Forms
Yamask
Spirit Pokémon
The spirit of a person from a bygone age became this Pokémon. It rambles through ruins, searching for someone who knows its face.
Details
Abilities
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows
Where to find Yamask
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Yamask can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Protect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 4 | Haze Resets all Pokémon’s stats, accuracy, and evasion. | Ice | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 8 | Night Shade Inflicts damage equal to the user’s level. | Ghost | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| 12 | Disable Disables the target’s last used move for 1-8 turns. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 16 | Will-O-Wisp Burns the target. | Fire | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| 20 | Crafty Shield Protects all friendly Pokémon from non-damaging moves. | Fairy | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 24 | Hex Has double power if the target has a major status ailment. | Ghost | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 25 | Ominous Wind Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage. | Ghost | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| 28 | Mean Look Prevents the target from leaving battle. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 32 | Grudge If the user faints this turn, the PP of the move that fainted it drops to 0. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 36 | Curse Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 40 | Shadow Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Ghost | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 44 | Dark Pulse Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Dark | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 48 | Guard Split Averages Defense and Special Defense with the target. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 48 | Power Split Averages Attack and Special Attack with the target. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 52 | Destiny Bond If the user faints this turn, the target automatically will, too. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Yamask can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
12 sprites & renders for Yamask.






Across the games






More Ghost-type Pokémon
Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
Community notes
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Cite this page
“Yamask”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/yamask.
Species data from PokéAPI.