Is Yanma Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Route 35 encounter. Bug/Flying with AbilitySpeed Boost raising Speed every turn or AbilityCompound Eyes for accuracy. HGSS gives Yanma a Gen 4 evolution into Yanmega by leveling with Ancient Power. AbilitySpeed Boost on Yanmega is one of the strongest ability combos available.
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 Yanmega's defenses.
Chuck's team hits Yanmega's weaknesses hard.
Jasmine's team hits Yanmega's weaknesses hard.
Yanmega has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Yanmega trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Yanmega resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Yanmega resists most of Misty's coverage and hits back hard.
Yanmega trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Yanmega resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Yanmega has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Yanmega has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Yanmega trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Yanmega has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Yanmega resists most of Will's coverage and hits back hard.
Yanmega has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Yanmega has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Yanmega resists most of Karen's coverage and hits back hard.
Yanmega trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Yanma on Route 35 (walking, Lv 12, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
- LV 43FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- LV 49BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 54FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- LV 57BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Yanma to Yanmega
Usually ready to evolve before you reach Morty, at typical party pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 19)
- LV 19BugBug BitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
- LV 49BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 54FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- LV 57BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Yanma in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Yanma sticks to one Johto route, where it is a rare daytime find most of the time. When its swarm is active that same route fills with common Yanma, which is far and away the easiest window to grab one.
Wild Yanma may be holding when caught:
Wide Lens (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a magnifying lens that slightly boosts the accuracy of moves.1 location to catch Yanma
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Where To Catch Yanma in HGSS
Yanma is where the line starts, caught through walking encounters at Lv. 12. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Evolve into Yanmega
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver for Yanma.
How to Get Shiny Yanma in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Yanma buzzes around Route 35, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign parent at 1 in 1,638. Compare Shiny Yanma odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Yanma Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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 HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
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 →Ice Beam 2x125-148%KO Thunderbolt 2x83-99% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x180-212%KO Thunder Fang 2x69-83% | ||
 Magmar Fire | C | |
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Plusle Electric | B | |
 Scyther Bug | C | |
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter | ||
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Magnemite ElectricSteel | C | |
 Quilava Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Flaaffy Electric | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Graveler builds →Rock Tomb 4x149-176%KO Fire Blast 2x68-80% | ||
Yanma Evolutions
Yanma doesn't evolve by leveling. You'll need knowing a specific move to push it forward to Yanmega. The evolved forms gain up to 125 total stats over Yanma. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Yanma easily with 48 breeding partners from the Bug egg group. Pass egg moves like Feint, Feint Attack, Leech Life and 5 more to offspring.
HGSS Yanma Best Moveset
Bug/Flying at 95 Speed with AbilitySpeed Boost accelerating one stage every turn automatically. The moveset gets faster each turn without spending a move on setup. 75 Sp. Atk is decent for special Bug attacks. Evolve to Yanmega for the real power.
Best Build
Yanma best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Hypnosis
- U Turn
- Air Slash
- Hidden Power Ice
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Yanma picks up Feint and Feint Attack only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Bug Buzz and Leech Life while coverage across 7 types 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. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
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
19 of 20 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Yes. Wild Yanma in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Wide Lens (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Wide Lens.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, you can run Yanma through the first few routes without issues. 390 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Yanmega as fast as you can.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Yanma as a pivot. Splits damage between physical and special. Speed is middling,
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Naive on Yanma. +Speed is what matters, and the -Sp. Def cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the pivot role.
Game Availability
Available in 17 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Yanma spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form 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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