Pokemon Go: What Are Lucky Pokemon And How Can You Get Them?
Pokemon Go is a special alternate reality (AR) game that is beloved all over the world, even after many years. In it, you can do all your favorite Pokemon things: trading, battling other trainers, defeating Team Rocket, and, of course, catching Pokemon.
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One phenomenon is unique to Pokemon Go, though: Lucky Pokemon! This guide will help you understand what these special Pokemon are and how you can get them to take your team to the next level.
Lucky Pokemon are marked by a shimmer effect on their summary and a little note under their name.
They're beloved by trainers the world over because they're guaranteed to have really good stats and it costs half as much stardust to power them up. As you can imagine, that makes it drastically easier to boost a Pokemon's CP, especially for Legendary and Mythical Pokemon. Some trainers don't even bother to power up Pokemon who aren't Lucky!
Lucky Pokemon are obtained by trading Pokemon with friends. Each time you make a trade, there's a small chance the Pokemon you receive will be Lucky. 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.
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You're more likely to earn a Lucky if you've had the Pokemon for a long time. Niantic hasn't confirmed the odds, but these are what the players have observed:
There are two ways that you can get a guaranteed Lucky Pokemon.
The first way is via a phenomenon called Lucky Friends. When you're Lucky Friends with another trainer, the next trade you
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