Is Banette Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Shuppet evolves at level 37. Ghost with AbilityInsomnia. Strong physical Attack for a Ghost-type. The physical/special split helps with physical Ghost moves. Breed-only chain in HGSS.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Banette resists most of Morty's coverage and hits back hard.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Clair's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Banette in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 44-45). Requires 49 Peak objects placed in Marshland.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 44)
- LV 44GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 44DarkSucker PunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 44FireWill-O-WispPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- TM65GhostShadow ClawPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 42
- After Clair
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Sold by the TM clerk on 3F of the Celadon Department Store
How to Get Banette in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Raise a Shuppet to level 37 and it flips into Banette, the line's only pure-Ghost form.
Wild Banette may be holding when caught:
Spell Tag (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a sinister, eerie tag that boosts the power of Ghost-type moves.1 location to catch Banette1 location to catch Shuppet
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Catch Shuppet at any of the 1 location below, then level it up to 37 — it evolves into Banette.
Badge 8Where To Catch Banette in HGSS
Shuppet is your first catch on the way to Banette. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 44-47 across 4 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Banette ✓or evolve from Shuppet (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Banette catch rates for HeartGold & SoulSilver by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Banette in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Banette evolves from Shuppet, so breed that base form Masuda-style and raise it once the shiny shows. Compare Shiny Banette odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Banette Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
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 | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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 HeartGold & SoulSilver 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
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Banette View Cacturne builds →Sucker Punch 2x103-122%KO | ||
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Absol builds →Bite 2x85-101%KO Shadow Claw 2x67-79% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Shiftry builds →Feint Attack 2x70-83% Shadow Ball 2x57-67% | ||
 Haunter GhostPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Haunter builds →Shadow Ball 2x105-124%KO Sucker Punch 2x36-43% | ||
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Murkrow builds →Feint Attack 2x61-72% Shadow Ball 2x55-66% | ||
 Misdreavus Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Misdreavus builds →Shadow Ball 2x83-98% Payback 2x26-31% | ||
 Dusclops Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Dusclops builds →Shadow Ball 2x63-75% Payback 2x30-36% | ||
 Shedinja BugGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Shedinja builds →Shadow Claw 2x74-88% Thief 2x29-34% | ||
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.
HGSS Banette Best Moveset
Physical Ghost attacker at 115 Attack with AbilityFrisk scouting the opponent's item and MoveShadow Sneak providing Ghost-type priority. The moveset fires physical Ghost damage before anything responds. 65 Speed is average, but priority bypasses it. 64 HP limits longevity.
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
All 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
This Pokémon developed from an abandoned doll that amassed a grudge. It is seen in dark alleys.
Banette HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- How do I catch Banette in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone?
See the Locations section above for where to find Banette in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Banette from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Banette easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
Mega Evolution isn't available in HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver 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.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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
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