Combee (Pokémon)

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Combee Tiny Bee Pokémon ミツハニー Mitsuhoney #415 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Bug Flying Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Honey Gather Cacophony Cacophony Hustle Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 87.5% male, 12.5% female	Catch rate 120 (24.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Bug Hatch time 15 cycles
Height 1'00" 0.3 m Combee 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 12.1 lbs. 5.5 kg Combee 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 63 Gen. IV Unknown IV 49 V+	Leveling rate Medium Slow
EV yield Total: 1 Combee 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 1 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Yellow	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Combee (Japanese: ミツハニー Mitsuhoney) is a dual-type Bug/Flying Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.

Female Combee evolve into Vespiquen starting at level 21. Male Combee are not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

A wall of Combee

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 is the main thinker of the three, and it 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. A female Combee has a red spot on the forehead of its lower face.

Combee can fly with its two wings as long as the top two "bees" co-ordinate their flapping. The trio is known to spent their time together from birth. Each bee has a different taste in nectar. It is mostly sociable among their own kind. It is generally harmless; it flees when threatened. A Combee will almost always be found collecting honey wherever they can from sunrise to sunset. The gathered honey has multiple purposes, though it's usually consumed. When it is not gathering honey, it sleeps or protects its queen. The former is done by creating a hive along with other Combee, locking together into a "wall" to feel safe in larger numbers. It is very suggestible and will never defy the orders of its queen. When a Vespiquen feels threatened, its subject Combee will not think twice about risking its life to protect the queen, then attacking and even killing the threat in an aggressive manner. It commonly lives in caves and hollow trees of forests and other natural, secluded areas with their queen.

In the anime

Combee in the anime

Major appearances

Combee debuted in The Grass-Type Is Always Greener!, where they led Ash and his friends on their quest to find the Enchanted Honey. Multiple additional Combee then appeared in An Angry Combeenation!.

Multiple Combee appeared in Danger, Sweet as Honey!. They resided at Honey Island and were revered for the famed honey they produced.

Minor appearances

Multiple Combee briefly appeared in the Alamos Town garden in The Rise of Darkrai.

Three Combee appeared in a forest in the beginning of Giratina and the Sky Warrior.

Multiple Combee appeared in a flashback in A Trainer and Child Reunion! as residents of a forest where Aaron's training center was located at.

Multiple Combee appeared in Arceus and the Jewel of Life as residents of Michina Town.

Multiple Combee appeared in Historical Mystery Tour!, where they were among the Pokémon Ash encountered in Xatu's Forest.

A Combee appeared in Lumiose City Pursuit!, where it was seen at Professor Sycamore's lab.

Three female Combee appeared in Mega-Mega Meowth Madness! and Day Three Blockbusters!, where they were seen at Professor Sycamore's lab.

Two Combee appeared in flashbacks in Mega Evolution Special I and Garchomp's Mega Bond!, where they were seen at Professor Sycamore's lab.

Multiple Combee appeared in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction.

A Trainer's Combee appeared in A Relay in the Sky!, where it was participating in the Pokémon Sky Relay.

A female Combee appeared in Battling With a Clean Slate! at Professor Sycamore's lab.

Five Combee appeared in I Choose You!.

A Combee will appear in M23.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry DP032 Combee Dawn's Pokédex Combee, the Tiny Bee Pokémon. When sleeping, Combee stack up on each other like a hive.

Episode Pokémon Source Entry BW124 Combee Ash's Pokédex Combee, the Tiny Bee Pokémon. A trio of Combee stays together for life, basically carrying sweet nectar from flower to flower.

In the manga

Female Combee in Pokémon Adventures

In the movie adaptations

Two Combee appeared in the manga adaptation of Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction as a resident of Allearth Forest.

In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga

A Combee appeared in PDP05.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Multiple Combee appeared in Honey for Combee, under the ownership of the daughter of the Valley Windworks manager. She ordered them to attack Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum when Diamond licked the Honey off of the trees that was slathered for her Combee.

Maya owns a Combee, who first appeared in The Transfer Student.

Multiple wild Combee appeared in the Wild Area in the Sword & Shield arc.

In the TCG

Main article: Combee (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Three female Combee and two Beedrill act as Nectar Meadows's bosses, attacking the player, the partner, and Budew, thinking the trio to be a group of Honey thieves.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation IV Sinnoh #053 Johto #— Diamond A Pokémon formed by three others. It busily carries sweet floral honey to Vespiquen. Pearl It collects and delivers honey to its colony. At night, they cluster to form a beehive and sleep. Platinum The trio is together from birth. It constantly gathers honey from flowers to please Vespiquen. HeartGold At night, Combee sleep in a group of about a thousand, packed closely together in a lump. SoulSilver
Generation V Unova B2W2: #142 Black The trio is together from birth. It constantly gathers honey from flowers to please Vespiquen. White Black 2 This Pokémon is a set of three. When they sleep, they gather up and form a giant hive of 100 Combee. White 2
Generation VI Kalos Central #076 Hoenn #— X The trio is together from birth. It constantly gathers honey from flowers to please Vespiquen. Y It collects and delivers honey to its colony. At night, they cluster to form a beehive and sleep. Omega Ruby The trio is together from birth. It constantly gathers honey from flowers to please Vespiquen. Alpha Sapphire It collects and delivers honey to its colony. At night, they cluster to form a beehive and sleep.
Generation VII Alola #— Kanto #— This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Generation VII.
Generation VIII Galar #116 Galar Isle of Armor #203 Sword The members of the trio spend all their time together. Each one has a slightly different taste in nectar. Shield It ceaselessly gathers nectar from sunrise to sundown, all for the sake of Vespiquen and the swarm.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Routes 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 218, 221, 222, Eterna Forest, Floaroma Meadow, Fuego Ironworks, Valley Windworks (Honey Trees) Platinum Routes 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 218, 221, 222, Eterna Forest, Floaroma Meadow, Fuego Ironworks, Valley Windworks (Honey Trees) HeartGold SoulSilver Routes 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 16, 25, Vermilion City, Celadon City, Cerulean City (Headbutt trees) National Park (Bug-Catching Contest)ThSa Pokéwalker Sinnoh Field
Generation V Black White Route 12 Black 2 White 2 Route 12 and Lostlorn Forest Lostlorn Forest (Hidden Grotto) Dream World Dream Park
Generation VI X Y Route 4, Berry fields, Friend Safari (Bug) Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Trade
Generation VII Sun Moon Pokémon Bank Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Pokémon Bank Let's Go Pikachu Let's Go Eevee Unobtainable
Generation VIII Sword Shield Rolling Fields Isle of Armor Honeycalm Island

