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emboar
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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

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

uu Usage: 0.3%
Footloose
Moves
Grass Knot / Wild Charge / Head Smash
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Reckless
Nature
Naughty / Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
SpA 36
Spe 220
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Reckless
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Emboar has gained a great ability in Reckless, which increases its wallbreaking capabilities by boosting the power of its recoil attacks. These wallbreaking capabilities are supported by Emboar's very good base 123 Attack stat, which makes it an excellent choice for offensively based teams. Furthermore, Emboar has quite a wide movepool with a variety of coverage options to benefit from. Emboar also has a solid HP stat that helps it switch in against foes and take their attacks better, but most importantly, it lets Emboar take recoil from its attacking moves better. An immunity to Will-O-Wisp is excellent for a physical attacker like Emboar, as it means Emboar cannot be hampered by burn. Emboar also has a good offensive typing as well as a decent defensive typing, with several useful resistances but also a lot of weaknesses. Additionally, Emboar's high HP stat is let down by its mediocre Defense and Special Defense stats, and it is also easily worn down by the recoil damage induced by Flare Blitz, Wild Charge, and Head Smash. Emboar also has a low Speed stat, which leaves it outsped by a lot of common threats in the current metagame. Lastly, Emboar faces competition from Darmanitan as a wallbreaker because of the latter's access to U-turn and Sheer Force, but Emboar's niche lies in Reckless, its typing, and priority in Sucker Punch.

Most Used Moves

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc