the character IS allowed to have some dirt, lets just focus on toning down the bad game design stuff. SLOW start up but extremely long range normals is kinda Alien's strength, at any range closer than midscreen his normals are pretty slow. His equivalent of Cassie's B1 / Kotal's B1 / Reptiles F2, etc, is his D4, which is slower, worse hitbox, and doesn't combo (on the plus side it's all Reach however), but that is his downside. His F1 is a pretty mediocre mid in comparison with the rest of the cast's mid. His S2(high) footsies are pretty damn good but thats a very defensive tool, his D1 is very nice but still not even top 10 D1's in this game so nothing broke there. His buttons and mix-ups off them are fine and well balanced IMO, although I wouldn't be against making Tail Snag a Mid.