Is Banette Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
AbilityInsomnia blocks sleep. Banette is the physical Ghost-type in RS, which is unique since Ghost is a Special type in Gen 3. High Attack powers Normal-type physical moves instead. Handles Phoebe and Tate and Liza. Not the conventional Ghost approach, but effective.
Roxanne's Pokemon outpace and outclass Shuppet here.
Shuppet trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Shuppet's defenses.
Flannery's typing presses Shuppet's defenses.
Norman's team hits Shuppet's weaknesses hard.
Shuppet trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Sidney's team hits Banette's weaknesses hard.
Banette has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Banette trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catch Shuppet
Catch Shuppet on Route 121 (walking, Lv 26-28, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Fortree City
- After Norman
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 37DarkFeint AttackPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 44GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Shuppet to Banette
Shuppet evolves into Banette at Level 37. Your Shuppet should hit Level 37 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 37)
- LV 37FireWill-O-WispPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 48GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Banette in Ruby & Sapphire
Sapphire keeps a small wild population of Banette, three uncommon spots at one late-game spot, levels 48 to 56. Ruby players evolve a Shuppet at level 37 instead, since no wild ones appear over there.
Wild Banette may be holding when caught:
Spell Tag (5% chance) A hold item that raises the power of GHOST-type moves.1 location to catch Banette3 locations to catch Shuppet
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Catch Shuppet at any of the 3 locations below, then level it up to 37 — it evolves into Banette.
Badge 6Where To Catch Banette in RS
The only way to get Banette during the story is evolving Shuppet (Lv 37).
- Step 1Catch ShuppetMt. Pyre - 1FLv.22-29CaveSapphireRate 100%Mt. Pyre - 2FLv.22-29CaveSapphireRate 100%Mt. Pyre - 3FLv.22-29CaveSapphireRate 100%Mt. Pyre - 4FLv.22-29CaveSapphireRate 90%Mt. Pyre - 5FLv.22-29CaveSapphireRate 90%Mt. Pyre - 6FLv.22-29CaveSapphireRate 90%Mt. Pyre - SummitLv.24-30CaveSapphireRate 85%Mt. Pyre - OutsideLv.27-29CaveSapphireRate 40%Route 121Lv.26-28GrassSapphireRate 30%Route 123Lv.26-28GrassSapphireRate 30%Mt. Pyre - SummitLv.26-30CaveRubyRate 13%Mt. Pyre - 4FLv.25-29CaveRubyRate 10%Mt. Pyre - 5FLv.25-29CaveRubyRate 10%Mt. Pyre - 6FLv.25-29CaveRubyRate 10%
- Step 2Banette ✓Sky Pillar - 1FLv.48-50FloorSapphireRate 15%Sky Pillar - 3FLv.51-53FloorSapphireRate 15%Sky Pillar - 5FLv.54-56FloorSapphireRate 15%or evolve from Shuppet (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Banette catch rates for Ruby & Sapphire by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Banette in Ruby & Sapphire
Banette haunts the upper floors of Sky Pillar in Sapphire, so battle those high-level wild encounters and hope one turns up shiny. Compare Shiny Banette odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Banette Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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 Ruby & Sapphire 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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Banette Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Banette
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Absol builds →Shadow Ball 2x77-91% Bite 2x57-68% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Shiftry builds →Shadow Ball 2x62-73% Thief 2x45-53% | ||
 Mightyena Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Mightyena builds →Crunch 2x64-75% Shadow Ball 2x57-67% | ||
Shuppet Ghost | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Shuppet builds →Shadow Ball 2x73-86% Feint Attack 2x34-40% | ||
 Dusclops Ghost | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Dusclops builds →Shadow Ball 2x69-82% Pursuit 2x22-26% | ||
 Shedinja BugGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Banette View Shedinja builds →Shadow Ball 2x85-101%KO Thief 2x14-17% | ||
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 22 partners from the Amorphous egg group. Notable egg moves include Astonish, Destiny Bond, Disable and 2 more.
RS Banette Best Moveset
115 Attack fires physical Ghost TermStab from MoveShadow Ball (Ghost is a physical type), and AbilityInsomnia blocks sleep moves. MoveWill-O-Wisp burns attackers, MoveDestiny Bond takes the opponent down alongside it. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Sleep-immune physical Ghost with burn support.
Best Build
Banette best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Hidden Power Fighting
- Shadow Ball
- Will O Wisp
- Knock Off
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Astonish and Destiny Bond aren't available any other way for Banette, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Shadow Ball and Astonish 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
24 of 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
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.
A cursed energy permeated the stuffing of a discarded and forgotten plush doll, giving it new life as BANETTE. The POKéMON’s energy would escape if it were to ever open its mouth.
Banette Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Yes. Wild Banette in Ruby & Sapphire 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.
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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