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation IV MD Time Apple Woods (6F-12F) MD Darkness Wonder Mail code MD Sky Apple Woods (6F-12F) Ranger: SoA Vien Forest, Chroma Road Ranch Hayley's trades Rumble Silent Forest Ranger: GS Dangerous Cliff, Dark Temple, Light Temple
Generation V Rumble Blast Treetops: Soothing Shore Rumble U Adventure Area: Unexpected Land, Flower Garden: Guardians of the Flower Patch, Entranceway: A Fateful Showdown!
Generation VI Battle Trozei Safari Jungle: Stage 2Su Shuffle Violeta Palace: Stage 367 Rumble World Silver Isles: Fragrant Tree (All Areas), Starlight Islands: Time-Leap Plains (All Areas)

Combee will not appear in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness until a rescue mission involving it has been completed, using a Wonder Mail code such as the following:

X5&F @YKQ 0-70

@FWH 0FX& P8Y9

Objective: Rescue Combee on floor 6 of Apple Woods.

Held Items

Game		Held Item(s)
Diamond	Pearl	Honey (100%)
Platinum
Ranch		Occa Berry (100%)
HeartGold	SoulSilver	Honey (100%)
Black	White	Honey (100%)
Black 2	White 2	Honey (5%)
X	Y	Honey (5%)
Sword	Shield	Honey (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 30		90 - 137	170 - 264
Attack: 30		31 - 90	58 - 174
Defense: 42		42 - 103	80 - 201
Sp. Atk: 30		31 - 90	58 - 174
Sp. Def: 42		42 - 103	80 - 201
Speed: 70		67 - 134	130 - 262
Total: 244	Other Pokémon with this total
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.

Pokéathlon stats

Speed 5/5 ★★★★★	Power 1/2 ★☆
Skill 1/1 ★	Stamina 1/2 ★☆
Jump 5/5 ★★★★★	Total 13/15 ★★☆

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 4× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 4× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 4× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 4× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Notes: If Gravity is in effect, this Pokémon is given an Iron Ball (in Generation IV) or a Ring Target, or it is affected by Smack Down or Ingrain, the effectiveness of  Ground-type  moves is ½×. In Generation V, if this Pokémon is given an Iron Ball, the effectiveness of  Ground-type  moves is 1×.

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation VIII Other generations: IV - V - VI - VII - IX

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 011 Sweet Scent Normal Status 0000— 100100% 20 011 Gust Flying Special 04040 100100% 35 011 Struggle Bug Bug Special 05050 100100% 20 011 Bug Bite Bug Physical 06060 100100% 20

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

By TM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: IV - V - VI - VII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TR61 TR61 Bug Buzz Bug Special 09090 100}}100% 10

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

By breeding

Generation VIII Other generations: IV - V - VI - VII - IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  This Pokémon learns no moves by breeding.

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Combee in Generation VIII 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

By tutoring

Generation VIII Other generations: IV - V - VI - VII - IX

Game   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.

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

Side game data

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 6.4% IQ group: A
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group: Bug Poké Assist: Flying Field move: (Cut ×1) Browser entry R-059 It lets loose gusts of wind to attack.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Bug Poké Assist: (present) Flying Field move: (present) (Cut ×1) Poké Assist: (past) Flying Field move: (past) (Cut ×1) Browser entry R-192/N-206 It launches twisters.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ● Defense ● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ● Defense ● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Battle Trozei Bug Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Bug Attack Power: 30 - 100 10 #554 Mega Boost+ Fills the Mega Gauge of the same type of Pokémon more.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 102 Base Attack: 59 Base Defense: 83 Egg Distance: 5 km Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 50 (female only) Fast Attacks: Bug Bite Charged Attacks: Bug Buzz

Combee had a 100% female encounter rate in Pokémon GO when it was initially released on February 1, 2019. However, it was later changed to 12.5% on February 15.

Evolution

Unevolved Combee  Bug  Flying

Level 21 (female) →

First Evolution Vespiquen  Bug  Flying

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

For other sprites and images, please see Combee images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Combee is the only Pokémon with a gender-dependent evolutionary line to have aesthetic 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 stats among Flying-type Pokémon.

Origin

Combee is based on honeycombs and honey bees.

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

Language Title Meaning Japanese ミツハニー Mitsuhoney From 蜜蜂 mitsubachi (honey bee), 三つ mittsu (three), and honey French Apitrini From apis and trinity Spanish Combee Same as English name German Wadribie From Wabe, Drei, and Biene Italian Combee Same as English name Korean 세꿀버리 Sekkulbeori Combination of 셋 set, 꿀 ggul, and 벌 bul Mandarin Chinese 三蜜蜂 Sān Mì Fēng Literally "Three honeybees". Cantonese Chinese

More languages Thai มิทซึฮันนี Mitsuhoney Transcription of trademarked Japanese name

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