Mastering Pokémon GO's Fashionable Minccino and Cinccino: A Comprehensive Guide
Fashionable Minccino and its evolution, Fashionable Cinccino, debuted during Pokémon GO's 2025 Fashion Week event. This guide details how to obtain both, including the possibility of finding their Shiny variants.
Quick Links:
- Obtaining Fashionable Minccino via Raids
- Obtaining Fashionable Minccino via Research Tasks
- Evolving to Fashionable Cinccino
- Shiny Fashionable Minccino Availability
- Obtaining Shiny Fashionable Minccino
Fashionable Minccino first appeared in Pokémon GO on January 10th, 2025, at 10 AM Local Time, during the Fashion Week event. It's available as a 1-Star Raid Boss and a reward for completing specific research tasks. Increased encounter rates occur during events featuring the Pokémon.
Obtaining Fashionable Minccino via Raids
Fashionable Minccino is a Normal-type Pokémon with stats of 98 ATK, 80 DEF, and 146 STA. Its maximum CP is 986, boosted further as a 1-Star Raid Boss. Even solo players can defeat these raids with strategically chosen counters.
Winning a Fashionable Minccino Raid guarantees an encounter with the Pokémon. Understanding its weaknesses and resistances is crucial for selecting effective counters.
Fashionable Minccino Weaknesses:
- Fighting-type moves
Fashionable Minccino Resistances:
- Ghost-type moves
Top Fashionable Minccino Raid Counters:
The following Pokémon, with their most effective movesets, are excellent counters:
| Counter | Fast Move | Charged Move |
|---|---|---|
| Lucario | Force Palm (Fighting) | Aura Sphere (Fighting) |
| Terrakion | Double Kick (Fighting) | Sacred Sword (Fighting) |
| Dusk Mane Necrozma | Psycho Cut (Psychic) | Sunsteel Strike (Steel) |
| Keldeo (Ordinary) | Low Kick (Fighting) | Sacred Sword (Fighting) |
| Marshadow | Counter (Fighting) | Close Combat (Fighting) |
| Conkeldurr | Counter (Fighting) | Dynamic Punch (Fighting) |
| Hisuian Decidueye | Psycho Cut (Psychic) | Aura Sphere (Fighting) |
| Breloom | Force Palm (Fighting) | Dynamic Punch (Fighting) |
| Cobalion | Double Kick (Fighting) | Sacred Sword (Fighting) |
| Pheromosa | Low Kick (Fighting) | Focus Blast (Fighting) |
(Note: "Legacy" moves indicate moves no longer available through standard means.)
Obtaining Fashionable Minccino via Completing Research Tasks
Events featuring Fashionable Minccino often include research tasks that reward an encounter with it. Participation in the 2025 Fashion Week event provided several research tasks offering a guaranteed Fashionable Minccino encounter.
Evolving to Fashionable Cinccino
Catching a Fashionable Minccino allows evolution into a Fashionable Cinccino. This requires 50 Minccino Candy and an Unova Stone. Candy is obtained through catching and transferring Minccino, while Unova Stones are rewards from Field Research Breakthroughs and specific research tasks.
Shiny Fashionable Minccino Availability
Yes, Shiny Fashionable Minccino is available. Both standard and Shiny variants were released during the 2025 Fashion Week event.
Obtaining Shiny Fashionable Minccino
While raids guarantee a Fashionable Minccino encounter, the chance of it being Shiny is random. Increased raid participation increases your chances. Similarly, completing research tasks offering Fashionable Minccino encounters also presents a chance to obtain a Shiny variant.
