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emboar
#500

Emboar

Mega Fire Pig Pokémon

FireFighting

It can throw a fire punch by setting its fists on fire with its fiery chin. It cares deeply about its friends.

Base Stats

HP 110
Attack 123
Defense 65
Sp. Atk 100
Sp. Def 65
Speed 65
Total 528

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Blaze Reckless (Hidden)

Forms

Evolution Chain

pignite Pignite Lv. 17
emboar Emboar Lv. 36

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Mega Fire Pig Pokémon
Height 1.6 m
Weight 150.0 kg
Base Exp 238
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

emboar Front Front
emboar Back Back
emboar Front Shiny Front Shiny
emboar Back Shiny Back Shiny
emboar Official Art Official Art
emboar Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

1v1 Usage: 0.1%
Fast Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Reckless
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Emboar's above-average Attack stat combined with its ability Reckless makes it a threat to be reckoned with in 1v1. Its STAB moves alongside Head Smash allow it to OHKO common threats like Magearna, Heatran, and Mega Charizard X and Y. Choice Scarf allows Emboar to outspeed and KO some common fast threats such as Jumpluff, Naganadel, Modest Greninja, and Mega Lucario. However, defensively, Emboar's lackluster bulk alongside its Fire / Fighting typing makes it lose to common threats that can bulk for its moves, like Dragonite, Mega Gyarados, and Landorus-T. Furthermore, Emboar's lackluster Speed forces it to use a Choice Scarf to win most of its matchups. Additionally, even with the Choice Scarf boost, Emboar still can't outspeed common fast threats like Mega Lopunny, Timid Greninja, Choice Scarf Porygon-Z, Zeraora, and offensive Deoxys-S. Also, because Emboar usually needs to use Choice Scarf, it fails to gain the offensive presence necessary to beat matchups that its coverage enables it to hit super effectively, like Mega Metagross and Mega Blaziken. Lastly, it faces rolls against Pokemon like bulky Victini and bulky Mega Charizard X when running a Jolly nature and is unable to outspeed Pokemon like Naganadel and Jumpluff when running Adamant.

Most Used Moves

Bulk Up
0.4%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc