Is Yanma Good in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Playthrough?
Bug/Flying with AbilitySpeed Boost gaining speed each turn. Yanmega via MoveAncient Power is the evolution target and becomes a serious special attacker. Breed-only availability is the obstacle.
Yanma trades roughly evenly with Ilima's team.
Yanma trades roughly evenly with Hala's team.
The Totem Araquanid hits Yanma's weaknesses hard.
The Totem Alolan Marowak outpaces and outclasses Yanma here.
The Totem Lurantis hits Yanma's weaknesses hard.
Olivia's Pokemon outpace and outclass Yanma here.
The Totem Togedemaru hits Yanma's weaknesses hard.
Yanma trades roughly evenly with the Totem Mimikyu.
Nanu's team hits Yanma's weaknesses hard.
The Totem Kommo-o hits Yanmega's weaknesses hard.
Yanmega trades roughly evenly with the Totem Ribombee.
Yanmega trades roughly evenly with Hapu's team.
Molayne's team hits Yanmega's weaknesses hard.
Yanmega trades roughly evenly with Olivia's team.
Yanmega trades roughly evenly with Acerola's team.
Yanmega trades roughly evenly with Kahili's team.
Yanmega trades roughly evenly with Hau's team.
Hatch
Hatch Yanma from an Egg you breed at Paniola Ranch.
Evolve Yanma to Yanmega
Usually ready to evolve before you reach Kommo-o, at typical party pace.
How to Get Yanma in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
Yanma doesn't appear in the wild in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon. Catch Yanmega instead and breed it. Its Egg hatches into Yanma, and the step cards below show where Yanmega turns up.
How to Obtain Yanma in USUM
- Step 1Yanma ✓
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Yanmegaor evolve from Yanma (Step 1)
How to Get Shiny Yanma in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
Yanma offers no boosted encounter, so pair a foreign-language parent with it at the Day Care and hatch eggs the Masuda way for a shiny. Compare Shiny Yanma odds across every game
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Shiny Yanma Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Masuda Method, about 1 in 512 on each try. Tune it below.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 54 |
| 25%one in four | 148 |
| 50%coin flip | 355 |
| 90%very likely | 1,178 |
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 Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon 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 |
What is Yanma Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Yanma
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Route 8 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Rampardos builds →Head Smash 4x692-815%KO Fire Blast 2x78-92% Ice Beam 2x64-76% Thunderbolt 2x64-76% | ||
 Nihilego RockPoison | B | |
Obtain MethodUltra Space Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Nihilego builds →Power Gem 4x296-349%KO Thunderbolt 2x111-131%KO | ||
 Crustle BugRock | C | |
Obtain MethodUltra Space Wilds Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Crustle builds →Rock Wrecker 4x467-550%KO Aerial Ace 2x63-75% | ||
 Terrakion RockFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodUltra Space Wilds Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Terrakion builds →Stone Edge 4x373-439%KO Aerial Ace 2x75-88% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
 Lycanroc Rock | C | |
 Archeops Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Archen (Route 8 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Archeops builds →Stone Edge 4x402-473%KO Fly 2x180-213%KO | ||
 Tyrantrum RockDragon | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrunt (Route 8 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Tyrantrum builds →Head Smash 4x530-623%KO Aerial Ace 2x71-84% | ||
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodUltra Space Wilds Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Rayquaza builds →Stone Edge 4x285-335%KO Fly 2x192-226%KO Overheat 2x184-217%KO Ice Beam 2x128-151%KO | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Route 8 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Armaldo builds →Stone Edge 4x364-429%KO Aerial Ace 2x73-86% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Rhydon builds →Stone Edge 4x376-442%KO Fire Blast 2x60-70% Ice Beam 2x49-58% Thunderbolt 2x49-58% | ||
 Minior Rock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Minior builds →Power Gem 4x242-285%KO Acrobatics 2x84-99% Charge Beam 2x51-60% | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodSeafolk Village Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Aerodactyl builds →Stone Edge 4x313-369%KO Fly 2x141-166%KO Thunder Fang 2x68-80% Ice Fang 2x68-80% | ||
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Route 8 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanma View Kabutops builds →Stone Edge 4x339-399%KO Aerial Ace 2x68-80% Ice Beam 2x64-76% | ||
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 77 breeding partners from the Bug egg group. Pass egg moves like Double-Edge, Feint, Feint Attack and 7 more to offspring.
USUM Yanma Best Moveset
Bug/Flying at 75 Sp. Atk with AbilitySpeed Boost raising Speed by one stage every turn and AbilityCompound Eyes boosting accuracy. The moveset at pre-evolution power cannot capitalize on the Speed gains. Yanmega one evolution away adds 116 Sp. Atk with AbilitySpeed Boost for the real threat.
Best Build
Yanma best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Bug Buzz
- Air Slash
- Protect
- U Turn
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Yanma picks up Double-Edge and Feint 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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Yanma Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Guide
For Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, 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.
Frisk is the hidden ability. Reveals an opponent's held item upon entering battle. Not always the best choice. Compare it to Yanma's regular abilities before committing.
In Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, use Yanma as a balanced. Splits damage between physical and special. Speed is middling,
For Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, run Modest on Yanma. +Sp. Atk is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
For Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, build your team around Swirlix, Misdreavus, and Porygon. These have the highest co-usage rates with Yanma in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
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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