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Fashionable Minccino & Cinccino in Pokemon GO: Shiny Availability

Author : Max May 07,2025

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Pokemon GO's Fashionable Minccino and Fashionable Cinccino made their debut during the 2025 Fashion Week event, adding a stylish twist to your collection. You can encounter Fashionable Minccino in various ways throughout the event, and if you're lucky enough to catch one, you can evolve it into a Fashionable Cinccino.

The Fashion Week event kicks off on Friday, January 10, 2025, at 10 AM local time, and that's when you'll have your first chance to encounter Fashionable Minccino. It appears as a 1-Star Raid Boss and as a reward for completing Research tasks. During events that feature this stylish Pokemon, your chances of encountering one are significantly higher. Additionally, many trainers are eager to know if they can find a Shiny Fashionable Minccino. This guide will walk you through the best methods to catch Fashionable Minccino and Fashionable Cinccino, and discuss their Shiny availability.

Pokemon GO: Get Fashionable Minccino By Winning Raids

Fashionable Minccino is a Normal-type Pokemon with impressive stats: 98 ATK, 80 DEF, and 146 STA. As a Costumed Pokemon, it boasts a maximum Combat Power of 986 CP, which is further boosted when it appears as a 1-Star Raid Boss. Despite this power increase, solo players can still take it down with the right counters.

Winning a raid against Fashionable Minccino guarantees an encounter with it. To secure a swift victory, you'll need to understand its weaknesses and resistances and choose the right counters.

Fashionable Minccino Weaknesses

  • Fighting-type moves

Fashionable Minccino Resistances

  • Ghost-type moves

Best Fashionable Minccino Raid Counters In Pokemon GO

Fashionable Minccino is exclusively weak to Fighting-type moves, so choose Raid Counters with powerful Fighting-type moves that can trigger the Same Type of Attack Bonus (STAB) effect. Here are some of the best counters for Fashionable Minccino in Pokemon GO:

CounterFast MoveCharged MoveLucarioForce 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

During Pokemon GO events that spotlight Fashionable Minccino, you might find Research tasks that reward an encounter with this stylish Pokemon. The Fashion Week 2025 event includes various Research tasks with Costumed Pokemon as rewards, and completing some of these tasks guarantees an encounter with Fashionable Minccino.

Pokemon GO: How To Get Fashionable Cinccino

Once you've caught a Fashionable Minccino, you can evolve it into a Fashionable Cinccino. The evolution requires 50 Candy and an Unova Stone in Pokemon GO. You can gather the necessary Candy by catching and transferring multiple Minccino, while Unova Stones can be obtained as a Field Research Breakthrough reward or occasionally as a reward for completing specific Research tasks.

Pokemon GO: Can Fashionable Minccino Be Shiny

Yes, Shiny Fashionable Minccino is available in Pokemon GO. Both the standard and Shiny versions of Fashionable Minccino were introduced during the 2025 Fashion Week event.

Pokemon GO: How To Get Shiny Fashionable Minccino

While participating in Fashionable Minccino Raids guarantees an encounter with the Pokemon, there's always a chance it might be Shiny. Although there's no surefire way to guarantee a Shiny encounter, participating in more raids increases your chances of meeting a Shiny Fashionable Minccino.

Completing Research tasks that feature Fashionable Minccino can also lead to a Shiny encounter. While it's not guaranteed, there's a good chance you might get lucky and encounter a Shiny version.

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