Emboar Pokemon Guide

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Emboar Pokemon Guide

Emboar is the final evolution of Tepig and Pignite, known for its Fire and Fighting typing, high Attack stat, powerful recoil moves and Mega Emboar form. This guide covers Emboar’s stats, best moves, abilities, evolution, shiny form, typing, weaknesses, locations, Mega Emboar and current Pokemon game availability.

Normal Form

Emboar

Shiny Form

Shiny Emboar

Mega Evolution

Mega Emboar

Last Updated: May 2026 | Page Status: This Emboar guide supports current Pokemon games, Pokemon Champions and future updates. Location, moves and availability details will be updated as new Pokemon game data becomes available.

Emboar Guide Contents

Description	Quick Facts
Stats	Best Moves
All Moves	Weaknesses
Evolution	Locations
Abilities	FAQ

Emboar Description

Emboar is the final evolution of Tepig and Pignite. It is a Fire and Fighting-type Pokemon introduced in Generation 5, recognized for its fiery beard, heavy physical offense and access to strong Fire, Fighting, Rock, Electric and coverage moves.

Competitive Overview

Is Emboar Good in Competitive?

Emboar can be a threatening offensive Pokemon because of its high Attack stat, strong Fire and Fighting STAB moves and wide physical coverage. It often works best as a wallbreaker that trades HP for damage with moves like Flare Blitz, Head Smash and Wild Charge.

Emboar’s biggest strengths are its power, coverage and Reckless-boosted recoil attacks when that ability is available. Its biggest issues are its modest Speed, average defenses and weaknesses to Water, Ground, Flying and Psychic-type moves.

Emboar Quick Facts

Here are the key facts to know about Emboar, including its type, abilities, height, weight and species information.

Name

Emboar

National Dex

#0500

Type

Fire / Fighting

Species

Fire Pig Pokemon

Height

5’03” / 1.6 m

160 cm

Weight

330.7 lbs / 150.0 kg

150 kg

Abilities

Blaze, Reckless

Emboar Stats

Emboar has high HP and Attack, solid Special Attack and lower defensive and Speed stats. Its stat spread favors hard-hitting physical attacks and bulky wallbreaking rather than fast sweeping.

110

Attack

123

Defense

Special Attack

100

Special Defense

Speed

Emboar Best Moves Across Pokemon Games

Emboar has a powerful movepool with Fire, Fighting, Rock, Electric, Ground and Dark coverage. These are some of Emboar’s most useful and recognizable moves across Pokemon games.

Fire type Pokemon icon

Flare Blitz

A powerful Fire-type physical attack that gives Emboar major wallbreaking damage.

Fighting type Pokemon icon

Close Combat

A high-power Fighting-type attack that helps Emboar break through Rock, Steel, Ice, Dark and Normal-type Pokemon.

Rock type Pokemon icon

Head Smash

A very strong Rock-type coverage move that can hit Flying, Fire, Bug and Ice-type Pokemon hard.

Electric type Pokemon icon

Wild Charge

Electric-type coverage that gives Emboar a way to pressure Water and Flying-type Pokemon.

Fire type Pokemon icon

Heat Crash

A signature-style heavy Fire-type attack that can be very strong against lighter targets.

Fighting type Pokemon icon

Bulk Up

A setup move that boosts Emboar’s Attack and Defense, helping it become harder to switch into.

Dark type Pokemon icon

Sucker Punch

Priority Dark-type coverage that can help Emboar pick off faster attacking opponents.

Ground type Pokemon icon

Earthquake

A reliable Ground-type coverage move that helps Emboar hit Fire, Poison, Rock, Steel and Electric-type Pokemon.

Emboar All Moves

Emboar can learn a broad move pool across different Pokemon games, including Fire, Fighting, Rock, Electric, Ground, Dark and Normal moves. Use the section below to view Emboar’s move list by learn method.

