Is Yanma Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Route 35, but rare. Yanma has speed and nothing else. Bug/Flying with low stats across the board. No evolution in Gen 2. A collection piece.
Yanma trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Yanma trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Yanma trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Morty's typing presses Yanma's defenses.
Yanma trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Jasmine's Pokemon outpace and outclass Yanma here.
Yanma trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Clair's team hits Yanma's weaknesses hard.
Lt. Surge's team hits Yanma's weaknesses hard.
Yanma trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Yanma trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Yanma trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Yanma has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Yanma resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Blaine's team hits Yanma's weaknesses hard.
Yanma trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Yanma has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Yanma trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Yanma trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Yanma trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Lance's team hits Yanma's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Yanma on Route 35 (walking, Lv 12, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 12)
- LV 12NormalQuick AttackPower 40Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Moomoo Farm
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- TM46DarkThiefPower 40Accuracy 100%PP 10Team Rocket HQ (Mahogany Town)
- LV 37NormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
Gold & Silver Yanma Locations
Route 35 holds a few wild Yanma, but the rate is thin. The smart play is to wait for the swarm day, when a tip over the in-game phone tells you it has filled that route, and catch one then.
1 location to catch Yanma
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Best Locations to Catch Yanma in Gold & Silver
How to Get Shiny Yanma in Gold & Silver
Yanma stays rare on Route 35 most days, so time your hunt for a swarm, when the grass fills with them and gives your shiny search far more chances to hit. Compare Shiny Yanma odds across every game
Shiny Yanma Evolution
Does Not EvolveGold & Silver Shiny Yanma Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Gold & Silver shiny odds for Yanma.
Yanma Weakness
Rock, Fire, Electric, Ice, and Flying moves hit Yanma for super-effective damage. Rock hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. The upside? Ground-type moves can't touch it at all.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Rock |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Electric, Ice, Flying |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Yanma Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Yanma
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Lapras builds →Blizzard 2x159-188%KO Thunder 2x105-125%KO | ||
 Magmar Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Magmar builds →Fire Blast 2x180-212%KO Thunder Punch 2x75-88% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Sudowoodo builds →Rock Throw 4x156-184%KO Fire Punch 2x33-40% Ice Punch 2x33-40% Thunder Punch 2x33-40% | ||
 Magnemite ElectricSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Magnemite builds →Thunder 2x173-204%KO Rollout 4x36-43% | ||
 Quilava Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Quilava builds →Fire Blast 2x149-176%KO Rollout 4x49-59% | ||
 Flaaffy Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Flaaffy builds →Thunder 2x149-176%KO Fire Punch 2x63-75% | ||
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Geodude builds →Rock Throw 4x128-152%KO Fire Blast 2x53-64% | ||
 Growlithe Fire | A | |
 Onix RockGround | C | |
 Vulpix Fire | B | |
 Fearow Normal | C | |
 Farfetch'd Normal | C | |
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Golbat Poison | B | |
Yanma Evolutions
Breeding is the whole story for Yanma. A decent partner pool through one egg group, eggs take an average time to hatch, and you won't need to evolve anything. It's got 3 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Yanma easily with 23 breeding partners from the Bug egg group. Pass egg moves like Leech Life, Reversal, Whirlwind to offspring.
GS Yanma Best Moveset
Bug/Flying with 95 Speed but offensive stats too low to threaten. Neither Bug nor Flying TermStab hits anything useful in the format. Speed without the moves or stats to exploit it.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Giga Drain
- Wing Attack
- Whirlwind
- Reversal
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Yanma picks up Leech Life and Reversal only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Leech Life while Normal and Grass coverage and more adds range.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
16 of 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
If it flaps its wings really fast, it can generate shock waves that will shatter windows in the area.
Its large eyes can scan 360 degrees. It looks in all directions to seek out insects as its prey.
Yanma Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, Yanma has 390 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Gold & Silver, use Yanma as a pivot. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling,
Game Availability
Available in 17 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Yanma spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in most mainline games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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