Is Combee Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Honey Tree catch from level 5. 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.
Roark's Pokemon outpace and outclass Combee here.
Combee has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Byron's Pokemon outpace and outclass Vespiquen here.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Bertha's team hits Vespiquen's weaknesses hard.
Flint's team hits Vespiquen's weaknesses hard.
Vespiquen has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Vespiquen has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Vespiquen has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Combee on Floaroma Meadow (Honey Tree, Lv 5-15, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 5)
- LV 5FlyingGustPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 35
- LV 13BugBug BitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Byron
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Snowpoint City
- TUTORNormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Snowpoint City
- Post-Game
- TUTORGroundMud-SlapPower 20Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
Evolve Combee to Vespiquen
Combee evolves into Vespiquen at Level 21. Your Combee should hit Level 21 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Veilstone Game Corner
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 27PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10
- LV 37BugAttack OrderPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Crasher Wake
- TM81BugX-ScissorPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 221
- Post-Game
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Combee in Platinum
Combee shares the honey-tree habit with Burmy, common at nearly every tree you smear across the region. Only female Combee can evolve into Vespiquen though, so keep checking trees until a female turns up.
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.18 locations to catch Combee
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Where To Catch Combee in Pt
Combee is where the line starts, caught through headbutt encounters at Lv. 5-15. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Combee ✓Eterna ForestLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Floaroma MeadowLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Fuego IronworksLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Route 205 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Route 205 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Route 206Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Route 207Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Route 208Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Route 209Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Route 210 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Route 210 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Route 211 - EastLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Route 212 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Route 212 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Route 213Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Route 214Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Route 215Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Route 218Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Route 221Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Route 222Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%Valley WindworksLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 32%
- Step 2Evolve into VespiquenBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Combee egg.
To plan your throws, open the Platinum catch rate calculator with Combee preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Combee in Platinum
Combee only buzzes around Honey Trees, so slather one and breed your catch with a foreign Ditto for a shiny. Compare Shiny Combee odds across every game
Platinum 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 Platinum 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
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Aerodactyl builds →Rock Tomb 4x213-250%KO Wing Attack 2x127-150%KO Thunder Fang 2x92-108%KO Ice Fang 2x92-108%KO | ||
 Cranidos Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Cranidos builds →Rock Tomb 4x244-288%KO Fire Blast 2x73-88% Thunderbolt 2x58-71% | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Solrock builds →Rock Tomb 4x200-238%KO Fire Blast 2x106-125%KO | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Geodude builds →Rock Tomb 4x179-213%KO Fire Blast 2x73-88% | ||
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Monferno builds →Fire Blast 2x200-238%KO Rock Tomb 4x119-142%KO | ||
 Kabuto RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Growlithe Fire | C | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
 Electrike Electric | C | |
 Onix RockGround | C | |
 Shieldon RockSteel | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combee View Shieldon builds →Rock Tomb 4x127-150%KO Fire Blast 2x92-108%KO Thunderbolt 2x73-88% | ||
 Luxio Electric | C | |
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.
Pt Combee Best Moveset
30 in most stats with 70 Speed as the only standout. Only female Combee can evolve to Vespiquen, and the moveset has no competitive role regardless. Vespiquen has the defensive stats.
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
The trio is together from birth. It constantly gathers honey from flowers to please VESPIQUEN.
Combee Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Combee in Platinum 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.
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.
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
Winds & Waves
Explore
Where to go next after Combee.
Keep playing · PlatinumPlatinum Tier ListThe best Pokemon ranked tier by tierSee Platinum Tier List