>>58667421This would have been ideal if they gave Sceptile a secondary typing to begin with.
With only minor design tweaks, if any at all, there were a few options they could have gone with:
>Grass/FlyingThe scrapped concept for Grovyle was Rock/Flying, so keeping Flying isn't much of a stretch. It even learns some Flying moves, too.
Design wise, maybe adjust the position of the arm blades and connect them together like wings.
Plus it allows Sceptile to match Rayquaza, similar to how Blaziken matches Groudon (Sun) and Swampert matches Kyogre (Water and Rain)
>Grass/RockAgain, Grovyle was originally Rock/Flying, so this time, adjust the design a bit and go Grass/Rock.
Maybe change the color palette to be more of a wheat yellow/brown color. Change the seeds on its back into stones and make the tail a mallet.
This would be really cool in future generations since Grass and Rock are a pretty killer offensive combo.
>Grass/ElectricBlaziken directly benefits from Groudon thanks to Drought powering its STAB. Same with Swampert's STAB benefiting from Kyogre's Drizzle.
Grass/Electric would allow Sceptile to benefit from both, just not as strongly. One-turn STAB Solar Beam in Sun, 100% accurate Thunder in Rain.
Electric also fits its speed.. Just add a lore bit where it uses its tail like a lightning rod and stores energy in the seeds on its back.
>Grass/DarkSceptile has a somewhat "edgy" design to it, so lean into it just a bit more. Darken its skin and maybe add extra leaf blades to it.
It learns a good few Dark moves anyways, so Grass/Dark is not much of a stretch.
And of course regardless of which type combo above is used, it would apply to Mega Sceptile as well.
Then we can have Serperior become Grass/Dragon with Contrary Draco Meteor. Assuming it would even get Draco Meteor to begin with...
