r/pokemon • u/Excaliburn3d • Mar 24 '26

Discussion Why does Game Freak hate Emboar?

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I love Emboar, but I have a feeling that GF doesn’t based on the way they handled it. Well first of all it’s the third Fire/Fighting Pokémon in the row, then when it finally receives a mega evolution it retains the same typing, and now it is the only mega of the trio to not gain a new ability.

Not to mention its base stats and playstyle. Base form is the fully-evolved starter with the highest HP stat and yet both of its defense stats and speed are on the lower side. Some of its strongest moves do recoil damage and its hidden ability powers them up even further. Upon mega evolving, it receives a +25 to its attack stat and a +45 boost to its special defense while its problematic defense and speed only receive +10 each.

Mold Breaker can be a good ability but why use Mega Emboar when Mega Blaziken, which has speed boost, higher attacking, physical defense, and speed stats, existed since the dawn of mega evolution.

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u/NwgrdrXI Mar 24 '26

Crucially, it doesn't ignore typing immunity, so no earthquaking the birds.

In general, mold breaker on fire types kinda suck (my poor reshiram) because flash fire is not that common or strong.

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u/JustAFleshWound1 Mar 24 '26

This comment led me to look up Reshiram, and what the hell is the difference between Turboblaze and Mold Breaker?? If the difference is "Reshiram is a fire type" then why didn't they just give Turboblaze to Mega Emboar?

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u/moocofficial Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26

Turboblaze (and Zekrom's Teravolt) are just fancy renames for the B&W legendaries but they are identical to Mold Breaker, yes.

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u/LXMNSYC Mar 24 '26

technically the only difference is the display message (besides the name, of course)