I was going to ask another “should I purify” question but while I was writing the context, I answered my own question, and I think a lot of other people asking the same could too.
Filling the pokedex is my primary pursuit in this game, and purifying would fill the purified and 100% slots. I do have a friend who is willing to purify one and trade to me but even with a lucky trinket, 100% isn’t guaranteed.
I also enjoy PvP and purifying would take it out of Ultra League. I was going to ask if shadow Regigigas would be useful in UL but I searched on pvpoke and other sources and it’s ranked a lot lower than some other UL mons I already have, and 15/13/13 IV isn’t great for pvp anyway. And for Master League, shadow Regigigas is ranked slightly lower than non shadow.
I did some searching and shadow Regigigas is a high tier attacker for raids, but I have other top tier raid mons. Besides, for raids, I care about pulling my weight (I make sure the damage contribution estimate in pokegenie is at minimum 25%) and not much beyond that, and during raid events I go to a high population area that easily has 15 players in a given battle so it’s not much of a concern.
tl;dr: don’t need shadow for raids, don’t want shadow for PvP, do want 100% dex entry and would rather save 80,000 stardust for receiving purified through trading, so purifying makes sense.
the real tldr: think about what you want, search on the internet to find out whether shadow is better for whatever it is you want
by Pristine_Ad_6183
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In general, if hundo hunter, purify. Save some read time.
If it has a bad hidden power type (dragon, ghost, steel, ice), I’d also purify for a hundo.
Regigigas with a bad hp type will be the same as a 0iv Regigigas to me as in that it’s just good for a trophy as it will never see use, that said 20 candy is a steep cost for a trophy, I’ll probably just tag it and purify after I’ve built a Regigigas army.