From the beginning Emboar's design was just a huge disappointment to me :C. I really think they should have made it quad, and NOT part fighting :/. Anyways, I complained in the artistic way by drawing this.

It's for an alternative formes contest for a dA group, where we had to design a forme for a pokemon. This is a ground forme, and it's achieved by Emboar holding the Spiky Boulder (which you see there on his tail). It can be used as a weapon for bashing opponents or tough patches or earth/rock. This means it can dig in any kind of ground, no matter how hard (except for something ridiculous like steel). He does retain fire as his primary type, with ground as the secondary.

Yes, the rock can be set on fire. Emboar's supposed to set his fists on fire with his beard so I continued that idea only with "mane" and "rock" instead. Not sure how it would work but hey Pokemon doesn't listen to physics.

In my opinion, this should have been his real design xD.