>>58273943regional variants are the only real way to fix older mons with horribly ineffective stat distributions. i know very little about gamefreak's history of inter-genetation stat balancing (outside of giving the pokemon a new form), but i think it's rarely (if ever) buffs rather than nerfs for the recent games.
i propose giving seviper a regional variant in gen 10 based on vipera ammodytes, or the nose-horned viper. it's a venomous species of snake native to some of the cyclades islands, where rumored to be where gen 10 is set.
i'm not sure what secondary typing would fit best, but it'd be made into a physical attacker. maybe its "horn" could justify making it the first poison/steel type after revavroom?
wikipedia says
>It is reputed to be the most dangerous of the European vipers due to its large size, long fangs (up to 13 mm) and high venom toxicity.so its design could instead lean into giving it gigantic fangs, and making it larger and longer.
