Pokemon GO: How To Get Fashionable Minccino & Cinccino (Can They Be Shiny)

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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 evolution, Fashionable Cinccino, made their debut in Pokémon GO during the 2025 Fashion Week event. Several methods exist to acquire Fashionable Minccino during featured events, with evolution to Fashionable Cinccino achievable afterward.

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. Increased encounter rates are associated with events featuring this Pokémon. The possibility of encountering a Shiny Fashionable Minccino is also a frequent question among trainers. This guide clarifies the optimal strategies for obtaining both Fashionable Minccino and Cinccino, and addresses the Shiny variant's 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, potentially increasing further as a 1-Star Raid Boss. Despite its enhanced power, solo players can still conquer 1-Star Raids with sufficiently strong counters.

Victorious Fashionable Minccino Raids reward players with an encounter. Understanding the Pokémon's strengths and weaknesses is crucial for selecting effective counters to ensure 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 potent 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

Pokémon GO events featuring Fashionable Minccino often include Research tasks that reward players with 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 a Fashionable Minccino encounter.

Evolving to Fashionable Cinccino

A captured Fashionable Minccino can evolve 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 sometimes as rewards for completing specific Research tasks.

Shiny Fashionable Minccino: Possibility?

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

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 the chances of encountering a Shiny variant.

Completing Research tasks featuring Fashionable Minccino also offers a chance, albeit not guaranteed, of obtaining a Shiny Fashionable Minccino.