Competitive Information for Yanmega [Diamond/Pearl]
Bug / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Yanmega? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Yanmega is a wonderful Bug and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's a super common sight to see Yanmega out in the 4th generation battlefield. Yanmega is weak to Electric, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Charti Berry
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
Special Sweeper Yanmega (Speed Boost)
Yanmega is a remarkable Special Sweeper. It is 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. With Speed Boost, Yanmega's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
♦ 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).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Yanmega? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Charti Berry
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 a sensational 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. With Speed Boost, Yanmega's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
♦ 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).
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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.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Yanmega can perform in Diamond/Pearl. 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 DP 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: Detect, Endure, Protect, Feint, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Hypnosis, Toxic
Moves that boost Yanmega's stats
- Ancient Power
- Ominous Wind
- Silver Wind
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Yanmega
- Air Slash
- Bug Buzz
- Hidden Power Ground
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Sleep Talk
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Yanmega in Diamond and Pearl
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Optimize Yanmega's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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