Is Combee Good in Black & White Playthrough?
Bug/Flying with AbilityHoney Gather. Wild postgame in both versions. Only females evolve into Vespiquen at level 21. Males are dead ends.
Combee has the type edge here and should clean up Cilan's team.
Combee trades roughly evenly with Chili's team.
Combee has the type edge here and should clean up Cress's team.
Combee trades roughly evenly with Lenora's team.
Combee has the type edge here and should clean up Burgh's team.
Elesa's Pokemon outpace and outclass Combee here.
Combee trades roughly evenly with Clay's team.
Skyla's team hits Combee's weaknesses hard.
Combee trades roughly evenly with Brycen's team.
Combee trades roughly evenly with Drayden's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Shauntal's team.
Vespiquen has the type edge here and should clean up Grimsley's team.
Vespiquen has the type edge here and should clean up Caitlin's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Marshal's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Alder's team.
Catch Combee on Route 12 (walking, Lv 47, uncommon).
Your Combee should hit Level 21 before you reach Shauntal, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Combee in Black & White
Combee starts showing up in endgame routes at decent spawn rates across 4 encounter spots. The list below is sorted so you can pick what fits your current progress without scrolling through everything.
Where To Catch Combee in BW
Combee is your first catch on the way to Combee. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 47-57 across 6 total spots in the chain.
Step 1Combee ✓Route 12Lv.47GrassRate 20%AnyRoute 12Lv.57Dark GrassRate 20%AnyDouble grass- Step 2Catch or Evolve into VespiquenRoute 12Lv.50Shaking grass spotsRate 5%AnyShaking spotor evolve from Combee (Step 1)
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.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Rock |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Electric, Ice, Flying |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Combee Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Combee
 Simisear Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Pansear (Dreamyard Gift) | ||
 Farfetch'd Normal | C | |
 Pignite FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tepig (Nuvema Town Gift) | ||
 Roggenrola Rock | C | |
 Blitzle Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Blitzle builds →Shock Wave 2x79-94% Flame Charge 2x48-58% | ||
Simisear Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Pansear (Dreamyard Gift) | ||
Roggenrola Rock | C | |
Farfetch'd Normal | C | |
Pignite FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tepig (Nuvema Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Pignite builds →Flame Charge 2x100-119%KO Rollout 4x83-98% | ||
 Tranquill Normal | D | |
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Aerodactyl builds →Rock Tomb 4x208-246%KO Wing Attack 2x125-148%KO Fire Fang 2x89-105%KO Ice Fang 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Cranidos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift | ||
 Boldore Rock | C | |
 Archen Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Archen builds →Rock Tomb 4x216-256%KO Wing Attack 2x130-152%KO | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift | ||
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Nacrene City Gift) | ||
Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Aerodactyl builds →Rock Tomb 4x213-252%KO Fly 2x188-222%KO Fire Fang 2x90-107%KO Ice Fang 2x90-107%KO | ||
Archen Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Archen builds →Rock Tomb 4x229-270%KO Wing Attack 2x136-161%KO | ||
Boldore Rock | C | |
 Bastiodon RockSteel | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Shieldon (Nacrene City Gift) Available Move Moves
Damage vs Combee View Bastiodon builds →Ancient Power 4x148-174%KO | ||
 Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodDesert Resort Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x328-387%KO Rock Tomb 4x187-221%KO | ||
Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Nacrene City Gift) | ||
 Crustle BugRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Crustle builds →Rock Slide 4x328-387%KO Aerial Ace 2x87-103%KO | ||
Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Aerodactyl builds →Rock Tomb 4x221-261%KO Fly 2x193-229%KO Fire Fang 2x96-113%KO Ice Fang 2x96-113%KO | ||
Archen Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Archen builds →Rock Tomb 4x234-276%KO Wing Attack 2x141-166%KO | ||
 Archeops Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Archen (Nacrene City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Archeops builds →Rock Slide 4x406-479%KO Fly 2x243-286%KO | ||
Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Nacrene City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Rampardos builds →Rock Slide 4x467-550%KO Fire Blast 2x114-136%KO Thunderbolt 2x93-110%KO Blizzard 2x114-136%KO | ||
Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Aerodactyl builds →Rock Slide 4x321-379%KO Fly 2x190-225%KO Fire Fang 2x93-110%KO Ice Fang 2x93-110%KO | ||
Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodDesert Resort Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x321-379%KO Rock Slide 4x270-319%KO | ||
Crustle BugRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Crustle builds →Rock Slide 4x321-379%KO Aerial Ace 2x85-100%KO | ||
Archeops Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Archen (Nacrene City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Archeops builds →Rock Slide 4x410-483%KO Fly 2x246-290%KO | ||
Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Nacrene City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Rampardos builds →Rock Slide 4x476-561%KO Fire Blast 2x117-139%KO Thunderbolt 2x93-111%KO Blizzard 2x117-139%KO | ||
Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Aerodactyl builds →Rock Slide 4x326-385%KO Fly 2x193-228%KO Fire Fang 2x93-111%KO Ice Fang 2x93-111%KO | ||
Darmanitan Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodDesert Resort Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Darmanitan builds →Flare Blitz 2x326-385%KO Rock Slide 4x273-322%KO | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Nacrene City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Armaldo builds →Rock Slide 4x371-437%KO Aerial Ace 2x99-117%KO | ||
Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Nacrene City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Rampardos builds →Head Smash 4x973-1145%KO Fire Blast 2x118-140%KO Thunderbolt 2x94-111%KO Ice Beam 2x94-111%KO | ||
Archeops Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Archen (Nacrene City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Archeops builds →Stone Edge 4x563-663%KO Fly 2x253-298%KO | ||
Crustle BugRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Crustle builds →Rock Wrecker 4x656-773%KO Aerial Ace 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Terrakion RockFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodVictory Road Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Terrakion builds →Stone Edge 4x523-616%KO Aerial Ace 2x105-124%KO | ||
Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodNacrene City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Aerodactyl builds →Stone Edge 4x440-518%KO Fly 2x198-233%KO Fire Fang 2x95-112%KO Ice Fang 2x95-112%KO | ||
In Black & White, Rhyperior can KO Combee with Stone Edge (743-875%). Staraptor threatens a KO with Double-Edge (121-142%). Charizard's Fire Blast also KOs at 206-243%.
 Rhyperior GroundRock | B | |
Recommended Build AbilitySolidrock ItemChoice Band NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Combee View Rhyperior builds →Stone Edge 4x743-875%KO Megahorn74-87% | ||
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityReckless ItemChoice Scarf NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Combee View Staraptor builds →Close Combat20-23% U Turn23-28% Double Edge121-142%KO | ||
 Charizard Fire | C | |
Recommended Build AbilityBlaze ItemChoice Scarf NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Combee View Charizard builds →Flamethrower 2x170-200%KO Air Slash 2x142-167%KO Fire Blast 2x206-243%KO Focus Blast18-22% | ||
Combee Evolutions
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
Breeding
Breed Combee with 65 breeding partners from the Bug egg group.
BW Combee Best Moveset
Bug/Flying pre-evolution at 30 across most stats. Only female Combee evolve into Vespiquen. The moveset has nothing competitive. AbilityHustle as a hidden ability boosts Attack at reduced accuracy on a 30 Attack stat.
Best Build
Combee best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Bug Buzz
- Bug Bite
- Gust
- Tailwind
Moves List
Not a lot to pick from. Combee gets Bug Bite and Gust for same-type damage, and limited coverage rounds things out. You're building around what's available rather than choosing from a deep bench.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The trio is together from birth. It constantly gathers honey from flowers to please Vespiquen.
Combee Black & White Guide
For Black & White, 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.
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
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves