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- Catching Fashionable Minccino in Raids
- Obtaining Fashionable Minccino from Research Tasks
- Evolving to Fashionable Cinccino
- Shiny Fashionable Minccino: Availability
- Securing a Shiny Fashionable Minccino
Fashionable Minccino and its evolved form, Fashionable Cinccino, made their debut in Pokémon GO during the 2025 Fashion Week event. Several methods exist to acquire Fashionable Minccino during featured events. Catching a Fashionable Minccino allows for evolution into a Fashionable Cinccino.
Beginning Friday, January 10, 2025, at 10 AM Local Time, Fashionable Minccino appeared as a 1-Star Raid Boss and a reward for completing specific research tasks. Events featuring this Pokémon significantly increase your chances of encountering it. The possibility of encountering a Shiny Fashionable Minccino is also a point of interest for many trainers. This guide outlines the optimal strategies for obtaining both Fashionable Minccino and Fashionable Cinccino, and clarifies their Shiny availability.
Catching Fashionable Minccino in Raids
Fashionable Minccino, a Normal-type Pokémon, boasts base stats of 98 ATK, 80 DEF, and 146 STA. This costumed Pokémon has a maximum CP of 986, further boosted as a 1-Star Raid Boss. Despite the CP increase, solo players can successfully complete these raids with strong counters.
Victorious completion of Fashionable Minccino Raids grants an encounter with the Pokémon. Understanding its weaknesses and resistances is key to selecting effective counters for a quick raid victory.
Fashionable Minccino Weaknesses
- Fighting-type moves
Fashionable Minccino Resistances
- Ghost-type moves
Top Fashionable Minccino Raid Counters in Pokémon GO
Fashionable Minccino's sole weakness is Fighting-type moves. Prioritize Raid Counters with powerful Fighting-type moves that activate the Same Type Attack Bonus (STAB). Here are some excellent choices:
Counter
Fast Move
Charged Move
Obtaining Fashionable Minccino from Research Tasks
Pokémon GO events featuring Fashionable Minccino often include Research Tasks that reward encounters with it. The 2025 Fashion Week event offered various Research Tasks with costumed Pokémon as rewards. Completing specific tasks guaranteed a Fashionable Minccino encounter.
Evolving to Fashionable Cinccino
A captured Fashionable Minccino evolves into a Fashionable Cinccino. This evolution requires 50 Candy and an Unova Stone. While Candy can be farmed through catching and transferring Minccino, Unova Stones are obtained as Field Research Breakthrough rewards or from completing certain Research Tasks.
Shiny Fashionable Minccino: Availability
Yes, Shiny Fashionable Minccino is available in Pokémon GO. Both standard and Shiny variants were released during the 2025 Fashion Week event.
Securing a Shiny Fashionable Minccino
While Fashionable Minccino Raids guarantee an encounter, there's a chance it will be Shiny. While a guaranteed Shiny encounter is impossible, increasing the number of raids completed increases your chances of encountering a Shiny variant.
Completing Research Tasks offering Fashionable Minccino also presents a chance to encounter a Shiny Pokémon. Although not guaranteed, the probability is significantly higher.
