Best Mega Banette counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Mega Banette counters in Pokémon GO with their Fast Attacks, Charged Attacks, DPS (damage per second), TDO (total damage output), faints, TTW (time to win), and score. The list is sorted by the score, which is calculated based on the DPS and TDO.

Simulation settings

Weather

Raid Difficulty

Attacker typing

Attacker moves type

Best overall 👑

Mega Tyranitar

Bite

Brutal Swing

Best performing move types

39.0%
30.0%
6.0%
5.5%
4.5%
4.0%
3.0%
2.0%
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Mega Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	37.86	891.25	10	278.1s	71.6
2	Mega Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	44.25	437.39	20	285.7s	70.2
3	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	39.79	603.95	14	285.8s	68.9
4	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	36.25	562.78	15	312.2s	63.0
5	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	39.97	381.17	23	319.6s	62.9
6	Mega Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	41.56	326.25	27	326.9s	62.9
7	Mega Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	33.36	549.72	16	335.3s	58.7
8	Shadow Cursola	Hex	Shadow Ball	39.47	279.44	32	356.9s	58.5
9	Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	32.43	587.79	15	338.7s	58.2
10	Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing *	34.20	463.66	19	340.8s	57.8
11	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	36.63	330.25	27	354.7s	57.0
12	Shadow Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	35.43	352.44	25	356.2s	56.3
13	Shadow Drifblim	Hex	Shadow Ball	37.05	272.02	33	375.2s	55.3
14	Lunala	Confusion	Shadow Ball	34.11	362.42	24	363.2s	54.9
15	Giratina (Origin Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	31.53	460.08	19	363.7s	54.1
16	Mega Gyarados	Bite	Crunch	30.20	540.39	16	364.6s	54.0
17	Shadow Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	36.38	258.70	34	386.6s	54.0
18	Shadow Banette	Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	38.55	204.35	44	409.6s	53.9
19	Mega Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	34.61	306.97	29	377.3s	53.7
20	Gholdengo	Hex	Shadow Ball	32.33	391.09	23	370.4s	53.4
21	Darkrai	Snarl	Shadow Ball	31.53	427.74	21	369.6s	53.3
22	Guzzlord	Snarl	Brutal Swing	30.55	473.16	19	370.7s	53.1
23	Shadow Houndoom	Snarl	Foul Play	32.95	348.45	25	376.4s	53.0
24	Gengar	Lick *	Shadow Ball	35.11	267.39	33	390.9s	52.8
25	Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	33.85	308.55	29	382.6s	52.8
26	Deoxys (Attack)	Zen Headbutt	Dark Pulse	44.29	105.26	85	545.2s	52.7
27	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball *	32.19	367.23	24	377.6s	52.6
28	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Brutal Swing	29.74	468.64	19	379.4s	51.9
29	Mega Gardevoir	Confusion	Shadow Ball	31.67	357.87	25	384.8s	51.6
30	Hoopa (Confined)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	34.57	242.77	37	408.6s	51.2
31	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Shadow Ball	30.04	420.92	21	385.1s	51.1
32	Shadow Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Shadow Ball	35.24	218.60	41	420.0s	50.9
33	Hoopa (Unbound)	Astonish	Shadow Ball	31.34	346.80	25	390.9s	50.9
34	Shadow Absol	Snarl	Dark Pulse	34.01	235.08	38	417.8s	50.2
35	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	25.39	707.13	12	405.4s	49.7
36	Shadow Mismagius	Hex	Shadow Ball	33.23	241.15	37	420.1s	49.5
37	Yveltal	Snarl	Dark Pulse	28.17	437.83	20	401.7s	49.0
38	Shadow Shiftry	Snarl	Foul Play	31.00	296.50	30	411.8s	48.8
39	Zarude	Bite	Dark Pulse	26.08	555.87	16	409.9s	48.4
40	Weavile	Snarl	Foul Play	29.07	345.56	26	413.8s	47.9
41	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	28.62	345.72	26	418.6s	47.3
42	Zoroark	Snarl	Foul Play	30.45	252.74	35	438.0s	46.6
43	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	25.69	482.73	18	425.0s	46.4
44	Giratina (Altered Forme)	Shadow Claw	Shadow Force *	26.02	449.60	20	425.9s	46.2
45	Shadow Cacturne	Sucker Punch	Dark Pulse	30.32	233.70	38	450.9s	45.7
46	Skeledirge	Bite	Shadow Ball	27.11	351.85	25	434.3s	45.4
47	Shadow Ampharos	Charge Beam	Brutal Swing	27.38	337.19	26	435.5s	45.4
48	Shadow Gardevoir	Confusion	Shadow Ball	29.76	242.85	37	450.6s	45.4
49	Shadow Salamence	Bite	Outrage *	28.38	287.35	31	442.4s	45.2
50	Honchkrow	Snarl	Dark Pulse	29.38	250.19	35	450.2s	45.2

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About the results

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Mega Banette in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Mega Banette down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Mega Banette counter is Mega Tyranitar, followed by Mega Gengar, Shadow Tyranitar, and Mega Rayquaza. The table also includes Shadow Mewtwo, Mega Banette, Mega Houndoom, and Shadow Cursola, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Mega Banette type chart

When fighting Mega Banette, keep in mind the following that Ghost-type Pokémon are weak to Dark, and Ghost type moves. They take reduced damage from Bug, Poison, Fighting, and Normal type moves.

Weaknesses

Dark	160.0%
Ghost	160.0%

Resistances

Fighting	39.1%
Normal	39.1%
Bug	62.5%
Poison	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and weather for Mega Banette Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Dark	39.0%	Fog
Ghost	30.0%	Fog
Psychic	6.0%	Windy
Dragon	5.5%	Windy
Fire	4.5%	Sunny
Water	4.0%	Rainy
Electric	3.0%	Rainy
Flying	2.0%	Windy
Ground	2.0%	Sunny
Steel	1.0%	Snow
Grass	1.0%	Sunny
Ice	1.0%	Snow
Bug	0.5%	Rainy
Rock	0.5%	Partly Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

When calculating the best counters for any Pokémon, our simulator takes into account various factors, such as the defender's typing and average DPS against each attacker, the weather's influence, energy left over from using charge moves, Shadow Pokémon attack and defense stat changes, and more. During the initial phase of simulations, we calculate DPS and TDO for each attacker that is currently available in the game, and then we continue to rank them.

We use a ranking method developed by a Reddit user named /u/Elastic_Space, which is described in detail in this Reddit post. It is a fairly complicated, but very well thought-out mathematical model for predicting simulation results without actually running the simulations. It also correlates with field data almost too well not to be used.

Our Time to Win (TTW) and Faint numbers are also estimated, and should be taken with a grain of salt. Since we do not account for factors like Friendship and Mega damage boost, they will differ from actual experience in the field.