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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
Major appearances
Emboar made its TV debut in Search for the Clubultimate! under the ownership of Bianca.
Other
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.
An Emboar appeared in Evolution by Fire! under the ownership of Shamus.
Minor appearances
In the manga
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.
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Generation V
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Black
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It can throw a fire punch by setting its fists on fire with its fiery chin. It cares deeply about its friends.
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White
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It has mastered fast and powerful fighting moves. It grows a beard of fire.
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Black 2
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A flaring beard of fire is proof that it is fired up. It is adept at using many different moves.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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It can throw a fire punch by setting its fists on fire with its fiery chin. It cares deeply about its friends.
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Y
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It has mastered fast and powerful fighting moves. It grows a beard of fire.
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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In side games
In events
Held items
Stats
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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110
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170 - 217
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330 - 424
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123
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115 - 192
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225 - 379
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65
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63 - 128
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121 - 251
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100
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94 - 167
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184 - 328
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65
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63 - 128
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121 - 251
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65
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63 - 128
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121 - 251
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Total: 528
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- 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.
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Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- 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
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- 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
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Emboar in Generation VI
- 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
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- 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
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This Pokémon has no moves exclusive to prior Evolutions.
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- 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
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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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 than its evolutionary relatives.
- Emboar has the highest HP base 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 base stat total of all fully evolved Fire starter Pokémon.
- 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.[1] 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. Infernape is also based on a character from the novel, Sun Wukong, and has a similar design. Emboar looks much like a pig 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
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Title
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Meaning
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Japanese
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エンブオー Enbuoh
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From 炎 en, 豚 buta or 武 bu, and 王 ō. May also be a combination of ember and boar.
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French
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Roitiflam
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From roi, rôti, and flamme
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Spanish
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Emboar
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Same as English name
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German
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Flambirex
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From flambieren and Rex
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Italian
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Emboar
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Same as English name
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Korean
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염무왕 Yeommuwang
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From its Japanese name 炎 yeom, 武 mu, and 王 wang.
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Mandarin Chinese
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炎武王 Yánwǔwáng
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From its Japanese name. May be taken as a reference to 周武王 (King Wu of Zhou).
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Cantonese Chinese
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Notes
External links
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