Competitive Information for Emboar [X/Y]
Fire / Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Emboar? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the X/Y generation metagame.
Emboar is an outstanding Fire and Fighting-typed Pokemon. It's pretty common to see Emboar show up as a X/Y opponent. Emboar is weak to Flying, Ground, Psychic, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Reckless
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Fire Punch
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Wild Charge / Earthquake
- Sucker Punch / Return
Physical Sweeper Emboar (Reckless)
Emboar is a decent Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Emboar from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Emboar's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Reckless, Emboar's attacks with recoil or crash damage have 1.2x power; not struggle. Sucker Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Emboar's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Emboar's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Item: Choice Band
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 212 Hp / 252 Atk / 44 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Crash / Flare Blitz
- Brick Break / Superpower
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake / Wild Charge
Emboar Physical Tank (Slide Of Bacon)
Emboar is a spectacular Physical Tank. It's designed to take a nice amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Choice Band will increase the damage of Emboar's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Emboar's attacking stat is 1.5x with fire attacks.
♦ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 33% recoil. 10% chance to burn. thaws Emboar).
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Superpower is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Emboar's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 77 Hp / 220 Atk / 213 Spe
Moveset:
- Rollout
- Defense Curl
- Earthquake
- Thunder Punch
Emboar Physical Sweeper (The Best )
Emboar is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Emboar's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Emboar's attacking stat is 1.5x with fire attacks.
♦ Defense Curl is a status move (raises your Emboar's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Fire Punch
Emboar Support (Auntie Em)
Emboar is a pretty decent Support. Life Orb boosts the power of Emboar's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Emboar's attacking stat is 1.5x with fire attacks.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Emboar? These builds have been optimized for X/Y Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the X/Y generation metagame.
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Reckless
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Fire Punch
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
Doubles Physical Sweeper Emboar (Reckless)
Emboar is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Emboar's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Reckless, Emboar's attacks with recoil or crash damage have 1.2x power; not struggle.
♦ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Emboar's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Emboar's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Emboar learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Emboar can perform in X/Y. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive XY Move and Ability Combos for Emboar
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Ability: Blaze + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Recoil moves boosted by Reckless: Take Down, Flare Blitz, Head Smash, Wild Charge
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Helping Hand, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp, Yawn, Scald
Moves that boost Emboar's stats
- Bulk Up
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Flame Charge
- Power-Up Punch
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Emboar
- Blast Burn
- Earthquake
- Head Smash
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Emboar in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Emboar's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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