Move data shown from: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Level-Up Moves

Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
1	Arm Thrust	Fighting	Physical	15	100
1	Ember	Fire	Special	40	100
1	Tackle	Normal	Physical	40	100
1	Tail Whip	Normal	Status	–	100
13	Defense Curl	Normal	Status	–	–
15	Flame Charge	Fire	Physical	50	100
20	Smog	Poison	Special	30	70
23	Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90
28	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85
31	Heat Crash	Fire	Physical	–	100
38	Assurance	Dark	Physical	60	100
43	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100
50	Head Smash	Rock	Physical	150	80
55	Roar	Normal	Status	–	–
62	Flare Blitz	Fire	Physical	120	100

TM Moves

Method	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
TM	Blast Burn	Fire	Special	150	90
TM	Body Press	Fighting	Physical	80	100
TM	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100
TM	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100
TM	Bulk Up	Fighting	Status	–	–
TM	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100
TM	Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	120	100
TM	Coaching	Fighting	Status	–	–
TM	Curse	Ghost	Status	–	–
TM	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100
TM	Double Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100
TM	Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	75	100
TM	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100
TM	Endeavor	Normal	Physical	–	100
TM	Endure	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100
TM	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	110	85
TM	Fire Pledge	Fire	Special	80	100
TM	Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100
TM	Fire Spin	Fire	Special	35	85
TM	Flame Charge	Fire	Physical	50	100
TM	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100
TM	Flare Blitz	Fire	Physical	120	100
TM	Fling	Dark	Physical	–	100
TM	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70
TM	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100
TM	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90
TM	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	–	100
TM	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	–	100
TM	Hard Press	Steel	Physical	0	100
TM	Heat Crash	Fire	Physical	–	100
TM	Heat Wave	Fire	Special	95	90
TM	Heavy Slam	Steel	Physical	–	100
TM	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	High Horsepower	Ground	Physical	95	95
TM	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90
TM	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100
TM	Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100
TM	Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	–	100
TM	Low Sweep	Fighting	Physical	65	100
TM	Mud Slap	Ground	Special	20	100
TM	Overheat	Fire	Special	130	90
TM	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100
TM	Protect	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Rest	Psychic	Status	–	–
TM	Reversal	Fighting	Physical	–	100
TM	Roar	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90
TM	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95
TM	Scald	Water	Special	80	100
TM	Scary Face	Normal	Status	–	100
TM	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Smack Down	Rock	Physical	50	100
TM	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120	100
TM	Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100
TM	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80
TM	Substitute	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	–	–
TM	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85
TM	Taunt	Dark	Status	–	100
TM	Temper Flare	Fire	Physical	75	100
TM	Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100
TM	Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100
TM	Trailblaze	Grass	Physical	50	100
TM	Wild Charge	Electric	Physical	90	100
TM	Will O Wisp	Fire	Status	–	85
TM	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90

Egg Moves

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
Endure	Normal	Status	–	–
Hammer Arm	Fighting	Physical	100	90
Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	70	100
Superpower	Fighting	Physical	120	100
Thrash	Normal	Physical	120	100
Yawn	Normal	Status	–	–

Emboar Typing, Weaknesses and Resistances

Emboar is a Fire and Fighting-type Pokemon. This gives it several useful resistances, including a strong resistance to Bug-type moves, but it is weak to Water, Ground, Flying and Psychic-type attacks.

Type

Fire / Fighting

Weaknesses

Water, Ground, Flying and Psychic

Resistances

Fire, Grass, Ice, Dark, Steel and Bug

Immunity

None

Emboar has no type immunities.

Emboar Abilities

Emboar’s abilities support either standard Fire-type offense or stronger recoil-based attacking sets.

Blaze

Boosts the power of Emboar’s Fire-type moves when its HP is low. This can make late-game Flare Blitz, Flamethrower or other Fire attacks hit harder.

Reckless

Boosts the power of moves that cause recoil or crash damage. This is especially useful with attacks like Flare Blitz, Head Smash and Wild Charge when available.

Emboar Evolution

Emboar evolves from Pignite, which evolves from Tepig. The full Emboar evolution line is Tepig, Pignite and Emboar.

Stage 1

Tepig

Fire type Pokemon icon

Starting form

Stage 2

Pignite

Evolves from Tepig at Level 17

Stage 3

Emboar

Evolves from Pignite at Level 36

Where to Find Emboar in Pokemon Games

Emboar’s availability changes depending on the Pokemon game. In many games, Emboar is obtained by evolving Tepig into Pignite at Level 17 and then evolving Pignite into Emboar at Level 36.

Generation 1: Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow

Game	Where to Find Emboar
Pokemon Red	Not available because Emboar had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon Blue	Not available because Emboar had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon Yellow	Not available because Emboar had not been introduced yet.

