Yamask (Pokémon)

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Yamask (Japanese: デスマス Desumasu) is a introduced in Generation V.
It evolves into starting at level 34.
In Galar, Yamask has a dual-type regional form. It evolves into when the player travels under the large rock arch in Dusty Bowl after Yamask takes at least 49 HP in damage from attacks without fainting. 
(Refer to Game data→Evolution data for more details.)
==Biology==
Yamask is a shadow-like holding a golden mask that has a face from its time as a human. It has two shadowy, tendril-like arms and large, red eyes. It also has a small tail-like appendage that holds the mask. Yamask is capable of speech when possessing a human, but not in its regular form.
Due to being a human long ago, Yamask retains its memories from before it became a Pokémon. It becomes furious when the mask is lost or taken away. If someone wears the mask Yamask carries, they will become possessed by the Yamask in question. Sometimes, it looks at this mask and cries, apparently in longing. Yamask is known to wander the ruins of ancient civilizations. Yamask and its evolution, , are the only known Pokémon that can have as an Ability.
===Forms===
Yamask has a regional form: Galarian Yamask.
Galarian Yamask, in contrast to its Unova variant, has purple eyes and has an ancient clay tablet directly attached around its tail. Galarian Yamask is said to have been born when that tablet was drawn to a vengeful spirit. The tablet bears cursed engravings that resemble a serpent's tail and is said to absorb Yamask's dark power. This process, brought by an ancient curse, triggers Galarian Yamask's evolution into . Galarian Yamask and its evolution, Runerigus, are the only known Pokémon that can have as an Ability.
===Evolution===
Yamask evolves into .
 Yamask evolves into .
Yamask
Galarian Yamask
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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===Held items===
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
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=====Galarian Yamask=====
===Type effectiveness===
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===Learnset===
Yamask is available in .
====By leveling up====
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====By TM/TR====
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====By ====
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====By tutoring====
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===Side game data===
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In , Yamask could be obtained by completing 1/5 of the time-limited Special Research, A Spooky Message Unmasked.
====Galarian Yamask====
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In , Galarian Yamask could be obtained by completing the time-limited Special Research, A Spooky Message Unmasked and 2/4 of the Special Research set, What Lies Beneath the Mask.
===Evolution data===
====Yamask====
Yamask evolves into starting at level 34.
====Galarian Yamask====
 Yamask evolves into when the player travels under the large rock arch in Dusty Bowl after Yamask takes at least 49 HP in damage from attacks without fainting. Healing does not reset the counter, and damage can be taken across multiple battles. Taking damage from certain sources, such as self-inflicted damage or weather effects, does not contribute to the 49 HP damage requirement.
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Major appearances===
====James's Yamask====
In Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!, James was able to a male Yamask that appeared before . At the end of , James had to give Yamask to as a sign that they accomplished something in Unova. Yamask returned to James's party in Rocket Revengers!.
====Other====
Yamask debuted in A Night in the Nacrene City Museum!, where it was causing havoc in the Nacrene City Museum. This eventually turned out to be because Yamask's mask had been put on display after it accidentally dropped it while sleeping. In the end, Lenora, along with , , , and Hawes, gained an understanding with it and gave its mask back. Yamask then left the museum peacefully.
Additionally it is stated that this Yamask is millennia old.
===Minor appearances===
In Raid Battle in The Ruins!, a Yamask was living at the Colossus Ruins at the Desert Resort.
 Yamask debuted in Sword and Shield... The Legends Awaken!, where it returned to normal after Dynamaxing.
A Trainer's Galarian Yamask appeared in The Winding Path to Greatness!.
In Reunion at the Ancient Castle!, a Yamask can be seen inside the ancient castle.
===Pokédex entries===
===POKÉTOON===
A Yamask appeared in Help! I've Turned into a Gengar.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
A Yamask takes part in BW Agency's roster. It trained along with a , a , and Gigi for the Pokémon Musical in To Make a Musical.
A Yamask appeared in The Case of the Missing Pokémon, where it was one of the Pokémon kidnapped by Team Plasma. It was later returned to its after being found in a stronghold.
A Yamask appeared in a flashback in Cold Storage Battle.
A Trainer's Yamask appeared in The Final Battle.
Allister's Yamask first appeared in Glittering!! The Tapestry in the Vault.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Yamask's and stats are the reverse of a Unovan Yamask's.
* Unovan Yamask, along with and , has the lowest base stat of all Pokémon.
* Galarian Yamask, along with , , and , has the lowest base stat of all Ghost-type Pokémon.
* Galarian Yamask's evolution into is the only location-based evolution in , as all other Pokémon with location-based evolutions are either unobtainable or use an Evolution stone to evolve instead.
===Origin===
Yamask may be based on an Egyptian , a person's soul, typically depicted as a bird with a human head, or , the shadow or silhouette of a person's soul — both appearing after the person's death. Its overall body shape is similar to the . The mask on its tail is likely a .
Galarian Yamask holds a clay tablet that may be based on s instead. It may also be based on a , a Norwegian folklore spirit that is forced to haul around a boundary stone as punishment for moving one while it was alive. The fact that Galarian Yamask evolves into Runerigus after taking at least 49 HP in damage could be a very subtle reference to the , a Buddhist concept of Purgatory after death and before reincarnation; this process of Buddhist Purgatory is said to last 49 days.
====Name origin====
Yamask may be a combination of 闇 yami (darkness), や ya (bad), or (lord of the dead in Hindu and Buddhist mythology), and mask.
Desumasu may be a combination of death and mask. It may be a pun off of ですます体 desumasu-tai, a form of polite Japanese which gets its name from the fact that sentences often end in です desu or ます masu.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* James's Yamask
* Regional form
==External links==
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