Is Yanmega Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Gen 4 evolution from Yanma by learning MoveAncient Power. Bug/Flying with AbilitySpeed Boost gaining Speed every turn or AbilityTinted Lens doubling resisted moves. Both abilities are elite. Transfer-only since Yanma isn't native to Sinnoh. If imported, handles Gardenia and Maylene.
Roark's team hits Yanma's weaknesses hard.
Yanma trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Yanma has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Yanmega has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Yanmega trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Yanmega trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Yanmega resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Yanmega trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Yanmega has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Yanmega resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
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 Mars's team.
Yanmega has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Yanmega resists most of Saturn's coverage and hits back hard.
Yanmega has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catch Yanma
Catch Yanma in the Great Marsh (walking, Lv 22-26, uncommon). Post-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- 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
- 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 Gardenia
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- 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 46BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 49FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- LV 54BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Yanmega in Diamond & Pearl
A Yanma that knows Ancient Power evolves into Yanmega the next time it levels up. The dragonfly never spawns wild, so getting that move onto it is the whole trick to the evolution.
Wild Yanmega may be holding when caught:
Wide Lens (5% chance) Held: Provides a 1/10 (10%) boost in accuracy to the holder.Catch Yanma at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Yanmega.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Yanma
- 2Evolve YanmegaAfter Ancient Power learned
Badge 3How to Obtain Yanmega in DP
- Step 2Yanmega ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Yanma egg.
How to Get Shiny Yanmega in Diamond & Pearl
Yanmega grows from Yanma, so breed that base Masuda-style and evolve it with AncientPower. Compare Shiny Yanmega odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Yanmega 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Yanmega already selected.
Yanmega Weakness
Rock, Fire, Electric, Ice, and Flying moves hit Yanmega 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. Yanmega's physical bulk (base 86 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| 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 Yanmega Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Yanmega
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanmega View Aerodactyl builds →Rock Slide 4x132-156%KO Fly 2x79-93% Thunder Fang 2x39-46% Ice Fang 2x39-46% | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanmega View Anorith builds →Rock Slide 4x122-144%KO Aerial Ace 2x34-40% | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanmega View Probopass builds →Rock Slide 4x86-102%KO Thunderbolt 2x59-70% | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanmega View Gliscor builds →Rock Slide 4x81-96% Aerial Ace 2x51-60% Thunder Fang 2x35-42% Ice Fang 2x35-42% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanmega View Solrock builds →Rock Slide 4x122-144%KO Fire Blast 2x59-70% | ||
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanmega View Graveler builds →Rock Slide 4x122-144%KO Fire Blast 2x52-62% | ||
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanmega View Manectric builds →Thunderbolt 2x114-135%KO Flamethrower 2x76-90% | ||
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
 Luxray Electric | C | |
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanmega View Monferno builds →Fire Blast 2x114-135%KO Rock Slide 4x71-84% Aerial Ace 2x28-34% | ||
 Kabuto RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Yanmega View Kabuto builds →Rock Slide 4x112-132%KO Ice Beam 2x47-56% | ||
Yanmega Evolutions
Getting Yanmega requires knowing a specific move, not just grinding levels. The chain starts at Yanma. Breed this form to get Yanma eggs (average hatch time). Defense grew the most through evolution (+41 over Yanma), and Yanmega peaks at 515 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Yanmega to get Yanma eggs easily using 48 partners from the Bug egg group. Notable egg moves include Feint, Feint Attack, Leech Life and 5 more.
DP Yanmega Best Moveset
116 Sp. Atk and AbilitySpeed Boost raising Speed every turn, or AbilityTinted Lens doubling the power of resisted moves. Either ability gives the moveset a powerful niche: accelerating attacker or unresistable coverage. MoveBug Buzz hits hard from the special side. 25% from MoveStealth Rock is the cost.
Best Build
Yanmega best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Air Slash
- Bug Buzz
- Hidden Power Ground
- U Turn
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Yanmega misses out on Feint and Feint Attack. That's 8 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Bug Buzz and Leech Life, with coverage across 8 types rounding things out.
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
32 of 33 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
By churning its wings, it creates shock waves that inflict critical internal injuries to foes.
Yanmega Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, use Yanmega as a wallbreaker. Splits damage between physical and special. Speed is middling,
For Diamond & Pearl, run Modest on Yanmega. +Sp. Atk is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
Available in 12 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Yanmega spans 6 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in a solid number of games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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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