How to Snag Stylish Minccino and Cinccino in Pokémon GO

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• Catching Fashionable Minccino in Raids
• Obtaining Fashionable Minccino via Research Tasks
• Evolving to Fashionable Cinccino
• Shiny Fashionable Minccino: Possibility?
• 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. Multiple avenues exist for encountering 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 Research tasks. Events featuring this Pokémon significantly increase your chances of an encounter. Many trainers are also keen to learn about the possibility of encountering a Shiny Fashionable Minccino. This guide outlines the optimal strategies for acquiring both Fashionable Minccino and Fashionable Cinccino, along with clarifying 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 possesses a maximum Combat Power (CP) of 986, further enhanced as a 1-Star Raid Boss. Despite the CP boost, solo players can successfully complete 1-Star Raids with powerful counters.

Victorious Fashionable Minccino Raids reward players with an encounter. Understanding the Pokémon's weaknesses and resistances is crucial for selecting effective counters and ensuring a quick 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) effect. Here are some of the best options:

CounterFast MoveCharged MoveLucarioForce Palm (Fighting-type) (Legacy)Aura Sphere (Fighting-type)TerrakionDouble Kick (Fighting-type)Sacred Sword (Fighting-type) (Legacy)Dusk Mane NecrozmaPsycho Cut (Psychic-type)Sunsteel Strike (Steel-type)Keldeo (Ordinary Forme)Low Kick (Fighting-type)Sacred Sword (Fighting-type)MarshadowCounter (Fighting-type)Close Combat (Fighting-type)ConkeldurrCounter (Fighting-type)Dynamic Punch (Fighting-type)Hisuian DecidueyePsycho Cut (Psychic-type)Aura Sphere (Fighting-type)BreloomForce Palm (Fighting-type)Dynamic Punch (Fighting-type)CobalionDouble Kick (Fighting-type)Sacred Sword (Fighting-type) (Legacy)PheromosaLow Kick (Fighting-type)Focus Blast (Fighting-type)

Obtaining Fashionable Minccino via Research Tasks

Pokémon GO events featuring Fashionable Minccino often include Research tasks that reward an encounter. Participants in the 2025 Fashion Week event could complete various Research tasks, with costumed Pokémon as potential rewards. Certain Fashion Week 2025 Research tasks guaranteed an encounter with Fashionable Minccino.

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 by catching and transferring multiple Minccino, Unova Stones are obtained as Field Research Breakthrough rewards or sometimes as rewards for specific Research tasks.

Shiny Fashionable Minccino: Possibility?

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 isn't possible, increasing the number of raids completed increases your chances. The more raids won, the more encounters, and thus a higher probability of encountering a Shiny variant.

Completing Research tasks featuring Fashionable Minccino also offers a chance for a Shiny encounter, though not guaranteed.