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- Catching Fashionable Minccino in Raids
- Obtaining Fashionable Minccino from Research Tasks
- Evolving to Fashionable Cinccino
- Shiny Fashionable Minccino: Availability
- Acquiring 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 obtain Fashionable Minccino during featured events. This guide outlines the optimal strategies for acquiring both Pokémon, including the possibility of encountering their Shiny variants.
Fashionable Minccino appeared in Pokémon GO starting Friday, January 10, 2025, at 10 AM local time. It's available as a 1-Star Raid Boss and a reward for completing specific research tasks. Increased encounter rates occur during events featuring this Pokémon.
Catching Fashionable Minccino in Raids
Fashionable Minccino, a Normal-type Pokémon, boasts stats of 98 ATK, 80 DEF, and 146 STA. Its maximum Combat Power (CP) as a 1-Star Raid Boss is 986 CP. While powerful, solo players can still conquer these raids with effective counter strategies. Victorious raids guarantee an encounter with Fashionable Minccino. Understanding its weaknesses and resistances is key to selecting optimal counters.
Fashionable Minccino Weaknesses:
- Fighting-type moves
Fashionable Minccino Resistances:
- Ghost-type moves
Top Fashionable Minccino Raid Counters in Pokémon GO:
Fashionable Minccino's vulnerability to Fighting-type moves makes Pokémon with powerful Fighting-type moves (and STAB) ideal counters. Consider these options:
Counter
Fast Move
Charged Move
Obtaining Fashionable Minccino from Research Tasks
Events featuring Fashionable Minccino often include research tasks rewarding encounters with it. The 2025 Fashion Week event offered several research tasks with costumed Pokémon as rewards, some guaranteeing a Fashionable Minccino encounter.
Evolving to Fashionable Cinccino
Evolving a Fashionable Minccino into a Fashionable Cinccino requires 50 Candy and an Unova Stone. Candy can be farmed by catching and transferring Minccino, while Unova Stones are obtained from Field Research Breakthrough rewards or 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.
Acquiring Shiny Fashionable Minccino
While raids guarantee a Fashionable Minccino encounter, there's a chance it will be Shiny. Increasing the number of raids completed increases the odds of encountering a Shiny variant. Similarly, completing research tasks offering Fashionable Minccino encounters also presents a chance to obtain the Shiny form.
