Tepig

#498 Tepig Tepig
National Dex 498 Species Fire Pig Pokémon
Type Fire Abilities Blaze, Pickup, Thick Fat (Hidden)
Gender Ratio 87.5% Male Catch Rate 45 EV Yield 1 HP Egg Group Field
Bulbapedia Tepig Designer Game Freak

Tepig (Japanese: ポカブ Pokabu) is a Fire-type Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

It evolves into Pignite starting at level 17, which evolves into Emboar starting at level 36.

Locations

Location	Encounter Type	% Chance	Time
Charred Pathway	Tall Grass	5%	All Day
Rubina City	Tall Grass	5%	All Day

Stats

HP	Atk	Def	SpAtk	SpDef	Spd	BST
65	63	45	45	45	45	308

Dex Entries

It blows fire through its nose. When it catches a cold, the fire becomes pitch-black smoke instead.

Movesets

By Level-Up		By TM
Level	Move	TM	Move
1	Tackle	TM01	Work Up
3	Tail Whip	TM12	Taunt
7	Ember	TM17	Protect
9	Odor Sleuth	TM21	Frustration
13	Defense Curl	TM43	Flame Charge
15	Flame Charge	TM45	Attract
19	Smog	TM59	Incinerate
21	Rollout	TM87	Swagger
25	Take Down	By HM
27	Heat Crash
31	Assurance
33	Flamethrower
37	Head Smash
39	Roar
43	Flare Blitz
STAB bonus applies to all moves noted in italics

Evolutions

Tepig	Lv 17 ⟶	Pignite	Lv 36 ⟶	Emboar

Sprites

Egg	Normal		Shiny		Metallic		Radiant