Emboar (Pokémon)

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

Emboar 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 21 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.

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 shorts legs and thick arms, the arms have orange upper portions while the legs have red upper portions. The all 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. 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

Emboar in the anime

Major appearances

Bianca's Emboar

Emboar made its TV debut in Search for the Clubultimate! under the ownership of Bianca.

Other

An Emboar appeared in Evolution by Fire! under the ownership of Shamus.

Emboar appeared in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram, under the ownership of Tatsuki. It fought Ash's Oshawott, which it lost to, in a tournament held in Eindoak Town. Iris's Emolga also battled the Mega Fire Pig Pokémon only to forfeit the battle when Emolga used Volt Switch and sent out Excadrill instead, which caused Iris's loss because substitutions were not allowed during the tournament battles.

In the manga

Emboar in Pokémon RéBURST

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 Pokémon Adventures manga

Black owns an Emboar, nicknamed Bo.

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 I Red {{{redbluedex}}} Blue Yellow {{{yellowdex}}} Stadium {{{stadiumdex}}}
Generation II Gold {{{golddex}}} Silver {{{silverdex}}} Crystal {{{crystaldex}}} Stadium 2 Unknown
Generation III Ruby {{{rubydex}}} Sapphire {{{sapphiredex}}} Emerald {{{emeralddex}}} FireRed {{{firereddex}}} LeafGreen {{{leafgreendex}}}
Generation IV Diamond {{{diamonddex}}} Pearl {{{pearldex}}} Platinum {{{platinumdex}}} HeartGold {{{heartgolddex}}} SoulSilver {{{soulsilverdex}}}
Generation V 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 {{{white2dex}}}
Generation VI X Unknown Y Unknown

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Generation I Red Blue None Trade Blue (Japan) None Trade Yellow None Trade
Generation II Gold Silver None Trade Crystal None Trade
Generation III Ruby Sapphire None Trade Emerald None Trade FireRed LeafGreen None Trade Colosseum None Trade XD None Trade
Generation IV Diamond Pearl None Trade Platinum None Trade HeartGold SoulSilver None Trade Pal Park None Pokéwalker None
Generation V Black White None Evolve Pignite Black 2 White 2 None Evolve Pignite Dream World None
Generation VI X Y None Poké Transporter

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Gates to Infinity	high difficulty Magnagate dungeons, Smoking Mountain, Cape at the Edge
Pokémon Rumble Blast	Lava: World Axle - B1F
Pokémon Conquest	Evolve Pignite

In events

Games	Event	Language	Location	Level	Distribution period
	Pokémon Center 15th Anniversary Emboar	Japanese	Japan	100	June 19 to 25, 2013; July 3 to 7, 2013

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 V Other generations: VI - VII - VIII - IX

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  00Start Hammer Arm Fighting Physical 100100 09090% 10 00Start Tackle Normal Physical 05050 100100% 35 00Start Tail Whip Normal Status 0000— 100100% 30 00Start Ember Fire Special 04040 100100% 25 00Start 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 1717 Arm Thrust Fighting Physical 01515 100100% 20 2020 Smog Poison Special 02020 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 05050 100100% 10 4343 Flamethrower Fire Special 09595 100100% 15 5050 Head Smash Rock Physical 150150 08080% 5 5555 Roar Normal Status 0000— 100100% 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 V Other generations: VI - VII - VIII - IX
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM05	Roar	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10
	TM08	Bulk Up	Fighting	Status	0000—	—}}—%	20
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM12	Taunt	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150150	090}}90%	5
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM22	SolarBeam	Grass	Special	120120	100}}100%	10
	TM23	Smack Down	Rock	Physical	05050	100}}100%	15
	TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100100	100}}100%	10
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	07575	100}}100%	15
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
	TM35	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	09595	100}}100%	15
	TM38	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	120120	085}}85%	5
	TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	05050	080}}80%	10
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
	TM43	Flame Charge	Fire	Physical	05050	100}}100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM47	Low Sweep	Fighting	Physical	06060	100}}100%	20
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
	TM49	Echoed Voice	Normal	Special	04040	100}}100%	15
	TM50	Overheat	Fire	Special	140140	090}}90%	5
	TM52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120120	070}}70%	5
	TM55	Scald	Water	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
	TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	10
	TM59	Incinerate	Fire	Special	03030	100}}100%	15
	TM61	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	Status	0000—	075}}75%	15
	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150150	090}}90%	5
	TM71	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100100	080}}80%	5
	TM74	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	5
	TM78	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	06060	100}}100%	20
	TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	07575	090}}90%	10
	TM83	Work Up	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	30
	TM84	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	08080	100}}100%	20
	TM86	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	090}}90%	15
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM93	Wild Charge	Electric	Physical	09090	100}}100%	15
	TM94	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	04040	100}}100%	15
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	08080	100}}100%	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

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: VI - VII - VIII - IX
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15
	Covet	Normal	Physical	60	100%	40
	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
	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 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 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

By tutoring

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

Game   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP   Contest   Appeal   Jamming  X Y OR AS Blast Burn Fire Special 150 90% 5 Cool 0   0   X Y OR AS Fire Pledge Fire Special 80 100% 10 Cool 0   0

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 V Other generations: VI - VII - 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

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Pinball RS  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Trozei!  N/A  Not available
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 0% Friend Area: Beau Plains Phrases 51%-100% HP My HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP My HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP My HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up I leveled up. Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up I leveled up.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 0% IQ group: A
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Loops: 0 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Normal  None Past ( Normal ) None Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Rumble N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●● Attack Not Available Defense Speed Attack Not Available Defense Speed Attack Not Available Defense Speed
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
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 Defense: ★★ Ability 2: Spirit Speed: ★★★ Ability 3: Flame Boost Evolves from Pignite when its Attack is 115 or higher Range: 2 Perfect Links: Kazutoyo, Tatsuko, and Naomasa

Evolution

Unevolved Tepig  Fire

Level 17 →

First Evolution Pignite  Fire  Fighting

Level 36 →

Second Evolution Emboar  Fire  Fighting

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III.
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation IV.
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

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

Trivia

• Emboar is the only fully evolved Unova starter Pokémon that has a secondary type.
• Emboar is the only starter Pokémon that has a different Hidden Ability from its evolutionary relatives.
• Emboar has the highest base HP stat of all fully evolved starter Pokémon.
  • Emboar is tied with Sceptile for the lowest Defense base stat of all fully evolved starter Pokémon.
  • Emboar also has the lowest Special Defense base stat of all fully evolved starter Pokémon.
  • Emboar also has the lowest Total base stats of all fully evolved fire starters
• Emboar is the heaviest fully evolved Fire-type 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 soldier of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It and its pre-evolutions, as stated by Ken Sugimori, were designed in a Chinese style. Because of its Chinese style, it may be based on Zhu Bajie, a pig demon from the Chinese tale Journey to the West. It seems to also take inspirations from a pig or boar in a professional wrestler's or possibly a lucha libre's attire. The swirled pattern that surrounds its abdomen is visually similar to the patterns on ding or ancient Greek pottery.

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) or 武 bu (martial arts), 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

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