What is a good competitive moveset for Yanmega? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Yanmega is a phenomenal Bug and Flying-typed Pokemon. Yanmega are common Pokemon to see in the BW metagame. Yanmega is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Yanmega is weak to Electric, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Species: Yanmega Item: Life Orb / Silver Powder Ability: Speed Boost Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk) Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk) EVs: 252 SpA / 76 SpD / 180 Spe Moveset: - Bug Buzz / Signal Beam - Air Slash / Air Cutter - Psychic - Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Yanmega (Speed Boost)
Yanmega is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Yanmega from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Yanmega's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Speed Boost, Yanmega's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
♦ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Signal Beam is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target). ♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes). ♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Yanmega? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Species: Yanmega Item: Life Orb / Sharp Beak Ability: Speed Boost Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk) Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk) EVs: 252 SpA / 76 SpD / 180 Spe Moveset: - Air Cutter / Air Slash - Bug Buzz / Signal Beam - Psychic - Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Yanmega (Speed Boost)
Yanmega is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Yanmega from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Yanmega's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Speed Boost, Yanmega's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes). ♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Signal Beam is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target). ♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Yanmega learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation. Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Yanmega can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Yanmega
Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
Moves: Swagger + Psych up
Moves: Swagger + Screech
Moves: Endure + Reversal
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Moves: Substitute + Reversal
Ability: Speed boost + Move: Protect
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Detect, Endure, Protect, Feint
Moves that Break Screens: Defog
Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Hypnosis
Moves that boost Yanmega's stats
Ancient Power
Ominous Wind
Silver Wind
Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Yanmega
Protect
Rest
Roost
Toxic
U-turn
Common Effort Values for Yanmega in Black and White
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