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Pokémon · #354

Banette

Ghost Legal in M-C Mega Evolution

Mega Banette is #239 on the ladder, on 0.0% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 64
Atk 165
Def 75
SpA 93
SpD 83
Spe 75

Base stat total 555

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 32 HP / 15 Atk / 12 Def / 7 SpD · Adamant Nature

Types and weaknesses

Ghost
Weak ×2
GhostDark
Resists ×½
PoisonBug
Immune
NormalFighting

Abilities

Prankster
This Pokemon's Status moves have priority raised by 1, but Dark types are immune. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Banette holding Banettite .

Speed tier

Most common
95
Fastest
139 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
95 (0 SP)
Slowest
85 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 95, it outspeeds 12 of the 50 most used Pokémon, ties 1, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Volcarona 120
  2. Rillaboom 105
  3. Milotic 101
  4. Mega Banette (this) 95
  5. Sylveon 95
  6. Indeedee-F 94
  7. Politoed 90
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #239 · on 0.0% of teams · 7,750 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Poltergeist 78.6%
  2. Destiny Bond 69.9%
  3. Trick Room 36.7%
  4. Will-O-Wisp 33.9%
  5. Encore 33.0%
  6. Swagger 18.4%
  7. Shadow Sneak 17.1%
  8. Disable 17.1%
  9. Protect 14.5%
  10. Thunder Wave 9.5%

Items

  1. Banettite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Prankster 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 32/15/12/0/7/0 · Spe 95 8.0%
  2. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 95 7.6%
  3. Careful 32/0/14/0/20/0 · Spe 95 6.1%
  4. Sassy 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 85 5.1%
  5. Careful 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 95 4.8%
  6. Adamant 30/6/20/0/10/0 · Spe 95 4.7%
  7. Relaxed 32/3/30/0/1/0 · Spe 85 4.6%
  8. Impish 32/0/32/0/2/0 · Spe 95 4.5%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 36.0%
  2. Sneasler 27.3%
  3. Pawmot 19.7%
  4. Kingambit 19.7%
  5. Milotic 17.6%
  6. Indeedee-F 13.1%
  7. Incineroar 12.6%
  8. Archaludon 12.3%
  9. Sinistcha 11.8%
  10. Arcanine-Hisui 11.1%
  11. Corviknight 10.2%
  12. Torkoal 10.1%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #222 · on 0.1% of teams · 7,750 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Poltergeist 69.5%
  2. Destiny Bond 67.4%
  3. Encore 46.5%
  4. Trick Room 31.7%
  5. Will-O-Wisp 24.9%
  6. Swagger 20.8%
  7. Protect 19.5%
  8. Shadow Sneak 16.1%
  9. Disable 15.2%
  10. Knock Off 9.6%

Items

  1. Banettite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Prankster 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 95 8.9%
  2. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 85 7.2%
  3. Relaxed 32/3/30/0/1/0 · Spe 85 7.1%
  4. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 95 7.1%
  5. Careful 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 95 4.2%
  6. Brave 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 85 2.9%
  7. Sassy 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 85 2.6%
  8. Impish 32/0/32/0/2/0 · Spe 95 2.4%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 29.0%
  2. Rillaboom 27.4%
  3. Archaludon 17.4%
  4. Kingambit 16.7%
  5. Pawmot 16.4%
  6. Incineroar 14.5%
  7. Sylveon 14.0%
  8. Basculegion 10.9%
  9. Sinistcha 10.5%
  10. Politoed 10.2%
  11. Pelipper 10.1%
  12. Indeedee-F 9.5%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #210 · on 0.2% of teams · 7,750 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Poltergeist 63.6%
  2. Destiny Bond 55.9%
  3. Encore 40.7%
  4. Will-O-Wisp 25.4%
  5. Trick Room 24.6%
  6. Protect 24.4%
  7. Shadow Sneak 17.7%
  8. Swagger 17.4%
  9. Disable 16.5%
  10. Shadow Claw 12.4%

Items

  1. Banettite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Prankster 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 95 12.2%
  2. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 85 7.3%
  3. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 95 5.0%
  4. Relaxed 32/3/30/0/1/0 · Spe 85 4.9%
  5. Careful 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 95 4.8%
  6. Sassy 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 85 3.0%
  7. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 97 2.7%
  8. Brave 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 85 2.4%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 23.8%
  2. Rillaboom 20.1%
  3. Incineroar 13.5%
  4. Archaludon 13.4%
  5. Pawmot 13.4%
  6. Kingambit 11.6%
  7. Sylveon 11.5%
  8. Sinistcha 10.5%
  9. Indeedee-F 9.1%
  10. Politoed 8.6%
  11. Farigiraf 7.7%
  12. Basculegion 7.5%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Pawmot +16.3 pp n = 1,528 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Mega Banette teams; Pawmot is on 3% of all teams (5.76× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Corviknight +8.1 pp n = 791 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Mega Banette teams; Corviknight is on 2% of all teams (4.80× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Torkoal +5.0 pp n = 782 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Mega Banette teams; Torkoal is on 5% of all teams (1.98× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Sinistcha +4.5 pp n = 917 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Mega Banette teams; Sinistcha is on 7% of all teams (1.61× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Milotic +5.8 pp n = 1,366 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Mega Banette teams; Milotic is on 12% of all teams (1.49× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Arcanine-Hisui -0.5 pp n = 858 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Mega Banette teams; Arcanine-Hisui is on 12% of all teams (0.96× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Kingambit -5.6 pp n = 1,524 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Mega Banette teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.78× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Rillaboom -10.6 pp n = 2,792 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 36% of Mega Banette teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.77× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Sneasler -9.8 pp n = 2,115 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 27% of Mega Banette teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.74× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Archaludon -4.9 pp n = 951 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Mega Banette teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (0.71× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Indeedee-F -7.2 pp n = 1,014 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Mega Banette teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.65× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Incineroar -19.1 pp n = 976 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Mega Banette teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.40× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 64
Atk 115
Def 65
SpA 83
SpD 63
Spe 65

Base stat total 455

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: (none) · Serious Nature

Types and weaknesses

Ghost
Weak ×2
GhostDark
Resists ×½
PoisonBug
Immune
NormalFighting

Abilities

Insomnia
This Pokemon cannot fall asleep. Gaining this Ability while asleep cures it.
Frisk
On switch-in, this Pokemon identifies the held items of all opposing Pokemon.
Cursed Body
If this Pokemon is hit by an attack, there is a 30% chance that move gets disabled.

Speed tier

Fastest
128 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
85 (0 SP)
Slowest
76 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

No ladder usage for Banette yet

Banette is not among the Pokémon Smogon reports for this regulation's ladder.

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 1 of 4,641 teams (0.0%) · win rate 50.0% (95% interval 18.8%–81.2%, n = 6 games) · 0 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

No teammate data for this Pokémon.

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