Yanmega is a cool bug.

>>58046442 (OP)
too bad it debuted in the sneaky pebbles generation

>>58046442 (OP)
good taste OP

Yanmega always sorta just gave off the vibe that it should've been part of a line that needed to be resurrected from a fossil. It feels like one of those Pokemon from a long forgotten time, imo.

>>58046442 (OP)
My favorite gen 4 mon.
>>58047919
That's the point, it literally evolves by learning ancieny power.

>>58046442 (OP)
I wish there were more Ancient Power evolutions, but I imagine Game Freak got all their inspiration for such concepts out through the paradox mons.

>>58048237
>but I imagine Game Freak got all their inspiration for such concepts out through the paradox mons.
Nah, the two are pretty different really. AP evolutions are the idea that a power can evolve backward to its most primordeal form, usually being bigger and more aggressive due to the competition. Paradox mons are just random pokemon with seemingly random aspects altered, they only share a loose "prehistoric" theme, from an alternate dimension. There's a lot of lines you could give a neat AP evolution to.

>>58049302
wtf Yanmega isn't that big

>>58048021
>>58049766
It's been decades yet I never made this realisation before.

>>58046442 (OP)

Is there an actual fun and creative set you can use yanmega for or is the only/best option really to just use throat spray/bug buzz/air slash and just try to sweep with him? I love the pokemon but that is just not an interesting or flexible set and there's no tricks or skill expression, very boring.

mega yanmega with bug/dragon?

>>58049938
Tinted Lens + Specs + Tera Bug is hard to switch into

>>58049938
Reversal + focus sash/endure + speed boost in UU

>>58048480
nice lil' animation

>>58047919
It's based on the Meganeura, from the Carboniferous period. There was more oxygen in the air back then, so insects could get bigger.
But they have an inefficient breathing system, which is why they are so small nowadays.

apparently not cool enough

>>58048021
>>58049859
Yanma, Tangela and Piloswine all evolve by learning Ancient Power. They're basically honorary primal reversions.

kaえりあ is precious

>>58073565
They're great, excellent taste in bug types.

a thing from kaえりあ that never got finished

>>58046442 (OP)
The bug/flying combination perfected.

>>58049947
No the flying type is a huge part of Yanmega's identity. It makes loud buzzing when it flies, it picks up speed with speed boost and it uses stab air slash. The only argument in favor of Yanmega being dragon is pun that doesn't work in Japanese

>>58049938
Protect, air slash, bug buzz ancient power was my set for pwt

>>58075609
Doesn't the word for dragonfly in japanese translate literally to something like "big fly"?
Dragons have nothing to do with dragonflies in japanese. So why the fuck would they do it?

>>58075624
They wouldn't but motherfuckers refuse to accept that and ignore all the benefits of Yanmega being flying.

>>58046442 (OP)
I just noticed it looks kind of like a helicopter.