Shiny Minccino & Cinccino in Pokémon GO: Fashionable Guide

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• Pokemon GO: Get Fashionable Minccino By Winning Raids

• Pokemon GO: Get Fashionable Minccino By Completing Research Tasks

• Pokemon GO: How To Get Fashionable Cinccino

• Pokemon GO: Can Fashionable Minccino Be Shiny

• Pokemon GO: How To Get Shiny Fashionable Minccino

Pokemon GO's Fashionable Minccino and its evolution, Fashionable Cinccino, debuted during the 2025 Fashion Week event. You can encounter Fashionable Minccino in several ways during these special events. Catching a Fashionable Minccino allows you to evolve it into a Fashionable Cinccino.

Starting Friday, January 10, 2025, at 10 AM local time, Fashionable Minccino appeared in Pokémon GO. It's available as a 1-Star Raid Boss and a reward for completing certain research tasks. Events featuring this Pokémon significantly increase your chances of encountering one. Many trainers are also eager to know if a Shiny Fashionable Minccino is possible. This guide explains the best methods for obtaining both Fashionable Minccino and Fashionable Cinccino, and clarifies their Shiny availability.

4Pokemon GO: Get Fashionable Minccino By Winning 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 boosted as a 1-Star Raid Boss. Despite the CP increase, solo players can still conquer 1-Star Raids with strong counters.

Winning a Fashionable Minccino Raid guarantees an encounter with this stylish Pokémon. Understanding its weaknesses and resistances is crucial for selecting effective counters and securing a quick victory.

Fashionable Minccino Weaknesses

• Fighting-type moves

Fashionable Minccino Resistances

• Ghost-type moves

Best Fashionable Minccino Raid Counters In Pokemon GO

Fashionable Minccino's only weakness is Fighting-type moves. Choose Raid Counters with powerful Fighting-type moves that activate the Same-Type Attack Bonus (STAB) effect. Here are some top counters:

Counter Fast Move Charged 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)

Pokemon GO: Get Fashionable Minccino By Completing Research Tasks

Pokemon GO events featuring Fashionable Minccino often include Research tasks that reward an encounter. Participants in the 2025 Fashion Week event can complete various Research tasks with costumed Pokémon as rewards. Some Fashion Week 2025 Research tasks guarantee a Fashionable Minccino encounter.

5Pokemon GO: How To Get Fashionable Cinccino

Evolve your captured Fashionable Minccino into a Fashionable Cinccino! This requires 50 Minccino Candy and an Unova Stone in Pokémon GO. While Candy can be farmed by catching and transferring Minccino, Unova Stones are obtained from Field Research Breakthrough rewards and occasionally from specific Research tasks.

Pokemon GO: Can Fashionable Minccino Be Shiny

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

Pokemon GO: How To Get 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 your chances involves participating in more raids to encounter more Fashionable Minccino.

Completing Research tasks featuring Fashionable Minccino also offers a chance to encounter a Shiny variant, though it's not guaranteed.