What is a good moveset for Yanmega?
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Yanmega (M) @ Choice SpecsAbility: Tinted LensEVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Air Slash- Bug Buzz- Giga Drain- Hidden Power [Ground]
This guy hits everything hard with Bug Buzz and Air Slash. Who needs Speed Boost, just get rid of everything that outspeeds you and sweep from there. Even if they send in a Pokemon to resist your move you are locked into you will still 2HKO 99.9% of the time. Giga Drain and HP Ground are coverage.
(Thanks Mew for the item and the idea for HP Ground and the 4 Def thingy :P)
Yanmega @ LeftoversAbility: Speed BoostEVs: 128 HP / 128 Def / 128 SpA / 124 DefTimid Nature- Bug Buzz- Air Slash- Ancient Power- Giga Drain
Bug Buzz - STAB, strong, accurate, may lower SDefAir Slash - STAB, strong, quite accurateAncientPower - coverage, may boost everythingGiga Drain - coverage, accurate, recovery
Format: VGC
Buzkill (Yanmega) @ Life OrbAbility: Speed Boost / Tinted LensEVs: 4 HP / 228 Def / 252 SpA / 24 SpeModest Nature-Bug Buzz-Hidden Power [Ice]/ Hidden Power [Ground]-Swagger/ Giga Drain / Air Slash / Ancient Power-Detect/ Protect
My prefered moves are inbold
This set is more for VGC than anything else. It’s a “bulky set” if Yanmega was ever bulky. 228 Def 4 HP lets it survive an Adamant 252 Atk Landourus-T’s Rock Slide in Doubles. Hidden Power [Ice] is for Salamence, Landourus-T and for Garchomp for easy OHKOs. Life orb ensures a chance to 68.8% chance OHKO Bisharp. Otherwise I would like to run Detect to avoid getting imprisoned in double battles, losing the ability to Protect with this guy would be catastrophic as his bulk is quite limited.
Swagger is prefered for me, just because Swagger can be used to play games with your opponent, as Confusion + the chance to flinch with Bug Buzz could change the outcome of the game. If you can, you can run Air SLash instead for STAB, or Ancient Power to do massive damage to Charizard and possibly Talonflame that don’t OHKO you (its a 50% chance to OHKO Yanmega with Brave Bird if you are not Life Orb Talonflame). And Yanmega can 2HKO Cresselia with Bug Buzz without issue as Ice Beam from it will only do about half.
National Dex Monotype (Bug)Yanmega @ Throat Spray / Heavy Duty BoostsAbility: Speed BoostEVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 SpeModest NatureIVs: 0 Atk- Bug Buzz- Air Slash- Giga Drain- Psychic / Protect
Bug Buzz is STAB. Air Slash is also STAB. Giga Drain is for coverage and is for healing. Psychic is also for coverage. Protect can be used instead to allow you to gain a free turn for Speed Boost to activate. Throat Spray can be an item to use on this set if you want to raise your special attack 1 stage after you use Bug Buzz. Heavy Duty Boots is another option so Yanmega won’t get hurt by Stealth Rock.
Yanmega (F) @ Weakness Policy
Ability: Speed BoostEVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 SpdTimid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)- Endure- Bug Buzz- Giga Drain- Hidden Power [Fire]
Endure + Weakness Policy boost + Speed Boost makes Yanmega ahugethreat. Bug Buzz is there for STAB while Giga Drain is there for coverage and restores health. HP Fire is for other Bug Types, Ice Types, and Steel Types that Yanmega can’t touch with Bug Buzz and Giga Drain. Just watch out for priority moves and pesky Fire Types that can take Yanmega out.
Hope this helps! (:
Gen V
Yanmega @ Expert BeltAbility: Compound EyesEVs 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe- Hidden Power [Ground]- Air Slash- Bug Buzz / Silver Wind- Ancient Power
HP Ground - To cover Fire and Rock weaknesses
Air Slash - STAB
Bug Buzz / Silver Wind - Power or lucky stat boost
Ancient Power - To cover Ice-types and flying Fire-types such as Charizard. Plus lucky stat boost
Here is a moveset I recommend for Yanmega:Yanmega@ Choice SpecsAbility:Speed BoostEVs: 32 Def / 252 SpA / 224 SpeModest Nature- Bug Buzz- Air Slash- Giga Drain- Ominous Wind
This moveset uses Yanmega as a head-on Sweeper. The first two are chosen STAB since they are the most powerful. Giga Drain covers its 4x weakness to Rock-types so it can get a recovery as well. Ominous Wind is chosen coverage since it’s still weak to Flying Types. Note, Rapid Spin support is needed for it to fully function.
