Purified Gems failing to work as intended enrage Pokémon Go players instead
Pokémon Go players are angered and confused by Purified Gems, one of two new items added alongside Shadow Raids on May 22 to subdue enraged Shadow Raid Bosses and make them easier to defeat. It’s not because they don’t know how to use them. Instead, it’s because they seem to be failing to work in some instances.
Some players claim to have used as many as five Purified Gems on a target without it doing anything. When it happens, the number of Purified Gems doesn’t seem to go down either. Others said higher-level Shadow Raid Bosses need more than five to be subdued, but a team of four used 15 Purified Gems on a tier three Shadow Raid Boss, and it had no effect.