#0500 · Unova · Generation 5 · starter

Emboar

Mega Fire Pig Pokémon · Fire/Fighting-type

Emboar is a Fire/Fighting-type Pokémon, the Mega Fire Pig Pokémon, number 500 (#0500) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 1.6 m tall and weighs 150 kg.

Emboar is the Mega Fire Pig Pokémon, a bearded brawler whose neck flames burn hotter the worse a fight gets. This Fire and Fighting type is, oddly, happiest when things look bad.

How to pronounce Emboar

Emboar is pronounced EM-bor. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Emboar said out loud:

In Japanese it is エンブオー (Enbuoh).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Emboar is a bulky, upright boar, 1.6 m tall and 150 kg, with a red nose, thick black eyebrows, two tusks and a wreath of fire across its neck and shoulders. The Pokédex says this fiery beard flares up from the fire inside its chest, and Emboar can set its fists alight. Yellow swirls mark the dark band across its chest.

Behaviour

Emboar cares deeply about its friends and is tough and relentless in battle. The Violet Pokédex says it seems to relish a desperate situation, while the flames around its neck swell and boost its power and speed.

Habitat

The Pokédex names no wild habitat. Emboar is normally reached by evolving Pignite, with wild ones only in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose.

Powers

Its Abilities are Blaze and the hidden Reckless. It learns Heat Crash, Flamethrower and Flare Blitz by levelling up and Close Combat by TM; before Generation VIII, Bulbapedia notes, the Emboar line was the only known group of Pokémon able to learn Heat Crash. Mega Emboar, new in Legends: Z-A, is still Fire and Fighting, with the Ability Mold Breaker and a beard of flame that spreads into armour. It wields a spear of fire that the official site says can reach 10,000 degrees Celsius. With 123 base Attack and 110 HP, Emboar is a bulky, hard-hitting attacker.

Name origin

Emboar may combine 'ember', 'emperor' and 'boar'. The Japanese name is Enbuoh (エンブオー), which may blend en (flame) with buta (pig), bu (martial arts) or bū (an oink), and ō (king).

Design inspiration

Emboar is based on a boar, and Ken Sugimori named Zhang Fei, the fierce warrior from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, as its inspiration. Mega Emboar's serpent-shaped spear appears to echo the serpent spear Zhang Fei was said to carry, and its loyal but reckless streak may allude to him too.

Evolution notes

Emboar is the final stage, reached by levelling Pignite to level 36.

In the games

Emboar is the final form of Unova's Fire starter in Black and White and Black 2 and White 2. In the newest games it arrives by evolving Pignite, in The Indigo Disk and in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Tatsuki's Emboar debuted in the Victini films, losing to Ash's Oshawott in the Harvest Festival tournament. Bianca's Emboar made its series debut in 'Search for the Clubultimate!'.

Fun facts

• Its category has read 'Mega Fire Pig' since Black and White, long before Mega Evolution was introduced in Generation VI.
• The Black Pokédex says Emboar can throw a fire punch, but it could not learn Fire Punch until Black 2 and White 2, according to Bulbapedia.
• Mega Emboar, with a base stat total of 628, is the only Pokémon with that total, says Bulbapedia.
• The Japanese Legends: Z-A site says one punch from Mega Emboar can wreck half of a reinforced concrete building.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Emboar (Pokémon) · Serebii: Emboar (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 110
• Attack: 123
• Defense: 65
• Sp. Atk: 100
• Sp. Def: 65
• Speed: 65

Emboar’s base stat total is 528. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Emboar weak to?

Emboar takes extra damage from Water (2×), Ground (2×), Flying (2×), Psychic (2×) moves.

It resists Bug (¼×), Fire (½×), Grass (½×), Ice (½×), Dark (½×), Steel (½×).

Evolution

What does Emboar evolve from?

Emboar evolves from Pignite at level 36.

Emboar is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Tepig, Pignite, Emboar.

• Tepig evolves into Pignite at level 17.

Forms

• Mega Emboar (Mega): Fire/Fighting-type, base stat total 628 (HP 110, Attack 148, Defense 75, Sp. Atk 110, Sp. Def 110, Speed 75). Ability: Mold Breaker.

Abilities

• Blaze: Strengthens Fire moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.
• Reckless (hidden ability): Strengthens recoil moves to 1.2× their power.

Moves

Moves Emboar learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (67)

Emboar can learn 67 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Scary Face, Protect, Low Kick, Trailblaze, Fire Spin, Facade, Bulldoze, Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, Low Sweep, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Dig, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, Bulk Up, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Sleep Talk, Drain Punch, Grass Knot, Poison Jab, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Taunt, Body Press, Iron Head, Substitute, Will-O-Wisp, Heat Wave, Heavy Slam, Flamethrower, Helping Hand, Reversal, Fire Blast, Fire Pledge, Wild Charge, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Blast Burn, Overheat, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Flare Blitz, Close Combat, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Roar, Smack Down, Gyro Ball, Knock Off, High Horsepower, Scald, Heat Crash, Focus Punch, Double-Edge, Endeavor, Temper Flare, Coaching, Curse, Hard Press.

Egg moves (6):Endure, Hammer Arm, Sucker Punch, Superpower, Thrash, Yawn.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 87.5% male, 12.5% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 238.

Pokédex entries

It has mastered fast and powerful fighting moves. It grows a beard of fire. (White, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

It can throw a fire punch by setting its fists on fire with its fiery chin. It cares deeply about its friends. (Black, X, Omega Ruby)

A flaring beard of fire is proof that it is fired up. It is adept at using many different moves. (Black 2, White 2)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest HP among Fire types in Gen 5: 110.
• Taller than 77% of all Pokémon (1.6 m).
• Heavier than 89% of all Pokémon (150 kg).
• Base stat total 528, ranked #186 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is HP, ranked #54 of 1,025.
• One of 6 Pokémon that are both Fire and Fighting.
• One of 97 red Pokémon.
• Number 7 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 81 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 3 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Emboar (Pokémon), Serebii: Emboar (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (EM-bor): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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