Is Vespiquen Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Female Combee evolves at level 21. Bug/Flying with AbilityPressure. Has unique signature moves like Attack Order and Defend Order. Interesting kit but the 4x Rock weakness and middling stats limit impact.
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.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Jasmine's team hits Vespiquen's weaknesses hard.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Brock's team hits Vespiquen's weaknesses hard.
Vespiquen has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Vespiquen has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Vespiquen resists most of Sabrina's coverage and hits back hard.
Blaine's team hits Vespiquen's weaknesses hard.
Vespiquen trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
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.
Catch Combee
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 Chuck, 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 Vespiquen in HeartGold & SoulSilver
No wild encounters for Vespiquen. The 2-stage line runs through Combee, which you can catch at decent rates from the locations below. Evolve at level 21 once you've got the levels.
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 11 spots to eventually evolve into Vespiquen.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Combee
- 2Evolve Vespiquenat Lv.21
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Badge 8How to Obtain Vespiquen in HGSS
To get Vespiquen, start by catching Combee through headbutt and walking encounters at Lv. 10-34. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Catch CombeeRoute 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 2Vespiquen ✓
How to Get Shiny Vespiquen in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Vespiquen tops the Combee line, so breed that base form Masuda-style and raise it into the queen. Compare Shiny Vespiquen odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver 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
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vespiquen View Lapras builds →Ice Beam 2x69-82% Thunderbolt 2x45-55% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vespiquen View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x99-117%KO Thunder Fang 2x39-47% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter | ||
 Magmar Fire | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Vespiquen View Graveler builds →Rock Tomb 4x86-101%KO Fire Blast 2x39-47% | ||
 Scyther Bug | C | |
 Magnemite ElectricSteel | C | |
 Quilava Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Plusle Electric | B | |
 Flaaffy Electric | C | |
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Minun 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.
HGSS Vespiquen Best Moveset
Bug/Flying at 102 in both defenses using unique Order moves: MoveAttack Order for physical damage, MoveDefend Order for Defense/Sp. Def boosts, and MoveHeal Order for 50% HP recovery. 25% from MoveStealth Rock every switch undercuts the defensive design.
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 Hyper Beam 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
All 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It raises grubs in the holes in its body. It secretes pheromones to control COMBEE.
Vespiquen HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Vespiquen plays as a support. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. so pick your spots carefully.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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
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