Pokemon Go Mega Banette Raid counters and more
Mega Banette makes its Pokemon Go debut, and here&💙rsquo;s everything 🗹trainers need to know

Pokemon Go Mega Banette Raids are making their debut in soon, which means learning cou💟nt꧙ers to catch another Ghost-type option other than Gengar to use against those pesky Psychic types.
The Hoenn-region Mega Pokemon will debut during the 2022 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Pokemon Go Halloween event and will appear periodically in Mega Raids. But its first runꦕ in Pokemon Go will go from October 20 until November 8.
To help trainers defeat Mega Banette as fast as possible, we’ve developed this handy guide with the best counters and everything else players need to know about this Ghost-type Pokemon. We've also got our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Pokemon Go Elite Raids guide, fo🧔r a new wဣay to catch other powerful pokemon.
Mega Banette Raid Counters
Mega Banette is a pure Ghost-type ꦑPokemon, making it weak to Dark and Ghost-type attacks.
Season🌠ed Pokemon fans know that Ghost Po꧃kemon are a double-edged sword. They are both weak and super effective against the same type. That’s why trainers could bring a Ghost-type team anchored by Mega Gengar into battle.
As we’ll get into in the next section, trainers will have to watch out for Mega Banette’s Ghost-type moves but if they can use powerful Ghost attacks and bring its HP to zero quick it shouldn’t be a p🐈roblem.
Other Ghost types like Giratina and Chandelure are great optionꦯs to use in an all-Ghost team, but, if we’re being honest, Dark types are really the way to go against Mega Banette.
Dark types resist Ghost-type attacks, so there’s not much they have to worry about𒆙 when facing off against Mega Banette. And there are three Mega Pokemon that are essential to an all-Dark team and they are Mega Houndoom, Gyarados and Absol.
There are plenty of Dark types to use alongside these Mega Pokemon🦩. Trainers can use Legendaries like Darkrai and Yveltal, or Pseudolegendaries like Tyranitar and Hydreigon to overwhelm Mega Banette.
Here are🐷 some choice counters to use in Mega Banette Raids in Po♔kemon Go.
Pokemon | Moveset |
---|---|
Mega Gengar | Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball |
Mega Houndoom | Snarl Foul Play |
Mega Gyarados | Bite and Crunch |
Mega Absol | Snarl and Dark Pulse |
Tyranitar | Bite and Crunch |
Giratina | Shadow Claw and Shadow Force |
Darkrai | Snarl and Dark Pulse |
Yveltal | Snarl and Dark Pulse |
Hydreigon | Bite and Brutal Swing |
Weavile | Snarl and Foul Play |
Mega Banette Moveset
Mega Baܫnette has some surprisingly diverse Charged Attacks in Pokemon Go.
The first🥃 is Shadow Ball, which is a Ghost-type attack. This will deal major damage against your Ghost types, but won’t do much against any Dark 🦹types you bring into battle.
Dazzling Gleam is a Fairy-type attack that could spell trouble for trainers who use an all-Dark team. This move will deal super effective damage to most Dark types 🥀and deal four times the damage to Pokemon like Hydreigon. This move will also deal super effective damage to other Dragon types like Giratina so that’ll be a problem if Mega Banette has it.
Mega Houndoom’s Fire typ❀ing does🥃 make Dazzling Gleam neutral on it, so it’s likely the superior option for a Dark-type Mega Pokemon.
Thunder is Mega Banette’s final Charged Attack option in Pokemon Go. While it’ll deal neutral damage to most of the above choices -- and Dragon types like Giratina ♕and Hydreigon will resist it - it will spell trouble for some of our counter options. Mega Gyarados and Yvelt🍌al are weak to this attack so they may not be the best choice for going up against a Mega Banette with Thunder.
Be sure to use the suggested screen before the battle begins. If Yveltal or Gyarados is in the suggested screen, then it is likely Mega Banette doesn’t have Thunder or even Dazzling Gl🤡eam.
Mega Banette’s Fast Attack opti🤡ons are both Ghost-type attacks so only trainers who use Gho𝕴st teams should be aware.
Heဣre’s every move Mega Ban🍰ette can have in Pokemon Go.
Fast Attack | Charged Attack |
---|---|
Hex | Shadow Ball |
Shadow Claw | Dazzling Gleam |
Row 2 - Cell 0 | Thunder |
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