Emboar (Pokémon)

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Emboar (disambiguation).

Emboar Mega Fire Pig Pokémon エンブオー Enbuoh #500 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Fire Fighting Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Blaze Cacophony Cacophony Reckless Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 87.5% male, 12.5% female	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Field Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 5'03" 1.6 m Emboar 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 330.7 lbs. 150.0 kg Emboar 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 238	Leveling rate Medium Slow
EV yield Total: 3 Emboar 0 HP 3 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 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Red	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Emboar (Japanese: エンブオー Enbuoh) is a dual-type Fire/Fighting Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

It evolves from Pignite starting at level 36. It is the final form of Tepig.

Biology

Emboar are bulky, bipedal Pokémon with pig-like features. It has a red nose, large bushy black eyebrows, and two tusks protruding from its lower jaw. Constantly burning flames cover the front of its neck and shoulders. It has short legs and thick arms. Its arms have orange upper portions while the legs have red upper portions. All of its limbs have black lower portions with thin yellow lines where the upper and lower colors meet. These lines are straight on the arms and spiked on the legs. The arms have red lines around the wrists and tufts of fur on the elbows. The hands are tipped with three claws, while the feet have two claws. A large, dark horizontal stripe on the chest of Emboar has swirled yellow markings. Its small tail ends in a tuft of hair.

Using the wreath of flames on its neck and shoulders, Emboar will set its hands on fire. It uses its power and speed to master fighting moves. Though very tough and relentless when fighting, it shows deep affection for those it considers friends. It can also unleash powerful blasts of fire using only its nose and cloak its body in fire to use its signature move, Heat Crash.

In the anime

In the main series

Emboar in the anime

Major appearances

Bianca's Emboar

Emboar made his main series debut in Search for the Clubultimate!, under the ownership of Bianca.

Other

Emboar debuted in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram, under the ownership of Tatsuki. It battled Ash's Oshawott, which it lost to, during Eindoak Town's Harvest Festival battle tournament. Iris's Emolga also battled the Mega Fire Pig Pokémon, but Emolga used Volt Switch and sent out Excadrill instead, causing Iris's loss since substitutions were not allowed during the tournament battles.

An Emboar appeared in Evolution by Fire!, under the ownership of Shamus. It and a Heatmor were his two main Pokémon. The two faced off in a Double Battle against Ash's Tepig and Snivy, which eventually ended when Tepig evolved into Pignite, which single-handedly defeated both.

In the Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer

Emboar in the animated trailer

An Emboar appeared in the Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer, under the ownership of Nate. Nate first obtained it as his starter Pokémon from Bianca. It was first shown as Nate was about to battle Elesa.

In the manga

Emboar in Pokémon Adventures

Emboar in Pokémon RéBURST

In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga

Cheren was seen with an Emboar.

In the movie adaptations

Tatsuki owns an Emboar in White—Victini and Zekrom.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Main article: Bo

Black owns an Emboar, nicknamed Bo. He evolved in Museum Showdown.

In the Pocket Monsters B2 W2 ~ A New Legend ~ manga

Hiro owns an Emboar in which he sent it out to prevent Team Plasma from getting away with Keldeo.

In the Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder manga

Main article: Shin's Emboar

Shin owns an Emboar.

In the Pokémon RéBURST manga

Carola has an Emboar which she can use as a Burst form.

In the TCG

Main article: Emboar (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Generation V Unova #006 Black It can throw a fire punch by setting its fists on fire with its fiery chin. It cares deeply about its friends. White It has mastered fast and powerful fighting moves. It grows a beard of fire. Black 2 A flaring beard of fire is proof that it is fired up. It is adept at using many different moves. White 2
Generation VI Kalos #— Hoenn #— X It can throw a fire punch by setting its fists on fire with its fiery chin. It cares deeply about its friends. Y It has mastered fast and powerful fighting moves. It grows a beard of fire. Omega Ruby It can throw a fire punch by setting its fists on fire with its fiery chin. It cares deeply about its friends. Alpha Sapphire It has mastered fast and powerful fighting moves. It grows a beard of fire.
Generation VII Alola #— Kanto #— This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Generation VII.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Generation V Black White Evolve Pignite Black 2 White 2 Evolve Pignite
Generation VI X Y Trade Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Evolve Pignite
Generation VII Sun Moon Ancient Poni Path (Island Scan)Sa Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Trade

