Competitive Information for Galarian Yamask [Sword/Shield]
Ground / Ghost
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Yamask-galar? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Yamask is pretty popular Ground and Ghost-typed Pokemon. Yamask is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Yamask can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Yamask is weak to Dark, Ghost, Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Expert Belt / Choice Band
Ability: Wandering Spirit
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Poltergeist / Astonish
- Zen Headbutt
- Rock Slide / Brutal Swing
Physical Sweeper Yamask-Galar (Wandering Spirit)
Yamask is an interesting Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Expert Belt boosts the damage of Yamask's super effective moves by 20%. Choice Band will increase the damage of Yamask's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Wandering Spirit, pokemon making contact with Yamask have their ability swapped with this one. Rock Slide or Brutal Swing are added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Poltergeist is a physical STAB-boosted 110-base power Ghost-type move (fails if the target has no held item).
◆ Astonish is a physical STAB-boosted 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Brutal Swing is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent pokemon).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Yamask-galar? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Wandering Spirit
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Poltergeist / Astonish
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Brutal Swing / Thief
Doubles Physical Sweeper Yamask-Galar (Wandering Spirit)
Yamask is a fabulous Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Yamask's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Yamask's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Wandering Spirit, pokemon making contact with Yamask have their ability swapped with this one.
◆ Poltergeist is a physical STAB-boosted 110-base power Ghost-type move (fails if the target has no held item).
◆ Astonish is a physical STAB-boosted 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Brutal Swing is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Yamask has no item, it steals the target's).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Wandering Spirit
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 48 Def / 208 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Poltergeist / Astonish
- Zen Headbutt
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Yamask-Galar (Wandering Spirit)
Yamask is pretty popular Defensive Trick Room for single battles. Focus Sash helps protect Yamask from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Wandering Spirit, pokemon making contact with Yamask have their ability swapped with this one. Rock Slide or Brutal Swing are added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Poltergeist is a physical STAB-boosted 110-base power Ghost-type move (fails if the target has no held item).
◆ Astonish is a physical STAB-boosted 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Yamask-galar 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 Yamask-galar can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Yamask-galar
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Crafty Shield, Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Yamask-galar's stats
- Calm Mind
- Curse
- Iron Defense
- Nasty Plot
Most notable and possible best moves for Yamask-galar
- Destiny Bond
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
Common Effort Values for Yamask-galar in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Yamask-galar's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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