Mega Banette counters

#0354

ghostMega

Lobby CP

41,038

9,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

258

Defense

138

Difficulty

0.96

Pokebattler scale

Beating Mega Banette should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,244-1,313 (you catch Banette).

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+ also breaks two Super Mega shields at once; that part is not simulated. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

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

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

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

6 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+0.853:56
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.934:19
3Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing0.954:26
4Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball0.974:31
5Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.994:35
6Shadow Giratina (Origin)ShadowLegendarypartyShadow Claw / Shadow Force1.064:55
7Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryDragon Tail / Dragon Ascent1.095:05
8DarkraiLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play1.105:07
9Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play1.125:13
10Mega GengarMegaShadow Claw / Shadow Ball1.125:13
12Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing1.155:20

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

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Raid tier — Easy Mega Raid

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Top 15 Mega 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.

Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	3:56	0.85	6.0	129.1%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	4:19	0.93	6.0	117.6%
3	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	4:26	0.95	6.0	114.5%
4	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	4:31	0.97	6.0	112.2%
5	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	4:35	0.99	6.0	110.7%
6	Shadow Giratina (Origin)ghostdragon	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Force	3,683	4:55	1.06	6.0	103.3%
7	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	5:05	1.09	6.0	99.9%
8	Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	5:07	1.10	6.0	99.2%
9	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	5:13	1.12	6.0	97.1%
10	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	4,336	5:13	1.12	6.0	97.1%
11	Mega Greninjawaterdark	darkFeint AttackwaterSurf+	3,784	5:20	1.15	6.0	95.1%
12	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	5:20	1.15	6.0	95.1%
13	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	5:21	1.15	6.0	94.7%
14	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	5:23	1.16	6.0	94.1%
15	Eternatuspoisondragon	dragonDragon TaildragonDynamax Cannon	4,429	5:24	1.16	6.0	94.0%

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 Mega Banette.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Mega 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 % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	67%	95%	104.0%	4:52	6.0	1.05
Shadow Claw / Dazzling Gleam	40%	72%	92.0%	5:31	6.0	1.19
Hex / Dazzling Gleam	44%	77%	94.0%	5:24	6.0	1.16
Hex / Thunder	85%	134%	111.8%	4:32	6.0	0.98
Hex / Shadow Ball	76%	120%	112.2%	4:31	6.0	0.97
Shadow Claw / Thunder	83%	132%	112.3%	4:31	6.0	0.97
Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	79%	115%	112.3%	4:31	6.0	0.97

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 1 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…

Mega 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 Mega 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.

Mega 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

Mega: 9,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 258 / Defense 138 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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Attackers allowed

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

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Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	129.1%	0.85	3:56	11.3	100%	3,842	40.6	816
2	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	90%	117.6%	0.93	4:19	12.0	100%	6,428	36.8	786
3	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	91%	114.5%	0.95	4:26	9.1	100%	5,347	35.3	990
4	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	84%	112.2%	0.97	4:31	14.6	98%	6,112	35.3	635
5	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	84%	110.7%	0.99	4:35	13.3	100%	3,834	34.6	687
6	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	77%	103.3%	1.06	4:55	15.8	58%	3,683	32.7	631
7	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	75%	99.9%	1.09	5:05	14.8	40%	5,713	31.4	639
8	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	74%	99.2%	1.10	5:07	15.2	22%	3,739	31.2	607
9	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	69%	97.1%	1.12	5:13	25.1	66%	3,739	32.9	501
10	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	69%	97.1%	1.12	5:13	25.1	66%	4,336	32.9	535
11	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	70%	95.1%	1.15	5:20	17.6	14%	3,784	30.3	531
12	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	68%	95.1%	1.15	5:20	23.4	66%	3,625	31.7	637
13	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	68%	94.7%	1.15	5:21	23.7	66%	4,099	33.4	586
14	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	67%	94.1%	1.16	5:23	27.0	66%	3,301	31.9	429
15	Eternatus poisondragon Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon	Dragon Tail / Dynamax Cannon+7 more movesets	73%	94.0%	1.16	5:24	11.5	0%	4,429	29.3	821
16	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	68%	93.9%	1.16	5:24	21.8	26%	3,749	30.5	464
17	Tyranitar rockdark Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	70%	92.9%	1.17	5:27	13.9	0%	3,834	28.8	699
18	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	70%	92.7%	1.18	5:28	14.7	0%	5,031	28.9	645
19	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Bite / Wildbolt Storm	Bite / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	66%	91.6%	1.19	5:32	20.7	0%	3,659	29.2	444
20	Shadow Houndoom darkfireshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	66%	91.2%	1.20	5:34	20.3	0%	2,635	29.1	447
21	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	68%	90.9%	1.20	5:35	16.3	0%	4,783	28.4	602
22	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Shadow Claw / Sunsteel Strike	Shadow Claw / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	68%	90.8%	1.20	5:35	16.2	0%	4,099	28.4	601
23	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	67%	90.1%	1.21	5:38	16.5	0%	4,605	28.4	636
24	Zamazenta (Crowned Shield) fightingsteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash	Metal Claw / Behemoth Bash+7 more movesets	69%	90.0%	1.21	5:38	12.5	0%	4,172	27.8	713
25	Kingambit darksteel Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+19 more movesets	69%	89.4%	1.22	5:41	12.1	0%	3,614	27.4	729
26	Zacian (Crowned Sword) fairysteel Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade	Metal Claw / Behemoth Blade+7 more movesets	67%	88.6%	1.23	5:43	14.0	0%	4,979	27.5	678
27	Shadow Alolan Muk poisondarkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+17 more movesets	65%	88.3%	1.24	5:45	16.9	0%	2,757	27.7	547
28	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+23 more movesets	65%	87.9%	1.24	5:46	18.1	0%	4,118	27.6	507
29	Mega Dragonite dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Outrage+	Dragon Tail / Outrage++26 more movesets	65%	87.1%	1.25	5:49	15.5	0%	4,823	27.3	634
30	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Bite / Crunch	Bite / Crunch+23 more movesets	64%	86.3%	1.26	5:53	16.2	0%	4,717	26.9	606

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