He's interesting as hell. Sand + time combo, aesthetic, characterization - all great.
A grappler with autopilot KBs, built in top 10 if not top 5 combo damage, 6f D1, little to no unsafe anything, multiple ways for easy oki, constant presence at all distances, built-in anti-zoning, borderline un-anti-airable air normals, and good mids is not good design. It's shit design plain and simple. Literally the only thing he isnt great at is staggers, but he has a 6f D1 and a command grab to make up for that easily.
He's a mindless neanderthal of a character as he struggles at nothing and excels at multiple things. It's just fucking stupid.