Combee (Japanese: ミツハニー Mitsuhoney) is a dual-type Bug/Flying Pokémon.
Female Combee evolve into Vespiquen starting at level 21. Male Combee are not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
Biology
Physiology
Combee is a small insectoid Pokémon that resembles three pieces of orange, hexagonal honeycomb stuck together. Each hexagon has a round yellow face. The bottom-center face being the main thinker of the three is also the only one "bee" to have a full abdomen. The top two hexagons have a single antenna and a wing connected to an orange-colored joint.
Gender differences
Male Combee do not evolve. The lower face of a female Combee has a red spot on its forehead (which would become the red jewel on the head of a Vespiquen).
Special abilities
Combee can fly with its two wings as long as the top two "bees" co-ordinate their flapping. Combee's skills in battle are very limited, since it is only capable of learning a small handful of moves. Using its wings it can whip up fast winds to attack, and can also distract Pokémon with the sweet smell of its honey. More recently Combee and other Bug-type Pokémon have been found to have the ability to bite opponents and eat a Berry they may be holding.
Through specialized training Combee are capable of learning a wider selection of attacks including Mud-Slap and Ominous Wind in the Johto or Sinnoh region, but such tutoring has not yet been successful in any of the other regions. However, it is clear from the nature of many of these attacks that they are beyond the natural capabilities of wild Combee anyway.
Combee also have abilities untapped by Trainers. Only through the orders of a Combee's queen can its powerful attacking skills, strong defensive maneuvers and expertise in healing be unlocked.
Behavior
Combee are mostly sociable among their own kind. They are generally harmless and when threatened will usually run away. A Combee will almost always be found collecting honey wherever they can.
The rare times they are not gathering honey, they are sleeping or protecting their queen Vespiquen. The former is done by creating a hive out of themselves and other Combee, locking together into a "wall" to feel safe in larger numbers.
Combee are very suggestible creatures and will never defy the orders of its queen. When a Vespiquen feels threatened, its subject Combee will not think twice about risking their own lives to protect the queen, then attacking and even killing the threat in an aggressive manner.
Habitat
Combee will commonly make residence in caves and hollow trees of forests and other natural, secluded areas with their queen Vespiquen. When a group of Combee aren't being led by a queen, they will usually create a makeshift hive (out of their own bodies) anywhere they feel safe.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
The honey that Combee collect are used for multiple things, but its main use is to be eaten.
In the anime
Female Combee in the anime
Major appearances
Combee made an appearance in An Angry Combeenation!.
Multiple Combee appeared in Danger, Sweet as Honey!.
Minor appearances
Several Combee made minor appearances living in the gardens of Alamos Town in The Rise of Darkrai.
Three Combee appeared in a forest at the beginning of Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
Combee also appeared living in Michina Town in Arceus and the Jewel of Life.
A group of Combee appeared in Historical Mystery Tour!.
A photograph of multiple Combee appeared in The Four Seasons of Sawsbuck!.
A Combee appeared in Lumiose City Pursuit!.
A Combee appeared on the picture in the gallery museum in XY005.
Pokédex entries
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Entry
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Combee
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Combee, the Tiny Bee Pokémon. When sleeping, Combee stack up on each other like a hive.
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Combee
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Ash's Pokédex
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Combee, the Tiny Bee Pokémon. A trio of Combee stays together for life, basically carrying sweet nectar from flower to flower.
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A girl who was the daughter of the Valley Windworks manager ordered her multiple Combee to attack Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum when Diamond licked the Honey off of the trees that was slathered for her Combee.
In the TCG
- Main article: Combee (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
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| Diamond
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A Pokémon formed by three others. It busily carries sweet floral honey to Vespiquen.
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| Pearl
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It collects and delivers honey to its colony. At night, they cluster to form a beehive and sleep.
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| Platinum
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The trio is together from birth. It constantly gathers honey from flowers to please Vespiquen.
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| HeartGold
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At night, Combee sleep in a group of about a thousand, packed closely together in a lump.
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| Black
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The trio is together from birth. It constantly gathers honey from flowers to please Vespiquen.
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| Black 2
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This Pokémon is a set of three. When they sleep, they gather up and form a giant hive of 100 Combee.
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The trio is together from birth. It constantly gathers honey from flowers to please Vespiquen.
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It collects and delivers honey to its colony. At night, they cluster to form a beehive and sleep.
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Game locations
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In side games
Combee will not appear in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness until a rescue mission involving it has been completed, using the following Wonder Mail code:
- X5&F @YKQ 0-70
- @FWH 0FX& P8Y9
- Objective: Rescue Combee on floor 6 of Apple Woods.
Held Items
Stats
Base stats
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Range
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At Lv. 100
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30
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90 - 137
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170 - 264
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30
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31 - 90
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58 - 174
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42
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42 - 103
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80 - 201
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30
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31 - 90
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58 - 174
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42
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42 - 103
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80 - 201
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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Total: 244
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
| Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Combee
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Combee
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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PP
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| This Pokémon learns no moves by TM.
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Combee
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Combee
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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PP
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| This Pokémon learns no moves by breeding.
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Combee in Generation V
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Combee in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Combee
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Combee
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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Move |
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PP
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| B
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W
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B2
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W2
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Bug Bite
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Bug
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Physical
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60
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100%
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20
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| B
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W
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B2
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W2
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Endeavor
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Normal
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Physical
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—
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100%
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5
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W
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B2
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W2
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Snore
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Normal
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Special
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40
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100%
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15
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W
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B2
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W2
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Tailwind
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Flying
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Status
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—
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—%
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30
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- A black abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Combee can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Combee cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Combee
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Combee
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Combee is the only Pokémon species in which two genders exist where only one of the two can evolve.
- Combee is also the only Pokémon with a gender-dependent evolutionary line to have gender differences.
- Combee is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 244.
- Combee has the lowest base stat total of all Flying-type Pokémon.
- It also has the lowest base HP and Special Attack among Flying-type Pokémon.
Origin
Combee is based on honeycombs and honeybees.
Name origin
Combee is a combination of honeycomb and bee. It may also involve combination, referring to it being made up of three segments.
Mitsuhoney may be a combination of 蜜蜂 mitsubachi (honey bee), 三つ mittsu (three, referring to its anatomy), and honey.
In other languages
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Title
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Meaning
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 Japanese
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ミツハニー Mitsuhoney
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From 蜜蜂 mitsubachi (honey bee), 三つ mittsu (three), and honey
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 French
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Apitrini
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From apis and trinity
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 Spanish
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Combee
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Same as English name
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 German
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Wadribie
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From Wabe, Drei, and Biene
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 Italian
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Combee
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Same as English name
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 Korean
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세꿀버리 Se-ggul-bury
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Combination of 셋 set, 꿀 ggul, and 벌 bur
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 Mandarin Chinese
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三蜜蜂 Sān Mì Fēng
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Literally "Three honeybees".
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External links
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This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
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Honey (100%)
Occa Berry (100%)
For other sprites and images, please see Combee images on Bulbagarden Archives.
