What triggers a lucky trade?

Lucky Trades look exactly like a regular trade and cost the same amount of stardust; you'll only know it's happened when you see the summary for the Pokemon you received. When a Lucky Trade occurs, both players involved get 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.

How do you increase lucky trade in Pokémon GO?

The chances of a pocket monster gaining the Lucky status when traded is higher when you have had it for longer. The following are the odds of that will become Lucky: Having the creature for less than one year will stand a 5% chance of being Lucky. Having the creature for one year will stand a 10% chance of being Lucky.

How to get a 100 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.

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.

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How many lucky trades can you get a day?

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.

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.

How often do best friends get lucky trades?

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.

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.

How rare is a 100 IV Lucky Pokemon?

Lucky Pokemon the best way to get 100% IV

Should you be fortunate enough to catch a lucky Pokemon, there will be a 1 in 64 chance it has perfect IVs. You will also have a 1 in 64 chance if you decide to trade them, also.

Which is best legendary for Lucky trade?

How rare are Lucky trades?

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.

Can you get a lucky trade without being lucky friends?

Best PvP Pokémon for Lucky Trades

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.

Where are the rarest Pokémon in Pokémon GO?

The Lake Guardians - Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf

This is due to two very important factors - they're very rare spawn rate and that all three are regionally exclusive Pokémon. The Lake Guardians can be found in the following regions: Uxie - Asia and Pacific regions. Mesprit - Europe, Middle East, Africa and India.

Is Lucky Friends permanent?

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. Be sure to be smart about what you are trading and receiving so that both players get the most value out of the deal!

Are Lucky Pokémon worth it?

Lucky Pokémon benefits

Lucky Pokémon are highly desired because of their reduced Stardust cost when powering up. Stardust cost is reduced by half for Lucky Pokémon. Normally when you trade Pokémon, the Individual Values (or IVs) of the Pokémon are shuffled randomly.

How rare is a 0% IV Pokémon GO?

However 0% pokemon are even rarer than 100% pokemon, since the former can never come from raids, eggs, research tasks or trades. I have a 0% Houndour and Sandshrew. I wish i'd thought of collecting them at an earlier date, i've probably binned one or two 0% pidgeys without knowing.

How rare are 3 star Pokémon?

0 stars - below 50% 1 star - 51% to 63.4% 2 stars - 66.7% to 80% 3 stars - 82.2% to 98%

Do Lucky Friends expire?

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. It is possible to have more than one Lucky Friend active at once.

Can you get a lucky trade with a good friend?

Once you're Best Friends with another player, anything that would normally raise your friendship levels has a chance to turn you both into Lucky Friends. This means that your next trade with that player will turn both traded Pokémon into Lucky Pokémon.

Does trading old Pokémon GO lucky?

Special trades have no impact on lucky rates. There is approximately a 5% increase in the lucky rate for every year the older Pokémon has aged when trading a new Pokémon for an older Pokémon. The ages of both Pokémon impact the chances of a lucky trade.