When Mega Banette Raids Go Live (Nov 16–24, 2026)

Mega Banette takes over Mega Raids at 6 am local time on Monday, November 16, 2026, and holds the slot until the rotation flips again on Wednesday, November 25. Niantic’s official Pokémon GO news page laid out the full November schedule back on October 19, and raid bosses change at 6:00 a.m. local time, with Mega Sableye running Oct 28–Nov 8, Mega Banette taking the slot Nov 16–24, and Mega Metagross closing the month from Nov 25 to Dec 1.

That’s a nine-day window, the same length as the Mega Sableye raid day that came before it. If you’re planning Mega Banette raid spoofing sessions, don’t leave it until the last weekend, lobby activity and raid pass stock both drop off as a rotation winds down.

Mega Banette Raid Boss Stats

As a raid boss, Mega Banette sits at 41,038 CP with 312 Attack, 160 Defense and 9,000 HP, using Hex as its fast attack. Catchable CP after a win falls in the 1965-2053 range without a weather boost, and the species can reach a max CP of 4,063 once you’ve powered it up at level 51 under ideal conditions. If you keep this one as a Buddy or for Mega Edition GBL, teach it Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball rather than its Fairy or Electric-type options, since Ghost STAB hits harder in most matchups it’ll actually see.

Mega Banette Weaknesses and Resistances

Mega Banette has two weaknesses, Dark and Ghost, both doing 160% damage, while Poison and Bug do just 63%, and Normal and Fighting only 39%. That narrow weakness spread is the whole reason this raid runs faster with the right team than most four-star Mega bosses. Bring Ghost attackers and you’ll shred the HP bar quickly, but they’ll also take super-effective damage back since Mega Banette’s own moves are Ghost-type. Dark-type attackers resist that and can tank the fight longer, which is why most counter lists lean Dark-heavy even though Ghost types technically hit for the same multiplier.

Best Counters for Mega Banette Raid Spoofing Sessions

The best Mega Banette counters are Mega Houndoom, Mega Mewtwo Y and Mega Tyranitar, all of which resist the boss’s Ghost-type charged moves while hitting its double weakness. Don’t have Megas ready? Budget counters that still get the job done are Tyranitar, Kingambit and Hydreigon. Darkrai, Mega Absol, Mega Gyarados and Giratina (Origin) round out a solid six-person lobby. If you’re assembling a remote group for Mega Banette raid spoofing, mix in at least one pure Dark-type like Hydreigon or Kingambit so your team isn’t entirely vulnerable to Banette’s Ghost-type charged attack chaining through a whole lobby.

Shiny Mega Banette Odds This Week

Shiny Mega Banette is confirmed available during this raid window, so there’s a chance of encountering one if you’re lucky. Niantic hasn’t published an exact rate for this particular rotation, and there’s no bonus event layered on top this time the way there was during GO Fest’s Mega Finale, so treat it as a standard Mega Raid shiny chance rather than a boosted one. Shiny Banette is a straightforward palette swap, less dramatic than some shinies, but still worth chaining raids for if you’re missing one. Spoofing lets you hit several gyms back-to-back in different towns instead of being stuck re-rolling the same lobby.

Mega Banette Raid Spoofing: Setting Up Remote Raids on Rooted Android

Mega Banette raid spoofing works the same way as any other remote raid on a rooted Android: a GPS joystick app teleports your in-game location to a gym, you buy or use a Remote Raid Pass, and you battle without physically being there. PGSharp and similar tools handle the teleport side, but the account safety side matters just as much, get your VPN settings right before you start jumping between gyms, since mismatched IP and GPS location is one of the fastest ways to get flagged. Move in short, realistic hops rather than instant long-distance jumps, and leave a cooldown between teleports instead of raid-hopping across a continent in minutes.

Power Spot Coordinates for Mega Banette Raid Spoofing

Gym-dense public spaces give you the best odds of finding an active Mega Banette lobby with other trainers already in it, which matters for remote raids since you need other players to fill the group. A few reliable spots: Trafalgar Square, London (51.5080, -0.1281), Vatican City (41.9029, 12.4534), Yoyogi Park, Tokyo (35.6716, 139.6946), and Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco (37.7793, -122.4194).

All four sit on multiple overlapping gyms within a short radius, so a single teleport usually puts you in range of two or three raid options at once. Rotate between a couple of these rather than camping one spot all week, since repeated identical coordinate jumps are exactly the pattern detection systems look for.

Fog Weather Boost: Timing Catches for Higher CP

Mega Banette is boosted by Fog weather, which raises the CP of wild and raid-caught Banette and gives your attacks a small damage bump during the fight. In-game weather is tied to real-world conditions at whatever coordinates you’re spoofed to, so if you’re chasing a higher-CP catch for GBL’s Mega Edition or just want the strongest possible raid attacker, check which of your Power Spots is showing Fog before you teleport in. London’s autumn mornings genuinely do produce Fog weather in Pokémon GO often enough that Trafalgar Square is a decent bet for this specific boost through most of November.

Community Day Overlap: Mega Banette Doesn’t Count for Kingambit

November’s Community Day lands on November 21, right in the middle of Mega Banette’s run, and features Pawniard with its one-raid Kingambit evolution trick. Mega Banette’s raid is Ghost-type and does not count toward that Dark- or Steel-type raid requirement, so don’t assume you can knock out both goals in one lobby. If you’re running both events the same week, check the full breakdown in the Pawniard Community Day spoofing guide for which raid bosses actually qualify, and plan your Mega Banette sessions as a separate block of time rather than stacking them on top of the Community Day window.

Avoiding Soft Bans During Raid Week

Back-to-back Mega Banette raid spoofing across multiple Power Spots is exactly the kind of session that trips soft bans if you’re sloppy about movement speed and teleport frequency. Keep jumps under reasonable distances, don’t chain more than a handful of raids in a tight window without a break, and watch for the usual warning signs, Pokémon not appearing on the nearby tracker or gyms failing to load. If you do get locked out mid-event, the soft ban causes and duration guide walks through what actually triggers it and how long you’re looking at before you can raid again.

Rooted Phone Setup Checklist for This Event

Mega Banette raids run all day, so your phone needs to hold a GPS lock and keep the spoofing app running in the background without the OS killing it mid-raid. Before November 16, confirm your root access survived any recent Android security update, check your joystick app is on its current build, and make sure battery optimization is disabled for the spoofing app specifically. If you’re shopping for new hardware ahead of the busier December raid season, the rooted phones under £150 guide covers what actually holds up for daily raid spoofing without overspending.

What Comes Next: Mega Metagross Takes Over Nov 25

Mega Banette’s run ends the moment Mega Metagross takes the Mega Raid slot on November 25, so if you’re still missing a shiny or a high-IV catch, don’t let the last couple of days slip by. Five-star and Mega raids otherw