Competitive Information for Yanmega [Sun/Moon]
Bug / Flying
Abilities:
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.
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Yanmega is an extraordinary Bug and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty common sight to see Yanmega out in the 7th generation battlefield. Yanmega is weak to Electric, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
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 a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It attempts 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 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).
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 a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It's 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.
♦ 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.
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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 fabulous 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).
♦ 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.
Damage Modifiers:
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: Swagger + Psych Up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Ability: Speed boost + Move: Protect
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Detect, Endure, Protect, Feint
Most notable and possible best moves for Yanmega
- Air Slash
- Bug Buzz
- Defog
- Giga Drain
- Hidden Power Fire
- Hidden Power Ground
- Hidden Power Ice
- Protect
- Psychic
- Roost
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Yanmega in Sun and Moon
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/4/252/0/252/ )
- Optimize Yanmega's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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