Summary
One fortunatePokemon GOplayer has recently taken to social media to show off an extremely lucky trade that left them with a perfect shiny Kyogre specimen. The image of this exceedingly rarePokemon GOshundoprompted everything from congratulatory messages to open envy among the fandom.
Every single spawn inPokemon GOcomes with three unique stats called Individual Values (IVs) in the series' jargon: Attack, Defense, and Stamina, which some UI elements also refer to as HP. Those attributes are rolled randomly and fall on a spectrum of 0 to 15 points. Each species in the game also possesses fixed base stats, which are combined withPokemon GOIVsto determine a given creature’s combat prowess. Trading Pokemon with friends always rerolls their IVs, so that even the worst specimens have some value and can still turn out great, just not for their original owner.
And whilesomePokemon GOplayers habitually bemoan their shockingly bad luckwhen it comes to rolling good IVs, others are commonly counting their blessings, with that group also including Reddit user lil-hernia. Namely, this fortunate player recently traded with their girlfriend for a shiny Kyogre, which not only rolled perfect IVs, but also ended up being Lucky. For reference, Lucky Pokemon boast halved Stardust costs for powering up, thus being much more accessible for competitive use.
The image of this Kyogre shundo eventually emerged on the front page of the r/PokemonGO subreddit, prompting dozens of responses from fans. And while some of the players reflecting on this extremely lucky trade congratulated lil-hernia for securing such a rare specimen, others said they were envious, bemoaning the fact that they’ve been playing the game for years without securing a single shundo, nevermind one that also happens to be amongthe best Lucky Pokemon inPokemon GO. Acknowledging some of those comments, lil-hernia wrote that their girlfriend’s collection is also free of shundos, and that she only received a “not-so-great Rayquaza” in return for this amazing Kyogre specimen.
0
0/0/0
2.08%
1
1/1/1
2.22%
7
2/2/2
2.38%
30
3/3/3
2.56%
90
5/5/5
3.03%
90+ (random)
12/12/12
8.33%
The player did not reveal whether this fortunate trade was guaranteed to produce a Lucky Pokemon or not. For clarity, each interaction with a Best Friend inPokemon GOcomes with a small chance that the player’s friendship with them will be elevated to a Lucky status. Lucky Friends are guaranteed to receive Lucky Pokemon on their next trade, which will then revert them back to Best Friends.
But even trades with non-Lucky Friends can yield Lucky Pokemon, with the chances of that happening ranging from 5% to 20%, depending on how long a given creature sat in its original owner’s collection. Pokemon that are at least three years old have the maximum chance of that happening, as one in five of them will be Lucky when traded.
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