>>38209624Buff up those defense stats so that he can actually fulfill his role- a tank that soaks up damage and deals more in return. I propose taking those points from his Sp. Atk and putting them into both defenses. He already has Heat Crash to deal good physical fire damage, so we need worry not about Fire's pithy choice of physical moves.
Reckless is great, but tanks shouldn't be building up recoil- after all, how can you tank if you're slowly offing yourself? Emboar's actually one of the few mons that might actually benefit from Heavy Metal (although he obviously has no metal on his body so they'd have to rename it for flavor.) Analytic could also do the job, although again, they'd have to rename it for flavor.
Finally, let it get more Fighting moves. Brick Break is fine. Hammer Arm is fine. Neither are extraordinary. Giving it No Guard would allow it to effectively use things like Cross Chop, Dynamic Punch, and Hi Jump Kick. Close Combat isn't a very good choice for a tank, so giving that to him wouldn't do much.