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Generation V Rumble Blast Lava: World Axle - B1F PokéPark 2 Crag Area Conquest Evolve Pignite MD GTI Jaws of the Abyss (Uncharted Road), Smoking Mountain (Uncharted Road) Rumble U Secret Warehouse: Walking a Thin Line (Boss), Variety Battle: A Battle in the Tower (Co-Boss)
Generation VI Battle Trozei Colossal Forest: Stage 5 Shuffle Event: Emboar Roars onto Stage! Event: Emboar Appears Event: Great Daily Pokémon (Fourth release) Rumble World Black Realm: Blustery Grove (Back Boss) Picross Area 28: Stage 04

In events

Games	Event	Language/Region	Location	Level	Distribution period
BWB2W2	Pokémon Center 15th Anniversary Emboar	Japanese	Japan	100	June 19 to 25, 2013; July 3 to 7, 2013
ORAS	Hidden Ability Present Emboar	Japanese region	Online	50	January 16 to November 30, 2015
ORAS	Hidden Ability Present Emboar	American region	Online	50	January 29 to November 30, 2015
ORAS	Hidden Ability Present Emboar	PAL region	Online	50	January 29 to November 30, 2015

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Events*		Choice Scarf (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 110		170 - 217	330 - 424
Attack: 123		115 - 192	225 - 379
Defense: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Sp. Atk: 100		94 - 167	184 - 328
Sp. Def: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Speed: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Total: 528	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.

Type effectiveness

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

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

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

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

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

Learnset

By leveling up

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

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 011 Arm Thrust Fighting Physical 01515 100100% 20 011 Hammer Arm Fighting Physical 100100 09090% 10 011 Tackle Normal Physical 04040 100100% 35 011 Tail Whip Normal Status 0000— 100100% 30 011 Ember Fire Special 04040 100100% 25 011 Odor Sleuth Normal Status 0000— ——% 40 033 Tail Whip Normal Status 0000— 100100% 30 077 Ember Fire Special 04040 100100% 25 099 Odor Sleuth Normal Status 0000— ——% 40 1313 Defense Curl Normal Status 0000— ——% 40 1515 Flame Charge Fire Physical 05050 100100% 20 2020 Smog Poison Special 03030 07070% 20 2323 Rollout Rock Physical 03030 09090% 20 2828 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 08585% 20 3131 Heat Crash Fire Physical 0000— 100100% 10 3838 Assurance Dark Physical 06060 100100% 10 4343 Flamethrower Fire Special 09090 100100% 15 5050 Head Smash Rock Physical 150150 08080% 5 5555 Roar Normal Status 0000— ——% 20 6262 Flare Blitz Fire Physical 120120 100100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Emboar Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Emboar Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM/HM

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

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM01 TM01 Work Up Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 30 TM05 TM05 Roar Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TM06 TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM08 TM08 Bulk Up Fighting Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TM10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM11 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM12 TM12 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM15 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM17 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM21 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM22 TM22 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM23 TM23 Smack Down Rock Physical 05050 100}}100% 15 TM26 TM26 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM27 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM31 TM31 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM32 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 15 TM35 TM35 Flamethrower Fire Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM38 TM38 Fire Blast Fire Special 110110 085}}85% 5 TM39 TM39 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM42 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM43 TM43 Flame Charge Fire Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM44 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM45 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM47 TM47 Low Sweep Fighting Physical 06565 100}}100% 20 TM48 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM49 TM49 Echoed Voice Normal Special 04040 100}}100% 15 TM50 TM50 Overheat Fire Special 130130 090}}90% 5 TM52 TM52 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120120 070}}70% 5 TM55 TM55 Scald Water Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM56 TM56 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM61 TM61 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM68 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM71 TM71 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TM74 TM74 Gyro Ball Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM78 TM78 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM80 TM80 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM84 TM84 Poison Jab Poison Physical 08080 100}}100% 20 TM86 TM86 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM87 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM88 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM90 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM93 TM93 Wild Charge Electric Physical 09090 100}}100% 15 XTM100 TM100 Confide Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Emboar Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Emboar Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

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

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Body Slam Normal Physical 85 100% 15 Burn UpUSUM Fire Special 130 100% 5 Covet Normal Physical 60 100% 25 Curse Ghost Status — —% 10 Endeavor Normal Physical — 100% 5 Heavy Slam Steel Physical — 100% 10 Magnitude Ground Physical — 100% 30 Sleep Talk Normal Status — —% 10 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 70 100% 5 Superpower Fighting Physical 120 100% 5 Thrash Normal Physical 120 100% 10 Yawn Normal Status — —% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Emboar in Generation VII 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 Emboar in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Emboar Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Emboar Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

