 104.4K dust. Checking individual levels, I found that the discrepancy occurs at level 37, where it takes 3 candy and 1200 dust less than it should to power up to 37.5.
And the weird thing is, this doesn’t happen to all of my shadows. Some (like my Electivire here) take the correct amount.
Obviously, I’m not complaining about a slightly cheaper upgrade cost. Just wondering if this is a known bug or if anyone knows why it’s like this.
EDIT: I need to be clear here. The two screenshots I have are in-game power up screenshots. It’s not a PokeGenie issue. The game itself is giving me different values.
It’s also not an issue with best buddies – this happens to almost all of my shadows.
Also, it’s not a visual bug. I just powered up one of my shadows from 37 to 37.5 and it took the lower amount (12 candy as opposed to 15).
by LiquidBeans