2020 Pokémon Go Lunar Event

Pokémon Go just announced the Lunar Year Event taking starting on January 24th and going on through February 3rd.





The biggest thing I’m looking forward to during this event is the increased likelihood of becoming lucky friends and the increased likelihood of getting lucky trades.





What is a lucky friend? Once you’ve become best friends with someone on Pokémon Go, you have a very minute chance of becoming lucky friends on one of your future interactions. Once you’re lucky friends, your next trade is guaranteed to be a lucky Pokémon.





Why do you want lucky Pokémon? Well, a lucky Pokémon’s base stats are guaranteed to be at least a 12/12/12. Meaning, their Attack, Defense, and HP stats will at leas be in the 3rd bar, making for a more powerful Pokémon than most you will encounter. The icing on the cake: the cost in stardust for each power up is cut in half.















If you want battle worthy Pokémon, Luckies are the way to go. My girlfriend and I keep all the Pokémon we encounter with high CP’s, and trade them in hopes of getting a lucky Pokémon. We usually get at least 2-3 every day trading about 20-30 Pokémon. Try it out, and let me know how it goes. I’ll be posting a follow up showing all the luckies we get during this event.







