PSA for the Venusaur drop event

I see enough people on here complaining that they've played multiple games and not able to get promo packs to drop. So, here's the skinny.

There are 4 tiers of difficulty for the event. Each tier has a % chance to drop a promo pack. The harder, the higher. It breaks out at something like 50%, 63%, 85%, and 100%. (Numbers may be off, this was datamined from the Lapras event, but the important one is the last one.)

So if you play and win the hardest difficulty, you're guaranteed a pack. If you're chasing promos, the only 3 games you should play at lower than that difficulty is the ones required to get there.

When you win any fight for the event, it costs 1 stamina. HOWEVER, if you lose or concede, you get that stamina back. Stamina is only spent when you win. So there's no downside to playing against the higher difficulties if you're not sure you'll win. If you lose, you can just try again.

These two things mean that if you want to hunt promos, you should be playing against the highest tier difficulty no matter what. Once you get what you want, go back to the lower ones and complete the side missions if you want. But a win at tier 4 means a guaranteed promo pack.

Hope this helps.