It's a powerful move capable of generating quite a bit of energy in a few short attacks, boosting Talonflame's effectiveness in battle. ... The incinerate fast move allows Talonflame to use its charged moves far more often. Of the two Leagues, Talonflame is going to do better in the Great League.

Is Talonflame better than Charizard?

Talonflame doesn't require a legacy move to perform. Even with Blast Burn and a higher ATK stat, Charizard loses to Talonflame and edges it out with just a slightly higher win percentage. At level 50, a Talonflame beats the Open Ultra League meta better than Charizard does.

Why did they nerf Talonflame?

As most readers who've made it this far would know, Talonflame was nerfed pretty hard because of a particular change to Gale Wings. Gale Wings was changed so that Flying type moves only get priority while at 100% HP.