6th Gen Get Your Reckless Emboar!

Pinkie-Dawn said:

I'm starting to have some second thoughts on getting an Adamant Emboar, because I found a Smogon set that requires a Jolly nature but uses its normal ability. Would Jolly still work for Reckless Emboar?

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That's probably better answered in the battle strategies forum. I personally don't have any usage information on Emboar in online battles.

Head Smash everywhere.

Cyclone said:

As with Serperior, I believe it's gender-locked at download, but can be received as male or female. Even so, you can breed a female anyway.

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Actually Serperior ISN'T Gender locked: http://www.serebii.net/events/dex/497.shtml (I have one of each, both timid)

and neither is Emboar: http://www.serebii.net/events/dex/500.shtml

Pinkie-Dawn said:

I'm starting to have some second thoughts on getting an Adamant Emboar, because I found a Smogon set that requires a Jolly nature but uses its normal ability. Would Jolly still work for Reckless Emboar?

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I wouldn't always take Smogon as infallible (they STILL toute Extreme Speed Lineoone with Quick Feet, which is an impossible combination) 65 is a horrible speed stat so wasting 63 points on a stat that's horrible is only making it mediocre while robbing those stat points from somewhere it can actually be beneficial. (I personally put those points into its HP since that's it's second highest stat) before Reckless came out I was actually running a Brave Emboar with Hammer Arm because it also can learn Gyro Ball so you want to get your speed down as low as possible, but I'm still trying to figure out what to do with Reckless now since it gets benefit from a much different moveset than it did before.

Edit: the moveset I'm toying with at the moment is Flare Blitz, Head Smash and Wild Charge, I'm still nto sure what fighting move to go with because since I don't have Gyro Ball, there's no real point in Hammer Arm, but I may go with that anyway because it's already slower than anything of note that would go up against it,

Howmander said:

Actually Serperior ISN'T Gender locked: http://www.serebii.net/events/dex/497.shtml (I have one of each, both timid)

and neither is Emboar: http://www.serebii.net/events/dex/500.shtml

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You don't follow me. The suspicion is that, once downloaded, the gender is locked. It can be received in either gender. The experience of some people thus far has been that a female tends to appear for female characters, and a male for male characters.

Cyclone said:

You don't follow me. The suspicion is that, once downloaded, the gender is locked. It can be received in either gender. The experience of some people thus far has been that a female tends to appear for female characters, and a male for male characters.

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Ah yes, I did experience that myself. My first one in Sapphire with my male character was always male, the second one in Ruby was always female (with the exception of my very first one because I wasn't paying attention) but I got 3 or 4 in a row that were female with my female character so I was wondering if that was a thing or not.

Howmander said:

I wouldn't always take Smogon as infallible (they STILL toute Extreme Speed Lineoone with Quick Feet, which is an impossible combination) 65 is a horrible speed stat so wasting 63 points on a stat that's horrible is only making it mediocre while robbing those stat points from somewhere it can actually be beneficial. (I personally put those points into its HP since that's it's second highest stat) before Reckless came out I was actually running a Brave Emboar with Hammer Arm because it also can learn Gyro Ball so you want to get your speed down as low as possible, but I'm still trying to figure out what to do with Reckless now since it gets benefit from a much different moveset than it did before.

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Well according to current analysis from Smogon forums, a Jolly Emboar w/ Choice Scarf would outspeed most Pokémon in RU, and one of my Skype contacts also agrees that Jolly isn't too bad either, because being both slow and frail isn't a good combination, and speed is required.

Pinkie-Dawn said:

Well according to current analysis from Smogon forums, a Jolly Emboar w/ Choice Scarf would outspeed most Pokémon in RU, and one of my Skype contacts also agrees that Jolly isn't too bad either, because being both slow and frail isn't a good combination, and speed is required.

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Not if its in a Trick Room team. And Choice Scarf isn't the be all and end all hold item, you have to keep switching Emboar out every time you need to switch a move.

Took me many hours to get a good-natured contrary Serperior with outstanding IVs so now I'm going to be spending just as much, if not more, time on reckless Emboar. Guh wish me luck.

I only do competitive battling with simulators, but I might try using Reckless Emboar in a RU team and see how it works out. Already got it in game and haven't even touched it. The sheer ridiculous power of Contrary Serperior basically makes it one of the best starter Pokémon to use in battle.

I couldnt get Samurott? Is that how you spell it? It couldnt be found. I got Emboar and Seperior tho.

Vegeta™ said:

I couldnt get Samurott? Is that how you spell it? It couldnt be found. I got Emboar and Seperior tho.

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Samurott won't be available until the 5th.

And it's now the 5th!

Thanks