Alexander18
Dragon Pokemon fan
It is likely that these mascots would be getting signature moves. Legendary mascots have been getting signature moves since Gold and Silver. I think new type combos for the mascots would be great.
If I'm right about Solgaleo's signature move (I say if since it wasn't very clear that it was Solgaleo using it), then it's probably a Fire-type. It's mane also resembles a flower (a hibiscus, I think), so my guess is Fire/Grass
I personally buy it being a Grass-Type even less than I do the Fairy and Steel theories. It's always made extremely obvious if a Pokemon is a Grass-Type by their designs, and a vaguely flower-like shape that could easily be a coincidence just doesn't seem like a basis to think it will be a Grass-Type.
What I don't think anyone is actually taking into account is movesets. While our Sun Lion seems to be part Fire, it is notable that Solarbeam is a Grass type move, and I'd find it very cruddy if the mascot representing the Sun itself couldn't use the most prominently Sun-based move ever as a STAB.
Perhaps a moveset of Sunny Day/ Fire special move/Solarbeam/Synthesis could convince you of a possible Fire/Grass type? And if the ability makes it Sunny by default that can be a coverage move.
Even Black and White Kyurem don't get STAB on Fusion Bolt and Fusion Flare. STAB is far from a primary concern.
What I don't think anyone is actually taking into account is movesets. While our Sun Lion seems to be part Fire, it is notable that Solarbeam is a Grass type move, and I'd find it very cruddy if the mascot representing the Sun itself couldn't use the most prominently Sun-based move ever as a STAB.
Perhaps a moveset of Sunny Day/ Fire special move/Solarbeam/Synthesis could convince you of a possible Fire/Grass type? And if the ability makes it Sunny by default that can be a coverage move.
Same with the Moon Bat. Fairy type has both Moonblast and Moonlight, so those seem naturally associated with it.
I personally buy it being a Grass-Type even less than I do the Fairy and Steel theories. It's always made extremely obvious if a Pokemon is a Grass-Type by their designs, and a vaguely flower-like shape that could easily be a coincidence just doesn't seem like a basis to think it will be a Grass-Type.
Fire/Grass:
Fire/Grass is my second most preferred type, which is more focused on associations, rather than appearance. I chose this combo mainly because it was a new type combination not yet used in the franchise, and if there's anything I learned, is to expect that GF is unpredictable with their allocation of typings and that appearance alone doesn't always dictate one's type by sight, whereas Fire/Steel is more focused on its overall appearance. In addition, I have put Fire/Grass because of several other assocations:
1. Its mane looks like a detailed flower, incorporated with a five-pointed star. Could tie in with the Cosmos flower species, being part of the Sunflower family.
2. The Grass type itself is a reference to life in general, but also because plant products, such as vegetables and fruit are healthy for one's person.
3. Flowers are a common aspect of Hawaii, and if Solgaleo is Fire/Grass, it goes well with the overall tropical theme of the region.
4. The Lion is often mistakely called "King of the Jungle". Also, Lions are native in the savannah, a type of grassland, befitting Solgaleo's possible Grass-type.
5. The Fire Element is associated a lot with the passion and power of life, and the sun's light is essential to life in general.
6. Both Grass and Fire types, most of them of them anyways, can learn Solarbeam, a Grass type move, which in turn, ties it automatically with the sun.
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Yeah I really don't see Fire/Grass for Solgaleo.. admittedly, with it being the Sun legendary, part-Grass would have been possible.. but looking at its design I don't think that's the way they went with it.
If you want to see a flower as its mane then it's definitely possible, though that wasn't a thought that came to me when seeing it, it just seems to be a stylised mane, perhaps to separate it from Pyroar that has a pure-hair mane...
(Quick question, do we have a grass type that doesn't have a single bit of plant on it? Or body parts inspired by plants?)
Lugia isn't exactly comparable, it's just a Psychic/Flying type that lives in the ocean with water type moves, it's not any weirder than Slowpoke being a land-based Water-Type who can learn Flamethrower. Palkia is also not comparable due to the fact that it has many, abstract features that make it suitable to be Water-Type. Space is visualized as an ocean by media (for example, having what looks like ocean life in space), pearls are produced underwater, and it may also be part of a theme: Steel = Solid, Water = Liquid, Ghost = Gas.
Whilst I do think Solgaleo has a possibility of being Grass-Type, it's nowhere near as obvious as Palkia being a Dragon/Water-Type.
Also, to counteract some of your points:
2. If the Grass-Type is so life related, why isn't Xerneas, the Life Pokemon, Grass-Type?
3. Flowers are a common aspect of literally nearly any terrestrial biome that receives a substantial amount of rainfall, Hawaii isn't special in that regard.
4. That didn't effect Pyroar's type at all, and as Lugia is the Guardian of the Seas without being a Water-Type, Solgaleo can be based off of the King of the Jungle without being Grass-Type.
6. Solarbeam is based off of taking the sun's power and converting it, not using it in raw form, like Solgaleo most likely can.
If I'm right about Solgaleo's signature move (I say if since it wasn't very clear that it was Solgaleo using it), then it's probably a Fire-type. It's mane also resembles a flower (a hibiscus, I think), so my guess is Fire/Grass
As for Lunaala, its beam attack looked very cosmic, so I think we can assume it's either a Fairy or a Psychic type. It could even be both, although I think it would be either Fairy/Flying or the slightly less impressive Psychic/Flying.
I'd be pissed off if that stunning Moon legendary gets an underwhelming (pair of) typing. I hope it's a Dragon/Psychic or a Fairy/Psychic.
For the Sun legendary I'm getting either a Fire/Steel or Fire/Grass typing. The gold protrusions on its head look, to me, a lot like actual gold- and the black setting at the end of its tail makes me think of iron. Which would be a clever link to astronomy if I remember my stellar life cycles correctly. Essentially the closer a star gets to the end of its life the heavier the elements it begins to fuse in order to generate enough energy to keep from collapsing. If I recall correctly iron is the last element it can fuse to still do this, beyond that it would actually be generating a negative level of output and collapse begins. So for the sun legendary to have iron and other metals on it that'd be a cool indication of a Fire/Steel typing.
My logic for the Fire/Grass typing is less sound and really only sticks to the idea that the majority of plant life on Earth requires energy from the sun so photosynthesis can occur.
As for the moon legend I'm still leaning towards it being primarily Psychic with maybe a Steel or Fairy secondary typing. We already had the double Steel legendaries with Palkia and Dialga, but we've also had so many Dragon legendaries at this point that I don't think it'd matter too much.
But even then they might both be single typings of Fire and Psychic, lol!
Dragon/Steel and Dragon/Water, not double Steel
I doubt they'd
give a mascot Levitate
Day Cat and Night Bat have really stumped me on types, I can only see Fire like most people for Sun. I first though Dark/Fairy for the Moon mascot,but I'm guessing it'll be Flying coz I doubt they'd
give a mascot Levitate