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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 these 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 an encounter. Many trainers are also keen to discover if a Shiny Fashionable Minccino is obtainable. This guide outlines the optimal strategies for acquiring both Fashionable Minccino and Fashionable Cinccino, along with their Shiny encounter probabilities.
Catching Fashionable Minccino in Raids
Fashionable Minccino, a Normal-type Pokémon, boasts stats of 98 ATK, 80 DEF, and 146 STA. This costumed Pokémon has a maximum Combat Power (CP) of 986, further enhanced as a 1-Star Raid Boss. Despite the CP boost, solo players can still conquer 1-Star Raids with strategically chosen 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
Fashionable Minccino Resistances
Top Fashionable Minccino Raid Counters in Pokémon GO
Fashionable Minccino's sole weakness is against Fighting-type moves. Prioritize Raid Counters with powerful Fighting-type moves that activate the Same Type Attack Bonus (STAB) effect. Below are some of the best options:
| 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
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 rewards. Certain Fashion Week 2025 Research 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 by catching and transferring Minccino, Unova Stones are obtained through Field Research Breakthrough rewards or as rewards for specific 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. There's no guaranteed method, but increasing the number of raids completed increases your chances of encountering a Shiny variant.
Completing Research Tasks featuring Fashionable Minccino also offers a chance of a Shiny encounter, although not guaranteed.