Yanma
Clear Wing Pokémon
Its frail wings are so thin that one can see clear through them. However, during flight these wings exhibit the power to churn air with force enough to launch a house skyward.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Yanma
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 Yanma can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foresight Forces the target to have no Evade, and allows it to be hit by Normal and Fighting moves even if it’s a Ghost. | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 1 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 6 | Gust Inflicts regular damage and can hit Pokémon in the air. | Flying | Special | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 6 | Quick Attack Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 11 | Double Team Raises the user’s evasion by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 11 | Silver Wind Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage. | Bug | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| 14 | Aerial Ace Never misses. | Flying | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 14 | Air Cutter Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Flying | Special | 60 | 95 | 25 |
| 14 | Sonic Boom Inflicts 20 points of damage. | Normal | Special | — | 90 | 20 |
| 17 | Detect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn. | Fighting | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 22 | Supersonic Confuses the target. | Normal | Status | — | 55 | 20 |
| 27 | Uproar Forced to use this move for several turns. Pokémon cannot fall asleep in that time. | Normal | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 30 | Bug Bite If target has a berry, inflicts double damage and uses the berry. | Bug | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 30 | Pursuit Has double power against, and can hit, Pokémon attempting to switch out. | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 30 | String Shot Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages. | Bug | Status | — | 95 | 40 |
| 33 | Ancient Power Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage. | Rock | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| 37 | Swift Never misses. | Normal | Special | 60 | — | 20 |
| 38 | Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep. | Psychic | Status | — | 60 | 20 |
| 43 | Wing Attack Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Flying | Physical | 60 | 100 | 35 |
| 46 | Screech Lowers the target’s Defense by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 40 |
| 49 | U-turn User must switch out after attacking. | Bug | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 54 | Air Slash Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Flying | Special | 75 | 95 | 15 |
| 57 | Bug Buzz Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Bug | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
Breeding & egg moves
Yanma can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
22 sprites & renders for Yanma.






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Cite this page
“Yanma”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/yanma.
Species data from PokéAPI.