What causes a lucky trade?

When you're Lucky Friends with another trainer, the next trade you make with them is guaranteed to give you a Lucky Pokemon.

What increases chance of Lucky trade?

For each year that you keep the Pokémon, the probability of a Lucky Trade increases by 5%. Trading two Pokémon that are more than one year old can increase the probability even more.

What makes a Pokémon trade lucky?

When trading Pokémon, there is about a 5% chance that Pokémon can become a Lucky Pokémon, which increases based on how long that Pokémon has been in the Trainer's Pokémon collection; the older it is, the higher the chance. When traded, both Pokémon always either remain normal, or become lucky.

Are lucky trades always high IV?

The IV floor for lucky friend trades is 12 for each stat, which means that the minimum IVs that you could get from a lucky trade are 12/12/12 (80% IV). For an IV floor of 12, the number of potential IV combinations is 64. Thus, the odds of getting a hundo (100% IV Pokémon) are roughly 1.56% per trade.

How often do you become lucky friends?

Once you become Best Friends, you will have a chance to become Lucky Friends! You will have this chance once per day when you and your Best Friend trade Pokémon, open a Gift from each other, team up in raids and Gym battles, or challenge each other to a Trainer Battle.

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Can you force a lucky trade?

There are two ways through which players can trigger a 100% chance of their traded Pokémon getting Lucky: Trading Pokémon with a Lucky Friend. Two trainers can become Lucky Friends only after becoming Best Friends.

How many lucky trades per day Pokémon GO?

The “cap” does not include Lucky Friends Trades and random Lucky Trades. Once this limit has been reached (which is fifteen), a Trainer will not and can not get a Guaranteed Lucky Trade.

Which is best legendary for Lucky trade?

Can you get a lucky trade twice?

When you are Lucky Friends with someone, the next time you trade with each other, both Pokémon will become Lucky Pokémon. After the trade, your Lucky Friend status will be cleared. You can try to become Lucky Friends again by increasing your Friendship.

What is the rarest Lucky Pokémon?

Kecleon. The promised day occured in January 2023 when, nearly four years since the last release of a new Gen 3 Pokémon, Kecleon finally arrived in Pokémon Go. To catch Kecleon, you must find a PokéStop with a mostly invisible Kecleon clinging to it.

What is the rarest Pokémon in Pokémon Go?

Azelf, Mesprit, and Uxie are the rarest Pokemon in Pokemon Go because they're region exclusive. The three Legendary Pokemon spawn in the wild but only in the following regions: Azelf – North America, South America, and Greenland.

Are Lucky Pokémon stronger?

One of the many benefits to trading Pokémon with friends is that you have a chance at receiving a Lucky Pokémon. Lucky Pokémon are more likely to be strong opponents in battle, require less Stardust to power up, and appear with a shimmery effect in the Pokédex and on the Pokémon's Summary page.

Can purified Pokemon be lucky?

When you purify a Pokemon, it becomes cheaper to power up, both with candy and stardust. There's also a reduced cost when it comes to evolving a purified Pokemon as well. This stacks with the Lucky effect, so a Lucky Purified Pokemon gets both the reduced candy costs AND a massively discounted stardust cost.

How long do lucky trades last?

The Lucky Friends status seems to last for as long as you next trade - so feel free to continue sending and receiving Gifts or engaging in Trainer Battles until you next meet up and can trade. It does not expire that day.

Is Lucky trade permanent?

At that point, the two players just need to interact frequently until they trigger a Lucky Friendship and unlock a guaranteed Lucky Trade. Keep in mind that Lucky Friends isn't a permanent status like Best Friends. Players will remain Lucky Friends only until they complete a trade and use up the guaranteed Lucky Trade.

Can you get a lucky trade without being lucky friends?

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Lucky Pokémon are quite rare in GO, but you can get a guaranteed Lucky Pokémon by trading with a Lucky friend, or by trading Pokémon caught in July and August of 2016.

Why are 2016 Pokémon guaranteed lucky?

All July-Aug 2016 Pokémon are guaranteed Lucky if the sender has been in fewer than 10 trades (as sender or recipient) where at least one party was guaranteed. At first, this may seem like a subtle distinction, but it means that not all Lucky trades are created equal.

Is Lucky friends rare?

Combining the data from all interaction types, our researchers experienced a lucky interaction rate of approximately 1.17% with a 99% confidence interval (CI) of 1.06 – 1.29%.

How can I increase my chances of lucky friends?

Once you're Best Friends with another trainer, every time you interact with them you'll have a chance at becoming Lucky Friends. This means every gift exchange, battle, trade, and raid will be another chance for the two of you to become Lucky Friends.

Can lucky trades lower IVs?

¹ For example, if a trainer is trading with a Good friend, the minimum IVs possible are 1/1/1. This is referred to as the IV floor. If the trade goes lucky, the minimum IVs possible are 12/12/12, regardless of friendship level.

Are Lucky trades random?

"Lucky" is a rare, but much-desired type of buff in the game, which has about a 5% chance of happening during a trade, and gives the Pokémon higher IVs and makes it cost half the Stardust to powerup.