Pokémon Fashionistas: Style-Savvy Minccino and Cinccino Arrive (Shiny Possible)

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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. This guide outlines the optimal strategies for obtaining both Fashionable Minccino and Cinccino, and addresses the possibility of encountering their Shiny variants.

The Fashion Week event, commencing Friday, January 10, 2025, at 10 AM Local Time, introduced Fashionable Minccino as a 1-Star Raid Boss and a reward for completing specific research tasks. Increased encounter rates are associated with events featuring this Pokémon.

Catching Fashionable Minccino in Raids

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Boasting 98 ATK, 80 DEF, and 146 STA, Fashionable Minccino is a Normal-type Pokémon with a maximum Combat Power (CP) of 986 (further boosted in 1-Star Raids). While solo players can conquer these raids, utilizing effective counters is crucial. Victorious raids guarantee an encounter with Fashionable Minccino. Understanding its weaknesses and resistances is key to selecting powerful counters for 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 vulnerability to Fighting-type moves necessitates counters with powerful Fighting-type moves that activate the Same Type Attack Bonus (STAB). Here are some excellent choices:

CounterFast MoveCharged Move LucarioForce 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 from Research Tasks

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Pokémon GO events featuring Fashionable Minccino often include research tasks that reward encounters with this Pokémon. The 2025 Fashion Week event offered various research tasks with costumed Pokémon rewards, some guaranteeing a Fashionable Minccino encounter.

Evolving to Fashionable Cinccino

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Evolving a Fashionable Minccino into a Fashionable Cinccino requires 50 Candy and an Unova Stone. While Candy can be farmed through catching and transferring Minccino, Unova Stones are obtained from Field Research Breakthrough rewards and specific research tasks.

Shiny Fashionable Minccino: Availability

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Yes, Shiny Fashionable Minccino is available in Pokémon GO. Both standard and Shiny versions were released during the 2025 Fashion Week event.

Securing a Shiny Fashionable Minccino

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While Fashionable Minccino raids provide a guaranteed encounter, the chance of it being Shiny remains. Increasing the number of raids completed increases the chances of encountering a Shiny variant. Similarly, completing research tasks offering Fashionable Minccino encounters also presents a chance to obtain a Shiny Pokémon.