Yungoos
Loitering Pokémon
Although it will eat anything, it prefers fresh living things, so it marches down streets in search of prey.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Yungoos
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 Yungoos can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 3 | Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 7 | Payback Power is doubled if the target has already moved this turn. | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 7 | Pursuit Has double power against, and can hit, Pokémon attempting to switch out. | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 10 | Sand Attack Lowers the target’s accuracy by one stage. | Ground | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 13 | Odor Sleuth 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 |
| 13 | Work Up Raises the user’s Attack and Special Attack by one stage each. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 16 | Bide User waits for two turns, then hits back for twice the damage it took. | Normal | Physical | — | — | 10 |
| 19 | Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| 22 | Mud-Slap Has a chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage. | Ground | Special | 20 | 100 | 10 |
| 25 | Super Fang Inflicts damage equal to half the target’s HP. | Normal | Physical | — | 90 | 10 |
| 28 | Take Down User receives 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil. | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 |
| 31 | Scary Face Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 34 | Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage. | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 37 | Hyper Fang Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Normal | Physical | 80 | 90 | 15 |
| 37 | Yawn Target sleeps at the end of the next turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 40 | Thrash Hits every turn for 2-3 turns, then confuses the user. | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 43 | Rest User sleeps for two turns, completely healing itself. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Yungoos can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
11 sprites & renders for Yungoos.






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