Is Yanma Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Great Marsh encounter at level 26, available during the story. AbilitySpeed Boost raises Speed each turn automatically. Level up with MoveAncient Power for Yanmega, the Gen 4 evolution. Bug/Flying with increasing Speed is a unique tool for the late game.
Roark's Pokemon outpace and outclass Yanma here.
Gardenia's Pokemon outpace and outclass Yanma here.
Yanma has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Yanma trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Yanmega has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Byron's team hits Yanmega's weaknesses hard.
Yanmega has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Yanmega trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Yanmega has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Yanmega has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Yanmega trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Yanmega has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Yanmega has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Yanmega has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Yanmega has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Yanmega trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Yanma in the Great Marsh (walking, Lv 26-29, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 49BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 54FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- LV 57BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Yanma to Yanmega
Usually ready to evolve before you reach Crasher Wake, at typical party pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 49BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 54FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- LV 57BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Yanma in Platinum
Yanma clusters at one area, eight encounters at levels 26 to 31, ranging common to rare. The time of day shifts how often it shows, so morning, day, and night each change your odds.
Wild Yanma may be holding when caught:
Wide Lens (5% chance) Held: Provides a 1/10 (10%) boost in accuracy to the holder.1 location to catch Yanma
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 5Where To Catch Yanma in Pt
Yanma is where the line starts, caught through walking encounters at Lv. 26-31. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Evolve into YanmegaBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Yanma egg.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Platinum for Yanma.
How to Get Shiny Yanma in Platinum
Yanma only darts through the Great Marsh, out of the Radar's reach, so breed one with a foreign Ditto for a shiny. Compare Shiny Yanma odds across every game
Platinum 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 Platinum 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
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Rampardos builds →Rock Slide 4x331-391%KO Fire Blast 2x83-98% Ice Beam 2x65-77% Thunderbolt 2x65-77% | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Aerodactyl builds →Rock Slide 4x230-272%KO Fly 2x137-161%KO Thunder Fang 2x65-77% Ice Fang 2x65-77% | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Probopass builds →Rock Slide 4x139-164%KO Thunderbolt 2x74-87% | ||
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Regice builds →Ice Beam 2x137-161%KO Ancient Power 4x118-140%KO Thunderbolt 2x91-108%KO | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Anorith builds →Rock Slide 4x211-249%KO Aerial Ace 2x56-66% | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Infernape builds →Fire Blast 2x177-209%KO Rock Slide 4x150-177%KO Aerial Ace 2x60-72% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter | ||
 Bastiodon RockSteel | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Shieldon (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Bastiodon builds →Rock Slide 4x134-158%KO Fire Blast 2x65-77% Ice Beam 2x53-62% Thunderbolt 2x53-62% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Gliscor builds →Rock Slide 4x141-166%KO Aerial Ace 2x84-99% Thunder Fang 2x60-72% Ice Fang 2x60-72% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Houndoom builds →Fire Blast 2x187-221%KO Thunder Fang 2x58-70% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x173-204%KO Thunder Fang 2x69-81% Aerial Ace 2x64-75% | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Manectric builds →Thunderbolt 2x144-170%KO Flamethrower 2x96-113%KO | ||
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.
Pt Yanma Best Moveset
Yanmega evolves from Yanma now and takes AbilitySpeed Boost from a curiosity to a genuine sweeping engine. The moveset here has 95 Speed and 75 Sp. Atk for basic Bug/Flying special attacks. Yanmega with AbilitySpeed Boost or AbilityTinted Lens is the real threat.
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 8 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
29 of 30 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It can hover in one spot by flapping its wings at high speed. It flits about to guard its territory.
Yanma Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Yanma in Platinum 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 Platinum, 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 Platinum, use Yanma as a pivot. Splits damage between physical and special. Speed is middling,
For Platinum, 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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