Hilda & Emboar

Emboar is the game’s premier Fire Type Striker and combined with its ability to function without a Support or Critical Hit Rate Buff, it fits a powerful niche in Co-op.

Additionally, the fact that it can Buff itself up without increasing its Critical Hit Rate allows it to benefit greatly from Dire Hit All+ users like Dusclops. This, in turn, lets it compete as a powerful single-player Striker as well, although it doesn’t have the staying power of something like Pinsir or Pidgeot. 

Overall, Emboar is a powerful and flexible Pair well worth the investment for anyone looking for an all-purpose Striker.

Quick Setup

Emboar’s ability to quickly Buff itself into damage-dealing range without needing a mega evolution makes it a great Pair for Co-op, where you can send it in at any time and start attacking. 

This also grants it a powerful niche in single-player, where it can start dealing Damage nearly immediately without having to go through the long Buffing cycles many other powerful single-player Pairs require.

Powerful Without Crit

Due to the addition of Co-op bosses that are immune to Critical Hits and are strong enough to require Teams with other types of Buffs, the value of Strikers like Emboar, who can reach impressive amounts of Damage through Attack Buffs and powerful Moves by themselves, has increased massively.

Heavy Recoil

While 25% Damage Recoil from Flare Blitz might not seem like much at first to a Pair with as much as Health as Emboar, the massive amount of Damage Emboar is capable of means it will wear itself down very quickly. 

First Aid Ability and Potions can help to alleviate this, but it’s still a major issue, especially in single-player, where Emboar may not deal enough Damage to win as the only Striker on a Team before it knocks itself out.
 

While Emboar’s capacity to Buff its own Attack stat makes attempting to Boost it further through Support Pairs almost entirely pointless (although it does allow you to only use Flame Charge once or twice and still reach plus six attack), Emboar greatly appreciates support from Pairs like Oshawott, who can Buff its Speed stat, or Dusclops, who can boost its Critical Hit Rate to plus three while simultaneously replenishing the Move Gauge. 

If these Pairs are unavailable, Swanna or any other Support that offers some combination of Healing, Move Gauge replenishment, and Buffs to Speed, Attack, or Critical Hit Rate make good replacements.