Trades & Social

Lucky trades

Lucky halves power-up Stardust and floors IVs at 12/12/12. A Legendary built Level 20 to 50 drops from ~475,000 to ~237,500. For raid attackers, 91% vs 100% is under 1–2%, so the Stardust saving is the real prize.

Two paths to a guaranteed Lucky trade

• Guaranteed Lucky: trade a Pokémon caught in 2016–2020. The sender must have fewer than 45 lifetime guaranteed Lucky trades. Find your oldest candidates: year2016-2020&!lucky&!traded
• Lucky Friend: when a Best Friend reaches Lucky Friend status, the next trade between you is guaranteed Lucky. Status resets after one trade. Save it for the highest-value species in your current build queue.

Best Lucky Friend trade targets for raid attackers

Top 10 raid attackers. Lucky halves power-up Stardust and floors IVs at 12/12/12. Saves around 360,000 Stardust on a wild Level 1 build, around 237,500 on a Legendary Level 20 raid catch.

No PvP: Great League needs low Attack IVs, Master League wants 15/15/15. Purified stacks to 55% off.

Legendaries

Require a Special Trade (one per day, two during +1 Special Trade events). Best when you cannot grind raid passes for higher IVs — Lucky locks in 12/12/12 from a small candidate pool.

Paste in-game to find your un-Lucky, un-traded Legendary candidates.

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  Eternatus

  1st Dragon-type Attacker
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  Primal Groudon

  1st Ground-type Attacker
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  Primal Kyogre

  1st Water-type Attacker
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  Crowned Sword Zacian

  2nd Fairy-type Attacker
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  Regigigas

  2nd Normal-type Attacker
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  Regieleki

  3rd Electric-type Attacker
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  Mewtwo

  4th Psychic-type Attacker
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  Enamorus (Incarnate Forme)

  5th Fairy-type Attacker
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  White Kyurem

  5th Ice-type Attacker
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  Landorus (Therian Forme)

  6th Ground-type Attacker
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  Reshiram

  6th Fire-type Attacker
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  Tapu Lele

  6th Fairy-type Attacker
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  Terrakion

  6th Fighting-type Attacker
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  Tapu Koko

  7th Fairy-type Attacker
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  Zekrom

  7th Electric-type Attacker
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  Lunala

  8th Ghost-type Attacker
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  Tapu Bulu

  8th Fairy-type Attacker
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  Dusk Mane Necrozma

  9th Steel-type Attacker
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  Thundurus (Therian Forme)

  9th Electric-type Attacker
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  Yveltal

  9th Flying-type Attacker
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  Dialga

  10th Steel-type Attacker
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  Xerneas

  10th Fairy-type Attacker

Non-Legendaries

Regular trades, no daily limit. Highest absolute Stardust saving when powered from a low wild catch (Level 1 to Level 50): around 360,000 saved per trade.

Paste in-game to find candidates of these species in your storage.

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  Galarian Darmanitan (Zen Mode)

  2nd Ice-type Attacker
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  Blacephalon

  3rd Fire-type Attacker
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  Kartana

  3rd Grass-type Attacker
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  Nihilego

  5th Poison-type Attacker
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  Pheromosa

  5th Bug-type Attacker
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  Metagross

  6th Steel-type Attacker
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  Xurkitree

  6th Electric-type Attacker
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  Lucario

  8th Fighting-type Attacker
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  Volcarona

  8th Bug-type Attacker
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  Naganadel

  9th Poison-type Attacker
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  Baxcalibur

  10th Ice-type Attacker
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  Rhyperior

  10th Rock-type Attacker
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  Tyranitar

  10th Dark-type Attacker

Mythicals and Shadows are not on this list because they cannot be traded; Megas are not on this list because the trade target is the base form. Dynamax-only specialists are excluded as a niche Max Battle meta. Regional forms (Galarian, Alolan, Hisuian, Paldean) appear in the visible list but are omitted from the search filter because in-game search behaviour for regional names is unreliable.

Trade candy bonus

• Trading Pokémon caught 100 km or more apart grants up to 2 bonus candy per trade. Find distant candidates: distance1000-
• Trade before transferring. You receive a candy chance from the trade, then another from the transfer.

Special Trade rules

• Legendaries and Mythicals require one Special Trade per day (two during +1 Special Trade events).
• Shadow Pokémon and Mythical Pokémon cannot be traded.
• Reach Best Friends before trading Legendaries.