Banette counters

#0354

ghostElite

Lobby CP

39,127

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

229

Defense

138

Difficulty

2.11

Pokebattler scale

Beating Banette should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,244-1,313.

Weak toghost1.6xdark1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear Rainy Partly cloudy Cloudy Windy Snow Fog ★

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Dark Mega — most top counters attack with Dark

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Banette counters are Mega Houndoom, Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Tyranitar, Shadow Giratina (Origin), Darkrai & Shadow Salamence.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Houndoom
S. Darkrai
S. Tyranitar
S. Giratina (Origin)
Darkrai
S. Salamence

5 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Mega HoundoomMegapartySnarl / Dark Pulse+1.838:25
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball2.129:45
3Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play2.139:48
4Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing2.139:49
5Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing2.2010:07
6Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball2.2510:21
7Shadow Giratina (Origin)ShadowLegendarypartyShadow Claw / Shadow Force2.3710:56
8Mega GengarMegaShadow Claw / Shadow Ball2.4511:17
9Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Dragon Ascent2.4711:23
10DarkraiLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play2.5011:31
11Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing2.5111:33

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Elite Raid

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Top 15 Banette counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	8:25	1.83	6.0	60.2%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	9:45	2.12	6.0	52.0%
3	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	9:48	2.13	6.0	51.7%
4	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	9:49	2.13	6.0	51.6%
5	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	10:07	2.20	6.0	50.1%
6	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	10:21	2.25	6.0	48.9%
7	Shadow Giratina (Origin)ghostdragon	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Force	3,683	10:56	2.37	6.0	46.4%
8	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	4,336	11:17	2.45	6.0	44.9%
9	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	11:23	2.47	6.0	44.6%
10	Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	11:31	2.50	6.0	44.0%
11	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,749	11:33	2.51	6.0	43.9%
12	Mega Greninjawaterdark	darkFeint AttackwaterSurf+	3,784	11:40	2.53	6.0	43.5%
13	Eternatuspoisondragon	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	11:54	2.59	6.0	42.6%
14	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	11:57	2.60	6.0	42.4%
15	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	12:04	2.62	6.0	42.0%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Banette.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Banette's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	35%	49%	48.8%	10:24	6.0	2.26
Shadow Claw / Dazzling Gleam	22%	43%	47.9%	10:35	6.0	2.30
Hex / Dazzling Gleam	33%	44%	48.0%	10:34	6.0	2.30
Hex / Thunder	42%	56%	49.1%	10:20	6.0	2.25
Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	44%	52%	49.1%	10:19	6.0	2.24
Shadow Claw / Thunder	38%	55%	49.2%	10:18	6.0	2.24
Hex / Shadow Ball	39%	55%	49.4%	10:16	6.0	2.23

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 2 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Banette weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

ghost1.6x dark1.6x flying1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x poison0.63x bug0.63x normal0.39x fighting0.39x

Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (4)

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.39xpoison0.625xbug0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Banette throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow ClawSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.05s
ghostHexSTAB	8	+13	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
electricThunder	100	-100	2.5s	1.30s
fairyDazzling Gleam	100	-50	3.5s	2.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,244	1,555
11/11/11	1,258	1,572
12/12/12	1,271	1,590
13/13/13	1,285	1,607
14/14/14	1,299	1,624
15/15/15hundo	1,313	1,642

Caught CP range 1,244 - 1,313, or 1,555 - 1,642 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Banette is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Elite: 20,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 229 / Defense 138 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	60.2%	1.83	8:25	20.0	100%	3,842	41.7	922
2	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	84%	52.0%	2.12	9:45	25.0	66%	6,428	36.3	806
3	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	82%	51.7%	2.13	9:48	30.5	66%	3,739	36.5	634
4	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	87%	51.6%	2.13	9:49	17.5	98%	5,347	35.3	1082
5	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	81%	50.1%	2.20	10:07	26.1	52%	3,834	34.9	743
6	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	78%	48.9%	2.25	10:21	31.0	34%	6,112	34.5	644
7	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	73%	46.4%	2.37	10:56	31.8	0%	3,683	32.7	651
8	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	69%	44.9%	2.45	11:17	43.1	44%	4,336	33.1	570
9	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	71%	44.6%	2.47	11:23	29.8	0%	5,713	31.1	657
10	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	69%	44.0%	2.50	11:31	32.8	0%	3,739	30.9	586
11	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	68%	43.9%	2.51	11:33	40.1	0%	3,749	31.3	470
12	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	68%	43.5%	2.53	11:40	35.0	0%	3,784	30.6	557
13	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	70%	42.6%	2.59	11:54	23.3	0%	4,429	29.3	842
14	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	64%	42.4%	2.60	11:57	48.0	36%	3,625	31.5	616
15	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	67%	42.0%	2.62	12:04	31.2	0%	4,783	29.3	664
16	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	67%	41.9%	2.63	12:06	29.6	0%	5,031	29.1	644
17	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	61%	41.1%	2.68	12:21	58.3	2%	3,301	31.3	410
18	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	65%	41.0%	2.69	12:22	31.3	0%	4,605	28.6	650
19	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Bite / Wildbolt Storm	Bite / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	63%	41.0%	2.69	12:22	41.9	0%	3,659	29.2	451
20	Tyranitar rockdark Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	65%	40.9%	2.69	12:23	30.2	0%	3,834	28.4	668
21	Shadow Houndoom darkfireshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	63%	40.9%	2.69	12:23	41.2	0%	2,635	29.1	458
22	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	65%	40.3%	2.73	12:35	26.0	0%	4,172	27.8	724
23	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	65%	39.9%	2.76	12:42	25.5	0%	4,979	27.6	766
24	Shadow Alolan Muk poisondarkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+17 more movesets	62%	39.6%	2.78	12:48	35.3	0%	2,757	27.8	541
25	Hisuian Zoroark normalghost Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+9 more movesets	60%	39.3%	2.81	12:54	44.8	0%	2,615	28.0	422
26	Kingambit darksteel Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+19 more movesets	63%	39.0%	2.82	12:59	27.0	0%	3,614	26.9	700
27	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+23 more movesets	60%	38.8%	2.84	13:03	37.9	0%	4,118	27.3	509
28	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Bite / Crunch	Bite / Crunch+23 more movesets	61%	38.7%	2.84	13:05	33.7	0%	4,717	27.0	623
29	Gholdengo steelghost Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	60%	38.5%	2.86	13:10	37.2	0%	3,517	27.1	559
30	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	54%	36.5%	3.02	13:53	65.2	66%	4,099	31.4	571

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 1.2 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.