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
F
Attack30
F
Defense42
D
Sp. Atk30
F
Sp. Def42
D
Speed70
C
Total244
Details
Catch Rate
Moderate120 / 255
Growth Rate
Medium Slow1.06M XP
Height0.3 m
1'00"Tiny
Weight5.5 kg
12.1 lbsFeather
Base XP49
Low Yield
Abilities
Honey Gather
The Pokémon may pick up honey after battle.
HustleHA
Strengthens physical moves to inflict 1.5× damage, but decreases their accuracy to 0.8×.
EV Yield
HPAtkDefSpASpDSpe+1
Speed training source
Pokedex Entries
No Sun Moon entries available

At night, Combee sleep in a group of about a hundred, packed closely together in a lump.

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
DamageTypes
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
4xCritical
Rock
2xWeak
FireElectricIceFlying
½xResist
Bug
¼xResist
GrassFighting
0xImmune
Ground
STAB (5)
GrassPsychicDarkFightingBug
How to Beat Combee in Sun & Moon (Best Counters)
Volcarona
Volcarona
BugFire
A
Fire is super effective against CombeeView Volcarona →

Sun & Moon Evolution

One evolution ahead. Combee grows into Vespiquen through a straightforward two-stage chain. Plenty of partners 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
Combee
#415Combee
21
Level 21 ♀
Vespiquen
#416Vespiquen
Stat Comparison 2 Stages
Combee
BugFlying
Vespiquen
BugFlying
HP
30
70+40
ATK
30
80+50
DEF
42
102+60
SP.ATK
30
80+50
SP.DEF
42
102+60
SPE
70
40-30
BST
244D-Tier
474C-Tier+230
ROLE
Balanced
Trick Room
TYPE
Utility
Mixed

Breeding

Moderate

Breed Combee with 77 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)
flygondrapionmasquerainvolbeatillumiseparasectvibravaskorupiparastrapinchsurskitshuckle
12 of 77·

Sun & Moon Combee Best Moveset

Best Build

No build content available for this Pokemon in Gen 7.

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

Moves

Not a lot to pick from. Combee gets Bug Buzz and Bug Bite for same-type damage, and Ground and Ghost 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
Lv 29
Bug Buzz
D9010010Bug

TM Moves

Combee can't learn any TM moves

Egg Moves

Combee doesn't have any Egg moves

Tutor Moves

Combee can't learn any Tutor moves

Transfer Moves

Gen
Gen 4
Air Cutter
D609525Flying
Gen 4
Mud-Slap
D2010010Ground
Gen 4
Ominous Wind
—601005Ghost
Gen 4
String Shot
——9540Bug
Gen 4
Swift
D60—20Normal

How to Get Combee in Sun & Moon

Combee can't be caught in Sun & Moon. Bring it over from Diamond or Platinum instead. The encounter info below covers the source games.

Combee is not available as a wild encounter in this game.

Also found in:

DiamondPlatinum

Combee Guide

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

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

  • For Sun & Moon, 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.

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

Game Availability

Available in 13 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Combee spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in a solid number of games.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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