Is Banette Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilityFrisk reveals held items on switch-in. Transfer-only Ghost. The physical/special split finally separates Ghost moves properly. Banette can now use physical Ghost through MoveShadow Claw and special Ghost through MoveShadow Ball. Handles Maylene and Fantina if imported.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Banette resists most of Saturn's coverage and hits back hard.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Banette on Route 225 (walking, Lv 50-52, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 50)
- LV 50GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 50FireWill-O-WispPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- After Fantina
- TM65GhostShadow ClawPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Gym Leader Fantina at Hearthome City
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Banette in Diamond & Pearl
Banette walks four postgame areas, common to uncommon in the low 50s. The marionette Pokemon haunts the late routes well after the main story, so it is one of the later wild grabs.
Wild Banette may be holding when caught:
Spell Tag (5% chance) Held: Ghost-Type moves from holder do 20% more damage.4 locations to catch Banette
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Banette in DP
- Step 1Obtain ShuppetBREEDINGAvailableLeave Banette with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Shuppet egg.
- Step 2Banette ✓Route 225Lv.50-52GrassRate 20%NightRoute 226Lv.51-53GrassRate 20%NightRoute 227Lv.54GrassRate 10%NightStark Mountain - OutsideLv.54CaveRate 10%Nightor evolve from Shuppet (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Banette catch rates for Diamond & Pearl by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Banette in Diamond & Pearl
Banette haunts Route 225 through Route 227 at night, where a PokeRadar chain is what pulls its shiny down hard. Compare Shiny Banette odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Banette Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Diamond & Pearl with Banette preloaded.
Banette Weakness
Type-wise, Banette takes extra damage from Ghost and Dark. Normal and Fighting moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Normal, Fighting |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Banette Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Banette
 Giratina GhostDragon | S | |
Obtain MethodTurnback Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Giratina builds →Shadow Force 2x139-163%KO Dark Pulse 2x63-74% | ||
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Absol builds →Sucker Punch 2x116-137%KO Shadow Claw 2x68-80% | ||
 Drapion PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Drapion builds →Crunch 2x85-101%KO Shadow Ball 2x42-50% | ||
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Honchkrow builds →Night Slash 2x98-116%KO Shadow Ball 2x65-77% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Banette View Cacturne builds →Sucker Punch 2x104-123%KO | ||
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Weavile builds →Night Slash 2x95-112%KO Shadow Claw 2x63-74% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Shiftry builds →Dark Pulse 2x88-104%KO Shadow Ball 2x59-69% | ||
 Skuntank PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Skuntank builds →Night Slash 2x77-91% Shadow Claw 2x51-61% | ||
 Mismagius Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Mismagius builds →Shadow Ball 2x98-116%KO Dark Pulse 2x65-77% | ||
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Spiritomb builds →Sucker Punch 2x86-102%KO Shadow Ball 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Gengar builds →Shadow Ball 2x118-140%KO Dark Pulse 2x79-93% | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Drifblim builds →Shadow Ball 2x88-104%KO Payback 2x32-39% | ||
 Sableye DarkGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Sableye builds →Shadow Claw 2x65-77% Dark Pulse 2x68-80% | ||
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Rotom builds →Shadow Ball 2x91-107%KO Dark Pulse 2x60-71% | ||
Banette Evolutions
Banette is the evolved form of Shuppet. Breeding produces Shuppet eggs, and they take an average time to hatch. Evolving from Shuppet gave Banette the biggest boost in Attack (+40), bringing the total to 455 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Banette to get Shuppet eggs easily using 31 partners from the Amorphous egg group. Notable egg moves include Astonish, Confuse Ray, Destiny Bond and 6 more.
DP Banette Best Moveset
115 Attack makes Banette one of the strongest physical Ghost attackers, and MoveShadow Sneak provides Ghost-type priority to bypass the average 65 Speed. The moveset hits hard physically but paper defenses at 63-65 mean it rarely survives a hit. AbilityInsomnia blocks sleep moves.
Best Build
Banette best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Shadow Claw
- Shadow Sneak
- Will O Wisp
- Thunder Wave
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Astonish and Confuse Ray aren't available any other way for Banette, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Shadow Ball and Shadow Claw for solid options.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
39 of 43 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
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Banette Diamond & Pearl Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Diamond & Pearl, but Banette does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Banette hits 555 BST.
Yes. Wild Banette in Diamond & Pearl can hold Spell Tag (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Spell Tag.
Yes. Banette is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Banette becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
In Diamond & Pearl, Banette plays as a cannon. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
Game Availability
Banette first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and spans 15 games across 7 generations. It later gained a Mega form in Generation 6, adding new dimensions to its competitive identity.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORASMega
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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