-Mike
Yanmega @ Focus SashAbility: Speed BoostEVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpeModest Nature- Bug Buzz- Shadow Ball- Hidden Power [Fighting]- Protect
- Bug Buzz (S.T.A.B.)2) Shadow Ball (Coverage)3) Hidden Power Fighting (Coverage)4) Protect
Notes: Use Protect on the 1st turn to outspeed most everything and to negate “Fake Out”.Ghost / Fighting is full coverage in only 2 attacks along with Bug Buzz this allows you to have an effective movepool.
Gen VI
Yanmega@ Insect Plate / Silver PowderAbility: Speed BoostEVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpeModest Nature- Bug Buzz- Air Slash- Ancient Power- Protect
Moveset:Bug Buzz: STAB, main power source.Air Slash: STAB, back-up power source.Ancient Power: Coverage against Fire, Ice, and Flying weakness. Also chance to boost stats.Protect: Makes sure you get off speed boost and to trick your opponent once in awhile.
Yanmega @ Expert BeltAbility: Speed BoostEVs: 252 SpA / 252 SpeModest Nature- Bug Buzz- Air Slash- Giga Drain / Hidden Power [Electric]- Protect / Detect
Moveset:Bug Buzz: STABAir Slash: Chance to flinch + STABGiga Drain / HP Electric: Deals with Vaporeon and Donphan, two huge walls in UU and gives Yanmega reliable health recovery / Perfect coverageProtect / Detect: Gives the first and Speed Boost, which is necessary because it is not fast enough because of the Modest Nature making Speed cap at 289
Expert Belt, because Life Orb puts it on timer.The Modest Nature is necessary, since Yanmega does not hit hard enough without the Life Orb
Yanmega (M)Item: Weakness PolicyAbility: Speed BoostEVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 SpeModest Nature- Protect (Cuz of the Speed Boost)- Bug Buzz (Good bug type move)- Air Slash (Good flying type move)- Ancient Power (Great attack since its weak to ice fire and flying)
Yanmega @ Choice SpecsAbility: Tinted LensEVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpeTimid Nature= Bug Buzz- Air Slash- Giga Drain- Psychic / Ancient Power
Bug Buzz (STAB)Air Slash (STAB)Giga Drain (for Rock types)Psychic (coverage for Nidoqueen and Roserade and others) / Ancient Power (coverage against Ice type, may raise stats)
Role: Special Sweeper
Yanmega @ Razor FangAbility: Speed BoostEVs: 6 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpeTimidNature /ModestNature- Giga Drain- Bug Buzz- Air Slash- Ancient Power / Protect
Moves:
Giga Drain: Giga Drain covers rock, Yanmega’s biggest weakness. Since Yanmega is super fast, it should be able to attack first. It also has a 10% chance of making the foe flinch (due to Razor Fang).Bug Buzz: STAB, and has chance of lowering opponents Sp. Defense. Had a 10% of making the foe flinch (due to Razor Fang).Air Slash: STAB, and has a 30% of making the opponent flinch, 40% if it holds the Razor Fang, which those odds sound pretty good to me.Ancient PowerorProtect: Ancient Power has a chance to increase all stats at once by one stage. Protect will give you a free speed boost, and you won’t take any damage Ancient Power has a 10% of making the foe flinch (due to Razor Fang).
Yanmega @ Choice SpecsAbility: Speed BoostEVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Giga Drain- Hidden Power [Ground]- Bug Buzz- Ancient Power
Explanation:Choice Specs can come handy in dealing a ton more damage, Speed Boost will slowly creep your enemy as you get faster every turn. Ancient Power covers Fire-Type, Flying-Type and Ice-Type weakness, Giga Drain is healing, plus Rock-Type Coverage. Hidden Power [Ground] covers Electric-Type weakness and is nice to cover a lot of other types (specifically Steel-Type). Bug Buzz is mandatorystab.
Choice Specs and Speed Boost come in as a nice tandem, the longer you last, the better.
BDSP competitive moveset:
Yanmega @ Choice BandAbility: Tinted LensEVs: 252 Spe / 252 Atk / 4 DefTimid / Jolly Nature- U-Turn- Night Slash / Aerial Ace / Steel Wing- Night Slash / Aerial Ace / Steel Wing- Leech Life
I think Yanmega has some potential for a Choice Bander! With Tinted Lens, bad match-ups aren’t as important, so hit hard withLeech Lifeand moves likeNight Slash,Aerial Ace, orSteel Wing. Of course,U-Turnfor emergencies.
