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Yanma
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Yanma

BugFlying

Best attacking moveset: Wing Attack and Aerial Ace, worth 7.3 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Yanma can learn 6 combinations. Wing Attack with Aerial Ace does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.

Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.

Type matchups

Takes double damageRock
Weak toFlyingFireElectricIce
ResistsBug
Strongly resistsGroundFightingGrass
Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Quick AttackNormal101.0s+13
Wing AttackFlying101.0s+11
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Aerial AceFlying552.5s-33
Ancient PowerRock703.5s-33
Silver WindBug653.5s-33

Shiny

Yanma
Normal
Shiny Yanma
Shiny

Yes. Shiny Yanma has been released. Players have found it from: wild, raid, research, photobomb.

Evolution family

Yanma
Yanma
Yanmega
Yanmega

Numbers

Max CP1,662 at level 50, 1,470 at level 40
Raid catch840 CP at level 20, or 1,050 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch785 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats154 attack · 94 defense · 163 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Buddy distance3 km per Candy
Size1.19 m and 38 kg

Best moveset against each type

Yanma does not have one best moveset, it has 5. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Fighting, Bug, Grass.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
FightingWing Attack + Aerial Ace11.6
BugWing Attack + Aerial Ace11.6
GrassWing Attack + Aerial Ace11.6
PsychicWing Attack + Silver Wind9.5
DarkWing Attack + Silver Wind9.5
FlyingWing Attack + Ancient Power8.8
FireWing Attack + Ancient Power8.8
IceWing Attack + Ancient Power8.8
NormalWing Attack + Aerial Ace7.3
PoisonWing Attack + Aerial Ace7.3
GroundWing Attack + Aerial Ace7.3
GhostWing Attack + Aerial Ace7.3
WaterWing Attack + Aerial Ace7.3
DragonWing Attack + Aerial Ace7.3
FairyWing Attack + Aerial Ace7.3
ElectricQuick Attack + Silver Wind6.5
RockQuick Attack + Silver Wind6.1
SteelQuick Attack + Aerial Ace4.7

Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Yanma is actually for.

Counters: what beats Yanma

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
GlimmoraRockPoisonRock Throw + Meteor Beam76.7
RampardosRockSmack Down + Rock Slide76.0
TyrantrumRockDragonRock Throw + Meteor Beam71.1
GigalithRockLock On + Meteor Beam Legacy71.1
RhyperiorGroundRockSmack Down + Rock Wrecker Legacy68.8
TerrakionRockFightingSmack Down + Rock Slide67.5
BlacephalonFireGhostIncinerate + Mind Blown Legacy66.8
TyranitarRockDarkSmack Down + Stone Edge Legacy64.9
RegielekiElectricLock On + Thunder Cage Legacy63.3
LycanrocRockRock Throw + Stone Edge61.8

Ranked by damage per second against Yanma's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.