Pokemon #24-Emboar

Emboar is a Pokemon that was intorduced in generation 5(Black,White).It is number 006 in the Unova Pokedex and number 500 in the National Pokedex.It is said that it has mastered fast and powerful fighting moves and that it grows a beard of fire.
Emboar is probably the worst of the three Fire-Fighting starters.I don't say it's completely useless,but comparing to Blaziken and Infernape,it's really nothing.Its stats are really mixed up bad.It comes with 110/65/65 on the defensive side and 123/100/65 on the offnesive side.As you can see its attack stat is excellent but pairing with that speed stat,that's just stupid.Also,I find weird how it has that high HP stat but its defenses are so paper thin.Anyway,I am not here to judge Game Freak's work.Let's continue.It's movepool is OK I guess,supporting nicely its nice attack stat.It gets two abilities.Blaze,which raises the power of the fire-type moves by 50% when the user's HP is below 1/3rd and Reckless,which increases the power of the recoil moves by 30% but also increases the recoil.Now,let's see some possible sets for Emboar.

Reckeless
-Wild Charge
-Flare Blitz
-Head Smash
-Earthquake
Item:Life Orb
Ability:Reckless
EVs,Nature:
252 Attack,252 Speed,4 HP
Adamant(+Att,-Sp.Att)

This set tries to utilize the Reckless ability and Emboar's decent Attack stat.Wild Charge hits every water type really hard thanks to Reckless plus the Life Orb.Flare Blitz is your STAB and it is scary powerful with Reckless and Life Orb.Head Smash is your move for the Flying-types.Earthqauke,as I always say,is a great move to have and pairs really nice with Head Smash,hitting anything that Head Smash doesn't.

Mix Work Up
-Work Up
-Flare Blitz/Fire Blast
-Scald/Focus Blast/Grass Knot
-Earthquake/Hammer Arm
Item:Leftovers
Ability:Blaze
EVs,Nature:
252 HP,152 Attack,104 Special Attack
Brave(+Att,-Spe)

I forgot to mention that Emboar has decent Special Attack.So with decent and Attack and Special Attack you make a decent wall-breaking set(or Mixed wall breaker).Work Up raises your Special and Physical Attack by 1 stage,use it on a predicted switch and you are good.Flare Blitz is your STAB and is very strong after a Work Up,if you don't want though the recoil but you want to risk with the accuracy you can go with Fire Blast.Scald is an awesome move,being a Water-type and having that 30% chance of getting a burn.Focus Blast is your secondary STAB,but it's very unstable so be careful.Grass Knot can hit really hard some bulky waters,but that's what it only can do.Earthquake is always great to have.Hammer Arm is your other choice if you didn't picked Focus Blast,but the Speed drop is not really a help.

Counters
Thundurus and Landorus are great,as they outspeed and can 2HKO with ThunderBolt and OHKO with Earthquake respectively.Bulky waters,like Vaporeon and Drizzle Politoed,completely shut down Emboar,remember though that rarely Emboar can pack Grass Knot.Jellicent is great,resisting the Fire STAB and being immune to the Fighting STAB and able to 2HKO with Scald or Surf,or even force Emboar out.Cresselia is awesome against Emboar,resisting the Fighting STAB,being able to take hits all day and recover off the damage with Moonlight and 2HKO with Psychic.

Cool Info:Emboar is the heaviest fully evolved Fire-type starter Pokemon.