#500
Emboar
235
Attack
127
Defense
242
Stamina
3,372
Lvl 50Max CP
2,982
Lvl 40
2,130
Lvl 25Weather Boost
1,704
Lvl 20Raids/Eggs
1,278
Lvl 15Research
Best Movesets
PvE
Analysis
Emboar is the smoking hot Fire-type starter of Gen 5, but isn't as smoking hot in the PvE scene. A few ATK stats behind Blaziken combined with an inferior moveset pretty much makes it irrelevant upon its introduction, since we already had Torchic's Community Day and Blaziken is quite common among players. While Emboar will eventually get its Community Day if the trend continues, being worse than something everyone already has isn't gonna do it any favors.
Offense
- Low Kick is the best fast move by a very narrow margin from a stats perspective.
- Ember is right behind it, though its typing does allow Emboar to act as a Fire-type attacker.
- Blast Burn is the best Charge Move available by a wide margin, and can pair with Ember to fulfill a Fire-type role.
- Flame Charge falls behind significantly in performance, and other Fire-type Pokemon should be considered instead.
- Heat Wave is a really bad move.
- Focus Blast shares the same typing with Low Kick to fulfill a Fighting-type role.
- Rock Slide lacks STAB and isn't really meaningful for Emboar other than niche uses in attacking gyms.
Defense
- Ember hits harder than Low Kick on defense and is more optimal.
- Rock Slide is the optimal move on defense due to it being a 2-bar move, having a shorter damage window, and good coverage.
- Blast Burn is arguably the next best Charge Move for defense thanks its huge damage output, but is somewhat easily dodgeable.
- Flame Charge can be used frequently as a 3-bar move, but a late damage window makes it easy to dodge.
- Heat Wave might be difficult to access as a 1-bar move, but it's alright for what it does with STAB.
- Focus Blast hits very hard, but is incredibly easy to dodge.
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More Info
10,000 Stardust + 25 Candy
Second Charge Move Cost
5%
Flee Rate
3 KM
Buddy Distance
5%
Catch Rate
%
Female Ratio
%
Male Ratio
