Is Combee Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Honey tree encounter. Bug/Flying with AbilityHoney Gather collecting Honey. Only females evolve into Vespiquen at level 21. Males are dead ends. Finding a female is the first challenge.
Combee trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Combee has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Combee trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Morty's typing presses Combee's defenses.
Chuck's team hits Combee's weaknesses hard.
Jasmine's Pokemon outpace and outclass Combee here.
Pryce's team hits Combee's weaknesses hard.
Clair's team hits Combee's weaknesses hard.
Brock's team hits Combee's weaknesses hard.
Misty's team hits Combee's weaknesses hard.
Lt. Surge's Pokemon outpace and outclass Combee here.
Combee has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Janine's team hits Combee's weaknesses hard.
Combee trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Blaine's Pokemon outpace and outclass Combee here.
Blue's team hits Combee's weaknesses hard.
Vespiquen has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Vespiquen has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Lance's team hits Vespiquen's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Combee in the National Park (walking, Lv 27-34, rare). Post-National Dex - Thursday, Saturday.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 27)
- LV 27BugBug BitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 27FlyingGustPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 35
Evolve Combee to Vespiquen
Combee evolves into Vespiquen at Level 21. Your Combee should hit Level 21 before you reach Will, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 21)
- LV 21RockPower GemPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- LV 27PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 43
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 37BugAttack OrderPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
How to Get Combee in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Decent spawn rates across 11 locations for Combee in early-game areas. Scroll the sorted list below and pick whichever spot sits closest to your current route. The rate differences between locations are worth comparing.
Wild Combee may be holding when caught:
Honey (always) A sweet honey with a lush aroma that attracts wild Pokemon when it is used in grass, caves, or on special trees.11 locations to catch Combee
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Where To Catch Combee in HGSS
The line opens with Combee at Lv. 10-34 via headbutt and walking encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 1Combee ✓Route 25Lv.10-14Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameCerulean CityLv.11-16Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameRoute 5Lv.11-16Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameRoute 6Lv.11-16Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameVermilion City - CityLv.11-16Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameRoute 11Lv.13-16Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameCeladon CityLv.15-20Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameRoute 7Lv.15-20Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameRoute 8Lv.16-19Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameRoute 16Lv.26-30Headbutting treesRate 20%Post-gameNational Park - Bug Catching ContestLv.27-34FloorRate 5%Post-game (Thu, Sat)
- Step 2Evolve into Vespiquen
To plan your throws, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver catch rate calculator with Combee preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Combee in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Combee drifts out of headbutt trees near Celadon City, though a shiny hatches faster from Masuda breeding. Compare Shiny Combee odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Combee Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds calculator with Combee already selected.
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
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Ampharos builds →Thunderbolt 2x213-252%KO Fire Punch 2x83-99% | ||
 Rhyhorn GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Rhyhorn builds →Rock Tomb 4x184-217%KO Fire Blast 2x71-84% Ice Beam 2x57-67% Thunderbolt 2x57-67% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x239-283%KO Thunder Fang 2x96-113%KO Aerial Ace 2x88-104%KO | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Lapras builds →Ice Beam 2x170-200%KO Thunderbolt 2x113-133%KO | ||
 Pupitar RockGround | C | |
 Magmar Fire | C | |
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter | ||
 Dodrio Normal | C | |
 Luxray Electric | C | |
 Scyther Bug | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Graveler builds →Rock Tomb 4x199-235%KO Fire Blast 2x90-107%KO | ||
Combee Evolutions
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
Breeding
Breed Combee with 48 breeding partners from the Bug egg group.
HGSS Combee Best Moveset
Bug/Flying at stats around 30 with 70 Speed as the only standout. Only female Combee evolve to Vespiquen. The moveset has no competitive role regardless of gender.
Best Build
Combee best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Bulky Support Moveset
- Tailwind
- Endeavor
- Air Cutter
- Bug Bite
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
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.
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
At night, COMBEE sleep in a group of about a thousand, packed closely together in a lump.
Combee HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Yes. Wild Combee in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Honey (always). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Honey.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Combee has 244 BST and evolves into Vespiquen. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Combee is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Combee becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Game Availability
Available in 13 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Combee spans 6 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 7Let's Go
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
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