Pokédex · III (Hoenn)

Mega Banette#10056

Its greatest asset is Attack — among the highest in the entire Pokédex. Defensively it can rely on 2 weaknesses, 2 resistances and 2 full immunities. Normal and Fighting-type moves do nothing to it at all.

Shiny Mega Banette
Regular version
Ghost
Height: 1.2 m (3′11″) Weight: 13.0 kg (28.7 lbs)

Base stats

HP
64
43%
Atk
165
100%
Def
75
57%
SpA
93
77%
SpD
83
71%
Spe
75
61%
TOTAL
555
88%

Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: Attack.

A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Attack, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.

Mega Evolution adds a fixed pool of one hundred points and replaces the ability with a single one.

Which nature to choose

It hits physically: its Attack (165) is 72 points higher than its Sp. Atk. So the drop hits a stat the set usually does not use at all.

  • Jolly +Spe · −SpA Its Speed is higher than 61% of species — ten percent more lifts it past some of the benchmarks that decide who moves first.
  • Adamant +Atk · −SpA If you already outspeed what you want to outspeed, those ten percent are better spent on hitting power.
  • Hidden Power and Weather Ball still deal damage based on Sp. Atk. If either of them is going into the set, lowering Sp. Atk is no longer free.

A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.

Abilities

  • Prankster Raises non-damaging moves' priority by one stage.

Pokédex entry

BANETTE generates energy for laying strong curses by sticking pins into its own body. This POKéMON was originally a pitiful plush doll that was thrown away.

Habitat: Urban Egg Group: Amorphous Gender: 50% ♂ / 50% ♀ Catch difficulty: hard (45/255) Base friendship: 35/255 Base EXP: 194

Resistances and weaknesses

Type chart →

How much damage Mega Banette takes when it is hit by a move of each type.

Weak to Ghost ×2 Dark ×2
Resistant to Poison ×½ Bug ×½
Immune to Normal ×0 Fighting ×0

Variant gallery

The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.

Mega Banette — large render in its regular coloring
Pokémon HOME
Mega Banette — large render in its shiny coloring
Pokémon HOME shiny
Mega Banette — small pixel sprite in its regular coloring
Pixel sprite
Mega Banette — small pixel sprite in its shiny coloring
Shiny pixel sprite

Offspring can come from 58 species from the same Egg Groups (with opposite genders) or from Ditto. Below are the first 12 by Pokédex number.

Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (41 via TM/TR, 17 via tutor) are on the full list.

Lv. Move Type Cat. Power Acc. PP
1 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100% 20
1 Night Shade Ghost Special — 100% 15
1 Phantom Force Ghost Physical 90 100% 10
1 Screech Normal Status — 85% 40
1 Spite Ghost Status — 100% 10
13 Shadow Sneak Ghost Physical 40 100% 30
16 Will O Wisp Fire Status — 85% 15
19 Feint Attack Dark Physical 60 — 20
22 Hex Ghost Special 65 100% 10
26 Curse Ghost Status — — 10
30 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100% 15
34 Embargo Dark Status — 100% 15
40 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 70 100% 5
46 Snatch Dark Status — — 10
52 Grudge Ghost Status — — 5
58 Trick Psychic Status — 100% 10