Minccino
Chinchilla Pokémon
They pet each other with their tails as a form of greeting. Of the two, the one whose tail is fluffier is a bit more boastful.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Minccino
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Minccino can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baby-Doll Eyes Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Fairy | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Pound Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 3 | Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 4 | Helping Hand Ally’s next move inflicts half more damage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 8 | Echoed Voice Power increases by 100% for each consecutive use by any friendly Pokémon, to a maximum of 200. | Normal | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 12 | Sing Puts the target to sleep. | Normal | Status | — | 55 | 15 |
| 13 | Double Slap Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 10 |
| 16 | Charm Lowers the target’s Attack by two stages. | Fairy | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 20 | Swift Never misses. | Normal | Special | 60 | — | 20 |
| 24 | Encore Forces the target to repeat its last used move every turn for 2 to 6 turns. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 5 |
| 28 | After You Makes the target act next this turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 31 | Wake-Up Slap If the target is asleep, has double power and wakes it up. | Fighting | Physical | 70 | 100 | 10 |
| 32 | Tail Slap Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Normal | Physical | 25 | 85 | 10 |
| 36 | Tickle Lowers the target’s Attack and Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 39 | Captivate Lowers the target’s Special Attack by two stages if it’s the opposite gender. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 40 | Slam Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 80 | 75 | 20 |
| 44 | Hyper Voice Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 48 | Last Resort Can only be used after all of the user’s other moves have been used. | Normal | Physical | 140 | 100 | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Minccino can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
13 sprites & renders for Minccino.






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Cite this page
“Minccino”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/minccino.
Species data from PokéAPI.