Is Vespiquen Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Bug/Flying with AbilityPressure doubling PP consumption. Unique moves: MoveAttack Order, MoveDefend Order, MoveHeal Order. Aaron on the E4 uses Vespiquen for a reason. Slow but durable if you invest. Handles Gardenia and contributes through bulk.
Roark's Pokemon outpace and outclass Combee here.
Combee has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Vespiquen has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Byron's team hits Vespiquen's weaknesses hard.
Vespiquen has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Vespiquen has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Vespiquen has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Vespiquen has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Vespiquen has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Combee
Catch Combee on Route 205 (Honey Tree, Lv 5-15, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 5)
- LV 5FlyingGustPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 35
Evolve Combee to Vespiquen
Combee evolves into Vespiquen at Level 21. Your Combee should hit Level 21 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Veilstone Game Corner
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM62BugSilver WindPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 212
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 27PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Fantina
- TM81BugX-ScissorPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 221
- LV 37BugAttack OrderPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Vespiquen in Diamond & Pearl
Vespiquen has no wild spot. Level a female Combee to 21, the catch being that only one in eight Combee is female, so the queen takes patient honey hunting to reach.
Wild Vespiquen may be holding when caught:
Poison Barb (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a small, poisonous barb that ups the power of Poison-type moves.Catch Combee at any of these 18 spots to eventually evolve into Vespiquen.
- 1Catch Combee
- 2Evolve Vespiquenat Lv.21
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Badge 7How to Obtain Vespiquen in DP
To get Vespiquen, start by catching Combee through headbutt encounters at Lv. 5-15. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Catch CombeeEterna ForestLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Floaroma MeadowLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Fuego IronworksLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Route 205 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Route 205 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Route 206Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Route 207Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Route 208Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Route 209Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Route 210 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Route 210 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Route 211 - EastLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Route 212 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Route 212 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Route 213Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Route 214Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Route 215Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Route 218Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Route 221Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Route 222Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%Valley WindworksLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 22%
- Step 2Vespiquen ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Combee egg.
How to Get Shiny Vespiquen in Diamond & Pearl
Vespiquen crowns the Combee line, so hatch that shiny the Masuda way and raise it into the queen. Compare Shiny Vespiquen odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Vespiquen 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 Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Vespiquen already selected.
Vespiquen Weakness
Vespiquen is weak to Rock, Fire, Electric, Ice, and Flying. Watch out for Rock attacks, those deal 4x damage. On the flip side, it's immune to Ground-type moves entirely.
| 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 Vespiquen Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Vespiquen
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vespiquen View Aerodactyl builds →Rock Slide 4x129-152%KO Fly 2x75-89% Thunder Fang 2x37-44% Ice Fang 2x37-44% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vespiquen View Gliscor builds →Rock Slide 4x78-92% Thunder Fang 2x35-42% Ice Fang 2x35-42% Fire Fang 2x35-42% | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vespiquen View Probopass builds →Rock Slide 4x84-99% Thunderbolt 2x41-48% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vespiquen View Graveler builds →Rock Slide 4x118-138%KO Fire Blast 2x37-44% | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vespiquen View Solrock builds →Rock Slide 4x118-138%KO Fire Blast 2x43-51% | ||
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vespiquen View Manectric builds →Thunderbolt 2x80-96% Flamethrower 2x54-64% | ||
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vespiquen View Monferno builds →Fire Blast 2x80-96% Rock Slide 4x70-84% | ||
 Luxray Electric | C | |
 Kabuto RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vespiquen View Kabuto builds →Rock Slide 4x105-125%KO Ice Beam 2x33-40% | ||
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
Vespiquen Evolutions
Vespiquen is what Combee becomes. Breed it for Combee eggs (quick to hatch). A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolution from Combee pushed Vespiquen to 474 total stats. Defense saw the largest single gain at +60. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Vespiquen to get Combee eggs using 48 partners from the Bug egg group.
DP Vespiquen Best Moveset
102 in both Defense and Sp. Def give strong defensive stats for a Bug/Flying, but 40 Speed means the moveset always acts last. Order moves like MoveAttack Order and MoveHeal Order are unique, but Bug/Flying typing loses 25% to MoveStealth Rock every switch.
Best Build
Vespiquen best EVs are Sp. Def and HP
Wall Moveset
- Toxic
- Roost
- Attack Order
- Heal Order
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool tells the story here. Vespiquen learns Attack Order and Giga Impact naturally, plus enough variety that TMs feel like bonuses. Poison and Dark coverage and more extends the reach beyond that.
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
30 of 31 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its abdomen is a honeycomb for grubs. It raises its grubs on honey collected by COMBEE.
When endangered, grubs from its six-cell honeycomb strike back. There is only one in a colony.
Vespiquen Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Vespiquen plays as a support. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. so pick your spots carefully.
In Diamond & Pearl, Careful is the go-to nature for Vespiquen. That's +Sp. Def / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpD EVs. Fits the support role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Vespiquen appears in 13 games across 6 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through wild encounters.
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
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