Banette counters

#0354

ghostTier 1

Lobby CP

6,777

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

139

Defense

Difficulty

0.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Banette should take 1 trainer 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, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Chandelure, Shadow Hydreigon, Shadow Tyranitar & Shadow Darkrai.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Houndoom
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Chandelure
S. Hydreigon
S. Tyranitar
S. Darkrai

4 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+0.050:09
2Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam0.050:09
3Mega GengarMegaShadow Claw / Shadow Ball0.060:10
4Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.060:10
5Shadow ChandelureShadowpartyHex / Poltergeist0.060:11
6Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.060:11
7Mega GreninjaMegaFeint Attack / Surf+0.060:11
8Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing0.060:11
9Shadow TyranitarShadowpartyBite / Brutal Swing0.060:11
10Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySucker Punch / Foul Play0.060:11

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Related countersShadow Banette Mega Banette

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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.

Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Houndoomdarkfirejoint top pick	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:09	0.05	4667.0%
2	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghostjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:09	0.05	4589.4%
3	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:10	0.06	4359.9%
4	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:10	0.06	4152.2%
5	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	ghostHexghostPoltergeist	3,268	0:11	0.06	4089.9%
6	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	0:11	0.06	3882.3%
7	Mega Greninjawaterdark	darkFeint AttackwaterSurf+	3,784	0:11	0.06	3861.1%
8	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:11	0.06	3851.4%
9	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,834	0:11	0.06	3844.6%
10	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSucker PunchdarkFoul Play	3,739	0:11	0.06	3831.1%
11	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	0:12	0.06	3774.7%
12	Shadow Giratina (Origin)ghostdragon	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Force	3,683	0:12	0.06	3742.3%
13	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:12	0.07	3717.5%
14	Shadow Weaviledarkice	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,005	0:12	0.07	3713.6%
15	Mega Banetteghost	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	3,594	0:12	0.07	3687.5%

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.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	842%	4109.7%	0:11	0.06
Shadow Claw / Thunder	100%	1006%	4051.3%	0:11	0.06
Hex / Thunder	100%	838%	4069.7%	0:11	0.06
Shadow Claw / Dazzling Gleam	100%	752%	4107.0%	0:11	0.06
Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	100%	867%	4131.3%	0:11	0.06
Hex / Shadow Ball	100%	778%	4161.4%	0:10	0.06
Hex / Dazzling Gleam	100%	785%	4189.2%	0:10	0.06

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…

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

Tier 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 139 / Defense 84 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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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 top pickdarkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	100%	4667.0%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	3,842	84.3	787
2	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) top pickpsychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	89%	4589.4%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	4,099	73.3	696
3	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	76%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	4,336	60.8	608
4	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	81%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	6,428	57.6	605
5	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Poltergeist	Hex / Poltergeist+19 more movesets	71%	4089.9%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,268	57.5	612
6	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	70%	3882.3%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,625	57.9	649
7	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Surf+	Feint Attack / Surf++17 more movesets	71%	3861.1%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,784	55.2	623
8	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	69%	3851.4%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,301	60.7	689
9	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	73%	3844.6%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,834	56.4	638
10	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Sucker Punch / Foul Play	Sucker Punch / Foul Play+14 more movesets	70%	3831.1%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,739	62.1	705
11	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	77%	3774.7%	0.06	0:12	0.0	100%	5,347	56.5	652
12	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	67%	3742.3%	0.06	0:12	0.0	100%	3,683	58.2	673
13	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	68%	3717.5%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,783	53.5	627
14	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+11 more movesets	66%	3713.6%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,005	53.9	632
15	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	62%	3687.5%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,594	54.9	637
16	Darkrai dark Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	67%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,739	51.7	620
17	Shadow Absol darkshadow Psycho Cut / Brutal Swing	Psycho Cut / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	59%	3619.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	2,526	52.3	610
18	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock	Shadow Claw / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	63%	3493.3%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,605	49.9	622
19	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+23 more movesets	61%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,178	54.8	685
20	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+26 more movesets	63%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	6,112	48.0	600
21	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+17 more movesets	59%	3443.7%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,510	54.8	694
22	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Snarl / Dark Pulse	Snarl / Dark Pulse+7 more movesets	57%	3416.7%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,711	51.6	658
23	Shadow Hisuian Typhlosion fireghostshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+9 more movesets	58%	3411.3%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,994	54.6	697
24	Shadow Giratina (Altered) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	61%	3392.7%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,379	47.5	610
25	Absol dark Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	56%	3390.1%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,526	49.7	637
26	Chandelure ghostfire Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	58%	3390.1%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,268	51.4	660
27	Gengar ghostpoison Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	56%	3387.5%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,878	52.7	677
28	Dragapult dragonghost Astonish / Shadow Ball	Astonish / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	58%	3348.4%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,532	48.7	634
29	Shadow Houndoom darkfireshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	58%	3343.3%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,635	48.2	629
30	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	57%	3287.8%	0.07	0:13	0.1	100%	3,749	52.3	675

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