Mega Banette Raid Guide

Mega Banette Raid guide

Ghost

Mega Banette is an easy Mega Raids raid boss to defeat, with a CP value of 41038. 4 trainers should be more than enough to defeat Mega Banette in the raid. Mega Banette is vulnerable to Ghost, Dark type moves and mainly weaker to Pokémon such as Yveltal, Darkrai, Hydreigon, Weavile, Bisharp. Defeating Mega Banette in a raid will only encounter Banette (not Mega form) but will earn you Mega Banette candy.

Mega Banette can obtain below CP values when defeated.

  • 1555 - 1642 CP during Fog weather conditions.
  • 1244 - 1313 CP during other weather conditions.

Mega Banette is not available at the moment in raids and the last recently available date was November 8, 2022. Shiny Banette is also available from raids in the game.

Weather boost

Mega Banette raids will be boosted during Fog weather conditions.

Ghost type Damage Relations

Double damage from: Ghost
Double damage to: Ghost
Half damage from: Poison
Half damage to: Dark
No damage from: Normal
No damage to: Normal

Mega Banette Raid Counters

  • Yveltal

    Yveltal is a Dark, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   and fast moves: Snarl   Sucker Punch   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Darkrai

    Darkrai is a Dark type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   Shadow Ball   and fast moves: Feint Attack   Snarl   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Hydreigon

    Hydreigon is a Dark, Dragon type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   and fast moves: Bite   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Weavile

    Weavile is a Dark, Ice type Pokémon with charged moves: Foul Play   and fast moves: Feint Attack   Snarl   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Bisharp

    Bisharp is a Dark, Steel type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   and fast moves: Snarl   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Honchkrow

    Honchkrow is a Dark, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   and fast moves: Snarl   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Houndoom

    Houndoom is a Dark, Fire type Pokémon with charged moves: Crunch   Foul Play   and fast moves: Snarl   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Zoroark

    Zoroark is a Dark type Pokémon with charged moves: Foul Play   and fast moves: Shadow Claw   Snarl   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Absol

    Absol is a Dark type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   Payback   and fast moves: Snarl   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Malamar

    Malamar is a Dark, Psychic type Pokémon with charged moves: Foul Play   which is effective against Mega Banette.

  • Mandibuzz

    Mandibuzz is a Dark, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   Foul Play   Shadow Ball   and fast moves: Snarl   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Scrafty

    Scrafty is a Dark, Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Foul Play   and fast moves: Snarl   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Umbreon

    Umbreon is a Dark type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   Foul Play   and fast moves: Feint Attack   Snarl   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Sneasel

    Sneasel is a Dark, Ice type Pokémon with charged moves: Foul Play   and fast moves: Feint Attack   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Mightyena

    Mightyena is a Dark type Pokémon with charged moves: Crunch   and fast moves: Bite   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Zweilous

    Zweilous is a Dark, Dragon type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   and fast moves: Bite   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Liepard

    Liepard is a Dark type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   Payback   and fast moves: Snarl   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Murkrow

    Murkrow is a Dark, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   Foul Play   and fast moves: Feint Attack   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Pawniard

    Pawniard is a Dark, Steel type Pokémon with charged moves: Night Slash   which is effective against Mega Banette.

  • Sableye

    Sableye is a Dark, Ghost type Pokémon with charged moves: Foul Play   Shadow Sneak   and fast moves: Feint Attack   Shadow Claw   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Scraggy

    Scraggy is a Dark, Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Foul Play   and fast moves: Feint Attack   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Vullaby

    Vullaby is a Dark, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   Foul Play   and fast moves: Feint Attack   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Houndour

    Houndour is a Dark, Fire type Pokémon with charged moves: Crunch   Dark Pulse   and fast moves: Feint Attack   which are effective against Mega Banette.

  • Zorua

    Zorua is a Dark type Pokémon with charged moves: Dark Pulse   Foul Play   and fast moves: Feint Attack   which are effective against Mega Banette.

Mega Banette Mega counters

Mega Absol, Mega Banette, Mega Gengar, Mega Gyarados, Mega Houndoom, Mega Sableye, Mega Sharpedo are best Mega counters to battle with Mega Banette if you have Mega evolved Pokemon or Mega candy.

Mega Banette moves set

Mega Banette will use below moves during the battle.

Dazzling Gleam Charged Fairy 28.6
Hex Fast Ghost 8.3
Shadow Ball Charged Ghost 33.3
Shadow Claw Fast Ghost 12.9
Thunder Charged Electric 41.7

Mega Banette raids weather impact

Here is how each weather condition boosts Mega Banette moves and impacts your Pokemon during the battle with Mega Banette.

Cloudy Boosts Dazzling Gleam Great for battle
Fog Boosts Hex
Boosts Shadow Ball
Boosts Shadow Claw		 Hex is bad for Dark type Pokemon
Shadow Ball is bad for Dark type Pokemon
Shadow Claw is bad for Dark type Pokemon
Partly cloudy Great for battle
Rainy Boosts Thunder Great for battle
Snow Great for battle
Sunny / clear Great for battle
Windy Great for battle

Banette stats

Attack: 258
Defence: 138
HP: 9000
Max CP (level 50): 2401
Max HP (level 50): 122

Shiny Banette

There is a chance that you may encounter a shiny Banette if you win the raid.

Raid events