I keep thinking it's a ****ty, underdeveloped model that only really work on dumb people. If you're sitting on your shield, just waiting to get grabbed, the problem is you, not Pin. People react, they adapt. What you seem to think is Corrin's strength is the very reason people think we're lucky to be Top 15- and I don't blame them.
Cosmos does really well by pretty much setting that example- But up to what point? Look at his matches against better-versed players.
Corrin's (actual) moveset is severely underrated AND underused. It's actually silly at how synergic it can be. And with that said, Corrin does work around a similar concept, but it's a crapton more flexible than spamming one move on a person's shield and expect them to stop shielding at some point (shield and possibly take 9% off a mediocre grab or take 18% sometimes? Why is this even a contest?). I barely even grab, but I also rarely ever feel the need to.
I space around with aerials- enough so they can't be punished, and try to punish their reaction (they can't sit in shield forever). And that reaction, is part of what you're looking for. Are they going to roll? Spotdodge? Jump? Etc. Pin could easily go in there, somewhere (I throw a few in there, but not enough so that I'm sabotaging a really powerful KO move at 100-120). Difference between this and Pin, is flexibility and momentum. If I Pin on someone's Shield, sure, I'm super safe. But where does that leave my stage control? Rinse and repeat, and factor someone that actually shields. Now, if I constantly zoning with aerials, I can keep doing it. I can keep doing it, until the other guy eventually crumbles to a reaction and I can punish that. Stuff like that suddenly makes MUs like Diddy, Sheik & Fox a lot easier (whom are among the characters that best punish Pin, "ironically"). "But Oz, do our ****ty 7% N-air and F-air even compete with Pin's monstrous 18-19%"?: Easy. Combos and actual consistency. Ideally, Corrin's aerials are never really a stray hit. We're talking at least 15% per hit (confirm) with the added bonus of actual spacing, mobility and overall flexibility that this Pin-based "neutral" lacks. I've done 20%+ on Zelda (a light floaty) off a rising F-air (arguably our best spacing tool). We've got insane 20%+ combos from 30-70%, then there's kill confirms (which, again, started by the neutrals people so neglect in stead of "the big hits"). Hell, I don't remember when's the last time I had to resort to killing at 140-150 out of a desperate U-Throw.
All in all, to summarise, Pin is insane, and there's such thing as too much of it. I think it's even better when you actually let it fall in it's place and not be the very pillar of your game.
I'm out.
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