Discover Minccino and Cinccino's Fashionable Styles in Pokémon GO

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• Catching Fashionable Minccino in Raids
• Obtaining Fashionable Minccino from 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. 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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Fashionable Minccino, a Normal-type Pokémon, boasts stats of 98 ATK, 80 DEF, and 146 STA. Its maximum Combat Power (CP) reaches 986, potentially higher as a 1-Star Raid Boss. Despite this increased power, solo players can still successfully complete these raids using effective counters.

Victorious raids yield an encounter with Fashionable Minccino. Understanding its weaknesses and resistances is crucial for selecting powerful counters to ensure a quick victory.

Fashionable Minccino Weaknesses

• Fighting-type moves

Fashionable Minccino Resistances

• Ghost-type moves

Top Counters for Fashionable Minccino Raids 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 excellent choices:

Counter Fast Move Charged Move Lucario Force Palm (Fighting-type) (Legacy) Aura Sphere (Fighting-type) Terrakion Double Kick (Fighting-type) Sacred Sword (Fighting-type) (Legacy) Dusk Mane Necrozma Psycho Cut (Psychic-type) Sunsteel Strike (Steel-type) Keldeo (Ordinary Forme) Low Kick (Fighting-type) Sacred Sword (Fighting-type) Marshadow Counter (Fighting-type) Close Combat (Fighting-type) Conkeldurr Counter (Fighting-type) Dynamic Punch (Fighting-type) Hisuian Decidueye Psycho Cut (Psychic-type) Aura Sphere (Fighting-type) Breloom Force Palm (Fighting-type) Dynamic Punch (Fighting-type) Cobalion Double Kick (Fighting-type) Sacred Sword (Fighting-type) (Legacy) Pheromosa Low 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 players with an encounter. Participation in the 2025 Fashion Week event provides access to various Research tasks offering Costumed Pokémon as rewards. Completing certain tasks guarantees an encounter with Fashionable Minccino.

Evolving to Fashionable Cinccino

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A captured Fashionable Minccino can evolve into a Fashionable Cinccino. This evolution requires 50 Candy and an Unova Stone. While Candy can be obtained through catching and transferring Minccino, Unova Stones are typically acquired as Field Research Breakthrough rewards or from specific Research tasks.

Shiny Fashionable Minccino: Possibility?

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

Securing a Shiny Fashionable Minccino

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While Fashionable Minccino Raids guarantee an encounter, there's a chance it will be Shiny. Increasing the number of raids completed increases the chances of encountering a Shiny variant.

Completing Research tasks offering Fashionable Minccino also presents an opportunity to obtain a Shiny Pokémon. While not guaranteed, the probability is significantly higher.