# Emboar: usage, win rate, builds, partners and matchups

> Emboar in Pokemon Champions VGC, measured from tournament match records: usage, win rate under a fitted prior, the most played build, teammates and head to head.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Corpus | Reg M-C |
| Data published | 2026-09-28 |
| This document | https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon/emboar.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/emboar/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `emboar` |
| Types | Fire / Fighting |
| Usage rank | #188 |
| Usage | 0.1% |
| Teams | 6 |
| Win rate | 49.4% |
| Decided matches | 45 |

Win rate is a posterior mean under a prior fitted to the field, credited to every species on
the team rather than to this one alone. Build shares below are of the teams carrying this
species **that published a list**, which at most events is the cut and not the field.

## Most played build

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Moves | Extreme Speed, Flare Blitz, Head Smash, Protect |
| Item | Focus Sash |
| Ability | Rock Head |
| Nature | Jolly |
| Share of lists | 16.7% |
| Win rate | 48.9% |
| Decided matches | 7 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Flare Blitz | 100.0% | 49.3% |
| Protect | 100.0% | 49.3% |
| Close Combat | 66.7% | 49.5% |
| Bulk Up | 33.3% | 49.2% |
| Rock Slide | 33.3% | 49.2% |
| Drain Punch | 16.7% | 49.4% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Emboarite | 83.3% | 49.5% |
| Focus Sash | 16.7% | 49.3% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reckless | 50.0% | 49.1% |
| Blaze | 16.7% | 50.5% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adamant | 50.0% | 49.2% |
| Brave | 33.3% | 49.8% |

## Teammates

Share is of this species' own rosters: how often, when someone runs this, they run that.

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Farigiraf | 33.3% | 2 | 50.6% |
| Garchomp | 33.3% | 2 | 49.0% |
| Indeedee ♀ | 33.3% | 2 | 48.5% |
| Rillaboom | 33.3% | 2 | 49.0% |
| Sylveon | 33.3% | 2 | 50.6% |

## Related

- Every species: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon.md
- Archetypes this could belong to: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/teams.md
- The same species on the ladder: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/ladder.md
- Live JSON for this species: https://us-central1-sucker-punch-71328.cloudfunctions.net/api/pokemon/builds?name=emboar

## Freshness and provenance

- Rendered at deploy time from the published snapshots. Snapshot stamp: 2026-09-28.
- The boards behind them republish daily, so a figure here can trail the live data by a deploy.
- The read that is never behind is the JSON API: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/api.md.
- Tournament data and ladder data are separate populations and are never blended.
- Estimator, denominators and floors: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/method.md.
- Attribution: Sucker Punch, https://suckerpunch.gg.