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yanma
#193

Yanma

Clear Wing Pokémon

BugFlying

Its eyes can see 360 degrees without moving its head. It won’t miss prey--even those behind it.

Base Stats

HP 65
Attack 65
Defense 45
Sp. Atk 75
Sp. Def 45
Speed 95
Total 390

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

yanmega Yanmega Ancient Power

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Clear Wing Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 38.0 kg
Base Exp 78
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Bug

Sprites

yanma Front Front
yanma Back Back
yanma Front Shiny Front Shiny
yanma Back Shiny Back Shiny
yanma Official Art Official Art
yanma Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

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Attacking Lead
Moves
Protect / Hidden Power Ground
Item
Focus Sash
Ability
Compound Eyes / Speed Boost
Nature
Timid / Modest
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

While Yanma may seem harmless at first glance, it can actually deal quite some damage, having the ability to 2HKO many common leads in UU. Yanma has two great abilities in Compound Eyes and Speed Boost, increasing the accuracy of its moves and raising Yanma's Speed every turn, respectively. After two boosts to its Speed, Yanma is capable of outspeeding everything in UU. Yanma also has access to Bug Buzz and Air Slash, two reliable STAB options with good coverage in UU, as well as a useful support move in Hypnosis, which has its accuracy issues alleviated somewhat by Compound Eyes. Yanma does have its fair share of drawbacks despite these many advantages, mainly its paper-thin defenses and relatively shallow movepool. Also, Yanma's all around awful typing makes it 4x weak to the ever present Stealth Rock, pounding one more nail into its coffin. Nonetheless, Yanma is a very unique Pokemon who can be a real asset to a team that is designed to support it appropriately.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc