Competitive Information for Yanma [Ruby/Sapphire]
Bug / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Yanma? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Yanma is a stupendous Bug and Flying-typed Pokemon. Yanma is a usual Pokemon to see in Generation 3. Yanma is weak to Electric, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Silk Scarf
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Signal Beam / Silver Wind
- Wing Attack
- Shadow Ball
Physical Sweeper Yanma (Speed Boost)
Yanma is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Remember before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Speed Boost, Yanma's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Signal Beam is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Silver Wind is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Wing Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move that deals damage.
♦ Shadow Ball is a physical 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic
- Solar Beam / Giga Drain
- Thief
- Detect
Special Sweeper Yanma (Speed Boost)
Yanma is a decent Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Speed Boost, Yanma's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 60-base power Grass-type move (Yanma recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Thief is a special 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Yanma has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Detect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Yanma this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Yanma? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Item: Silk Scarf
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Signal Beam / Silver Wind
- Wing Attack
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Physical Sweeper Yanma (Speed Boost)
Yanma is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In the dark days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Speed Boost, Yanma's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Signal Beam is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Silver Wind is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Wing Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move that deals damage.
♦ Shadow Ball is a physical 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic
- Solar Beam / Giga Drain
- Thief
- Detect
Doubles Special Sweeper Yanma (Speed Boost)
Yanma is a decent Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. In the old days before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Speed Boost, Yanma's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 60-base power Grass-type move (Yanma recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Thief is a special 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Yanma has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Detect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Yanma this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Yanma 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 Yanma can perform in Ruby/Sapphire. 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 RS Move and Ability Combos for Yanma
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- 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, Quick Attack
- Moves that inflict status: Hypnosis, Toxic
Moves that boost Yanma's stats
- Silver Wind
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Yanma
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Yanma in Ruby and Sapphire
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