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Competitive Pokemon Sun/Moon Movesets and Strategies for Yanmega

Base Stats for Yanmega

Bug / Flying

Abilities:
,
,

Evolutions / Family:
Yanma
Yanmega

Weakness Chart for Bug/Flying-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

0.5x

2x

0.25x

2x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

0.25x

0x

2x

4x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Yanmega? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.

Common team mates for Yanmega in Pokemon Sun/Moon:

ChanseyGarchompCharizard-Mega-YMiniorGengarMagnezoneSwampertFlygonCharizard-Mega-XDiancie-Mega

Yanmega is a fabulous Bug and Flying-typed Pokemon. Yanmega are common Pokemon to see in the SM metagame. Yanmega is weak to Electric, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.

Species: Yanmega
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Bug Buzz
- Air Slash
- Giga Drain
- Protect

Special Sweeper Yanmega (Popular/Trending)

Yanmega is an astounding Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is 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).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Yanmega recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Yanmega this turn).

Species: Yanmega
Item: Buginium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 76 SpD / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Bug Buzz / Signal Beam
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball

Special Sweeper Yanmega (Speed Boost)

Yanmega is an extraordinary 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. 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 Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 60-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).
♦ 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).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Yanmega? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.

Common team mates for Yanmega in Pokemon Sun/Moon:

ChanseyGarchompCharizard-Mega-YMiniorGengarMagnezoneSwampertFlygonCharizard-Mega-XDiancie-Mega

Species: Yanmega
Item: Flyinium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 76 SpD / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Struggle Bug / Bug Buzz
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball

Doubles Special Sweeper Yanmega (Speed Boost)

Yanmega is a remarkable Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is 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 Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 60-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).
♦ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ 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).

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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Yanmega can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Yanmega

Moves: Sunny Day + Solar Beam
Moves: Endure + Reversal
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Ability: Speed boost + Move: Protect
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Detect, Endure, Protect, Feint

Optimize Yanmega's EVs for Sun/Moon

Competitive Information for Yanmega [Sun/Moon]