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On the other hand, it buffs the already broken Nidoqueen even more and hinders the viability Ponyta and Charmeleon, 2 of the few viable non drops from PU.
I really don’t think it does, all things considered. Pinsir wasn’t really used to break Nidoqueen in a way other ZU mons didn’t. Nidoqueen isn’t an unstoppable force, it’s just a machine that wins whatever 1v1 you put it in (outside of machamp). Stuff like wigglytuff/machamp/lickitung/slowpoke/charmeleon/arbok are all cable of playing trademon simulator with nidoqueen, and can do so more freely without worrying about being chipped into range of a pinsir or ponyta.

Ponyta is obviously cooked now, but I think Charmeleon still has quite a bit of utility as one of the 2 solid mons that outspeeds nidoqueen. Charmeleon generally didn’t find itself fighting pinsir much anyway since it didn’t outspeed and can’t live a +2 hbeam so it can’t safely revenge a lot of the time like ponyta could
 
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