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

Game   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  S M US UM Blast Burn Fire Special 150 90% 5 S M US UM Block Normal Status — —% 5 S M US UM Covet Normal Physical 60 100% 25 S M US UM Endeavor Normal Physical — 100% 5 S M US UM Fire Pledge Fire Special 80 100% 10 S M US UM Fire Punch Fire Physical 75 100% 15 S M US UM Focus Punch Fighting Physical 150 100% 20 S M US UM Heat Wave Fire Special 95 90% 10 S M US UM Helping Hand Normal Status — —% 20 S M US UM Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100% 15 S M US UM Iron Tail Steel Physical 100 75% 15 S M US UM Low Kick Fighting Physical — 100% 20 S M US UM Snore Normal Special 50 100% 15 S M US UM Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 75 100% 10 S M US UM Superpower Fighting Physical 120 100% 5 S M US UM Thunder Punch Electric Physical 75 100% 15 S M US UM Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 80 90% 15

A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Emboar can be tutored the move in that game A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Emboar cannot be tutored the move in that game Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Emboar Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Emboar Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

By a prior evolution

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

Stage   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  This Pokémon has no moves exclusive to prior Evolutions.

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Emboar Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Emboar Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Special moves

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

Event   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Island ScanSM Superpower Fighting Physical 120 100% 5

A superscript level indicates that Emboar can learn this move normally in Generation VII Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Emboar Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Emboar Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Side game data

Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: Weak: PokéPark Pad entry: He is the Area Keeper of the Crag Area. He is powerful yet gentle. Everybody in the Area likes him.
Pokémon Conquest HP: ★★★★★ Move: Fire Blast Attack: ★★★ Ability 1: Blaze Ability 2: Spirit Ability 3: Flame Boost Defense: ★★ Speed: ★★★ Evolves from Pignite when its Attack is 115 or higher Range: 2 Perfect Links: Kazutoyo, Tatsuko, and Naomasa
Pokémon Battle Trozei Fire Attack Power: ★★★★★ True Strength Increases damage dealt when energy levels are half or less.			Pokémon Shuffle Fire Attack Power: 70 - 110 5 #263 Barrier Bash Removes one barrier-type disruption without fail. Swappable Skill(s): Risk-Taker

Evolution

Unevolved Tepig  Fire

Level 17 →

First Evolution Pignite  Fire  Fighting

Level 36 →

Second Evolution Emboar  Fire  Fighting

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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 Emboar images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Emboar is the only starter Pokémon that has a different Hidden Ability than its evolutionary relatives.
• Emboar has the lowest base Special Defense stat of all fully evolved starter Pokémon.
• Emboar has the highest base HP and Attack stats of all fully evolved starter Pokémon.
• Emboar, Samurott, and Serperior all share the same base stat total of 528.
• Emboar and its evolutionary relatives were created by Lee HyunJung.

Origin

Emboar is based on the character of Zhang Fei of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Ken Sugimori has said that Tepig, Pignite, and Emboar were designed in a Chinese style. Because of this, Emboar may be based on Zhu Bajie, a pig demon from the Chinese tale Journey to the West. Emboar looks much like a British Saddleback or wild boar in a wrestling singlet. The swirl pattern around its abdomen resembles the patterns on a ding or ancient Greek pottery. The fire in its Shiny coloration refers to blue fire, which generally indicates a higher temperature than orange fire but may also be caused by certain chemicals burning at a normal temperature.

Name origin

Emboar is a combination of ember and boar. It may also derive from the terms emperor, caesar, or tsar, all of which are used as imperial titles.

Enbuoh may be a combination of 炎 en (flame), 豚 buta (pig), 武 bu (martial arts), ブー bū (oink), and 王 ō (king). It may also be a combination of ember and boar.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese エンブオー Enbuoh From 炎 en, 豚 buta or 武 bu, and 王 ō. May also be a combination of ember and boar. French Roitiflam From roi, rôti, and flamme Spanish Emboar Same as English name German Flambirex From flambieren and Rex Italian Emboar Same as English name Korean 염무왕 Yeommuwang From its Japanese name 炎 yeom, 武 mu, and 王 wang. Mandarin Chinese 炎武王 Yánwǔwáng From its Japanese name. May be taken as a reference to 周武王 (King Wu of Zhou). Cantonese Chinese

More languages Russian Эмбор Embor Transcription of English name

Related articles

• Bianca's Emboar
• Bo
• Shin's Emboar
• Starter Pokémon

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