What does Combee evolve into?

Get Combee to Vespiquen at level 21. At 244 BST, Combee is just the starting point.

At what level does Combee evolve?

Level 21 gets you Vespiquen . Not the fastest evolution, so consider Exp. Share or route grinding to speed it up.

For Platinum, you can run Combee through the first few routes without issues. 244 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Vespiquen as fast as you can.

Where can you catch Combee?

You can find Combee in Platinum. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 12 other games across the series.

Combee - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Utility

Balanced

DTier

70Speed · Below Avg

Stats & Training

Speed and Defense carry most of Combee's stat budget. HP's the obvious dump stat. Common in the wild and yields 1 Speed EV. Follows a 1.06M XP medium-slow curve.

Base Stats

Below

HP30

Attack30

Defense42

Sp. Atk30

Sp. Def42

Speed70

Total244

Details

Catch Rate

Moderate120 / 255

Growth Rate

Medium Slow1.06M XP

Height0.3 m

Weight5.5 kg

Base XP49

Abilities

Honey Gather

The Pokémon may pick up honey after battle.

HustleHANot in game

Strengthens physical moves to inflict 1.5× damage, but decreases their accuracy to 0.8×.

EV Yield

HPAtkDefSpASpDSpe+1

Speed training source

Pokedex Entries

The trio is together from birth. It constantly gathers honey from flowers to please VESPIQUEN.

Platinum

Combee Weakness

Combee's Bug/Flying typing leaves it vulnerable to Rock, Fire, Electric, Ice, and Flying. Rock hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Ground-type attacks completely.

Combee Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
4x (Critical)	Rock
2x (Weak)	Fire, Electric, Ice, Flying
0.5x (Resist)	Bug
0.25x (Resist)	Grass, Fighting
0x (Immune)	Ground

Type ChartVulnerable

5Weak

3Resist

1Immune

Score-4

Gen IV Type Chart

Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)

4xCritical

Rock

2xWeak

Fire Electric Ice Flying

½xResist

Bug

¼xResist

Grass Fighting

0xImmune

Ground

STAB (5)

Grass Psychic Dark Fighting Bug

How to Beat Combee in Platinum (Best Counters)

Aerodactyl RockFlying	B
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves Fire BlastTM38 Fire FangLv. 1 Ice FangLv. 1 Thunder FangLv. 1 Damage vs Combee Fire Blast 2x 102-121%KO Fire Fang 2x 92-108%KO Ice Fang 2x 92-108%KO Thunder Fang 2x 92-108%KO View Aerodactyl builds →
Lunatone RockPsychic	C
Available Moves Moves Rock TombTM39 Rock ThrowLv. 9 Damage vs Combee Rock Tomb 4x 169-200%KO Rock Throw 4x 138-163%KO View Lunatone builds →
Omanyte RockWater	D
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves Rock TombTM39 RolloutLv. 16 Damage vs Combee Rock Tomb 4x 138-163%KO Rollout 4x 73-88% View Omanyte builds →
Kabuto RockWater	D
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift TM Move Moves Rock TombTM39 Damage vs Combee Rock Tomb 4x 213-250%KO View Kabuto builds →
Anorith RockBug	D
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift TM Move Moves Rock TombTM39 Damage vs Combee Rock Tomb 4x 244-288%KO View Anorith builds →

Platinum Evolution

One evolution ahead. Combee grows into Vespiquen through a straightforward two-stage chain. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 230 total stats over Combee. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

2 Forms

#415Combee

Level 21 ♀

#416Vespiquen

Stat Comparison 2 Stages

Combee

BugFlying

Vespiquen

BugFlying

70+40

ATK

80+50

DEF

102+60

SP.ATK

80+50

SP.DEF

102+60

SPE

40-30

BST

244D-Tier

474C-Tier+230

ROLE

Balanced

Trick Room

TYPE

Utility

Mixed

Breeding

Moderate

Breed Combee with 48 breeding partners from the Bug egg group.

Egg Groups

Bug

Gender

♂87.5%♀12.5%

Hatch Time

15 cycles·3,855 steps

Quick~4 min with Flame Body

Breed With (best first)

Platinum Combee Best Moveset

Best Build

No build content available for this Pokemon in Gen 4.

Try selecting a different game/generation filter, or check back later.

Moves

Not a lot to pick from. Combee gets Bug Bite and Air Cutter for same-type damage, and Normal and Ground coverage rounds things out. You're building around what's available rather than choosing from a deep bench.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Gust

D4010035Flying

Lv 1

Sweet Scent

——10020Normal

Lv 13

Bug Bite

D6010020Bug

TM Moves

Combee can't learn any TM moves

Egg Moves

Combee doesn't have any Egg moves

Tutor Moves

Tut

Tutor

Air Cutter

D559525Flying

Tutor

Endeavor

D—1005Normal

Tutor

Mud-Slap

D2010010Ground

Tutor

Ominous Wind

D601005Ghost

Tutor

Snore

D4010015Normal

Tutor

Swift

—60—20Normal

Platinum Combee Locations

21 encounter spots for Combee at decent spawn rates starting from early-game areas. Best and Earliest sort options below help narrow down your approach based on odds vs. Accessibility.

Best Locations to Catch Combee in Platinum

Combee shows up in 21 headbutt spots from Lv. 5-15. Plenty of options, and the list is sorted so the highest-rate locations at each progression stage come first.

Eterna Forest

Honey tree encounter Lv.5-15 Forest

UncommonEarly

Floaroma Meadow

Honey tree encounter Lv.5-15

UncommonEarly

Fuego Ironworks

Honey tree encounter Lv.5-15 Power-plant

UncommonEarly

Route 205 - North