Generation 2: Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal

Game	Where to Find Emboar
Pokemon Gold	Not available because Emboar had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon Silver	Not available because Emboar had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon Crystal	Not available because Emboar had not been introduced yet.

Generation 3: Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed and LeafGreen

Game	Where to Find Emboar
Pokemon Ruby	Not available because Emboar had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon Sapphire	Not available because Emboar had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon Emerald	Not available because Emboar had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon FireRed	Not available because Emboar had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon LeafGreen	Not available because Emboar had not been introduced yet.

Generation 4: Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver

Game	Where to Find Emboar
Pokemon Diamond	Not available because Emboar had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon Pearl	Not available because Emboar had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon Platinum	Not available because Emboar had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon HeartGold	Not available because Emboar had not been introduced yet.
Pokemon SoulSilver	Not available because Emboar had not been introduced yet.

Generation 5: Black, White, Black 2 and White 2

Game	Where to Find Emboar
Pokemon Black	Evolve Tepig or Pignite.
Pokemon White	Evolve Tepig or Pignite.
Pokemon Black 2	Evolve Tepig or Pignite.
Pokemon White 2	Evolve Tepig or Pignite.

Generation 6: X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Game	Where to Find Emboar
Pokemon X	Trade, transfer or migrate from another game.
Pokemon Y	Trade, transfer or migrate from another game.
Pokemon Omega Ruby	Evolve Tepig or Pignite.
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire	Evolve Tepig or Pignite.

Generation 7: Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon and Let’s Go

Game	Where to Find Emboar
Pokemon Sun	Evolve Tepig or Pignite. Tepig can be found at Ancient Poni Path through Island Scan.
Pokemon Moon	Evolve Tepig or Pignite. Tepig can be found at Ancient Poni Path through Island Scan.
Pokemon Ultra Sun	Trade, transfer or migrate from another game.
Pokemon Ultra Moon	Trade, transfer or migrate from another game.
Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu	Not available in this game.
Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee	Not available in this game.

Generation 8: Sword, Shield, Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl and Legends: Arceus

Game	Where to Find Emboar
Pokemon Sword	Not available in this game.
Pokemon Shield	Not available in this game.
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond	Not available in this game.
Pokemon Shining Pearl	Not available in this game.
Pokemon Legends: Arceus	Not available in this game.

Generation 9: Scarlet, Violet and Legends Z-A

Game	Where to Find Emboar
Pokemon Scarlet	Evolve Tepig or Pignite. Tepig is available in The Indigo Disk DLC after upgrading the Polar Biome.
Pokemon Violet	Evolve Tepig or Pignite. Tepig is available in The Indigo Disk DLC after upgrading the Polar Biome.
Pokemon Legends Z-A	Found in 4-Star Hyperspace Wild Zones in the Mega Dimension DLC. Emboar can also be obtained by evolving Pignite at Level 36.

Generation 10: Pokemon Winds and Waves

Game	Where to Find Emboar
Pokemon Winds and Waves	Coming soon once official location, encounter or transfer information is confirmed.

Mega Emboar

Mega Emboar is Emboar’s Mega Evolution. It keeps Emboar’s Fire and Fighting typing while increasing its offensive presence for modern Pokemon coverage.

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Emboar FAQ

Here are quick answers to common questions about Emboar. This FAQ is visible on-page content only and does not use FAQ schema markup.

What type is Emboar?

Emboar is a Fire and Fighting-type Pokemon.

What is Emboar weak against?

Emboar is weak to Water, Ground, Flying and Psychic-type moves.

What does Emboar evolve from?

Emboar evolves from Pignite at Level 36. Pignite evolves from Tepig at Level 17.

What are Emboar’s abilities?

Emboar’s abilities are Blaze and Reckless. Reckless is Emboar’s hidden ability.

What are Emboar’s best moves?

Emboar’s best moves often include Flare Blitz, Close Combat, Head Smash, Wild Charge, Heat Crash, Bulk Up, Sucker Punch and Earthquake.

Is Emboar good in Pokemon?

Yes, Emboar can be a strong offensive Pokemon because of its high Attack stat, powerful STAB moves and broad coverage.

How do you get Emboar?

The most common way to get Emboar is to evolve Pignite at Level 36 after evolving Tepig into Pignite at Level 17.

Is Mega Emboar available?

Mega Emboar information is included on this page and can be updated as new game and competitive details become available.

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