Can you get Lucky friends twice?
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You can become Lucky Friends with someone more than once, but not in the same day, and the Lucky Friends status will be cleared after a trade, allowing you to try to become Lucky Friends again by increasing your Friendship levels. The Lucky Friends feature is designed to encourage players to build and maintain strong friendships, and with a 1% chance of becoming Lucky Friends, it’s a rare and exciting opportunity to obtain Lucky Pokémon with guaranteed high IVs.
What is Lucky Friends
To understand the concept of Lucky Friends, it’s essential to know how it works and what benefits it provides.
Frequently Asked Questions
General Questions
- Can you get Lucky Friends twice a day? No, you can become Lucky Friends with someone more than once, but not in the same day.
- Is there a cooldown for Lucky Friends? 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.
- How rare is Lucky Friends? Getting Lucky Friends has about a 1% chance, but it’s the only way to get a guaranteed Lucky Trade.
Trading and IVs
- Do lucky trades give better IVs? Lucky Trades are guaranteed to have IVs between 12 and 15 for all three categories, but it’s not guaranteed that it will be an increase.
- What is the minimum IV for Lucky trade? 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).
- Are Lucky Pokémon always 3 stars? IV Floor for Luckies is 12/12/12, which would be on the very end of 2, and anything 82% or higher (13/12/12+) will be 3.
Trading Rules and Limits
- Can you trade Lucky Pokemon twice? Pokémon GO does not allow people to trade back Pokémon or trade a traded Pokémon more than once.
- What is the lucky trade limit? The Trainer sending the guaranteed Lucky Pokémon must have been involved in fewer than 15 trades (as either a sender or recipient) where at least one party was guaranteed.
- Can you trade shiny Pokemon? If you are trading Legendaries and Shinies you both own, the cost is the same as a Standard Pokémon you don’t own.
Benefits and Strategies
- Is Lucky Pokemon worth keeping? One of the many benefits to trading Pokémon with friends is that you have a chance at receiving a Lucky Pokémon, which is more likely to be strong opponents in battle, require less Stardust to power up.
- Which Pokémon is best for Lucky trade? Of course, any Pokémon can be lucky, but there are a certain few that are more sought-after than the rest, such as Mewtwo, Metagross, and Rayquaza.
- How can I increase my chances of lucky friends? To become Lucky Friends with someone, you must simply perform the activities you engage in to increase your Friendship levels with people you are already Best Friends with.
Technical and Miscellaneous
- Is it OK to transfer Lucky Pokémon? You’re unable to transfer multiple Shiny Pokémon, Lucky Pokémon, or Buddy Pokémon with whom you’ve reached Good Buddy status or above at a time.
- How many Lucky Pokémon can you trade per day? There is a limit of 100 trades per account, per day, though, and you can do as many trades or Lucky Trade that day, but only one special trade a day.
- What happens if you lucky trade a 100% IV Pokemon? In PoGo, traded IVs will absolutely not stay the same, regardless of level, and Pokémon Go will recalculate all IV stats of every Pokémon traded.