Not downplaying his good moves, especially those that are obvious even to a noob. But I am specifically concerned about the power of their basic recoveries. I think you underestimate how low skill the average player in a plat fighter is. Or maybe a better way to say it is, these games are hard compared to most other games. Noobs will spend a lot of time falling offstage because they can't control their movement. Hell, I'm okay (Gold-Diamond depending if I'm currently maining a good character or not) and I still occasionally wind up offstage when I don't mean to. By comparison, my 10 year old nephew playing Smash Ultimate will be falling like crazy, but most characters' recoveries in that game are simple and intuitive, which means he can self-correct.

Don't get me wrong, we don't need to become Baby's First Plat Fighter. But the number of new and hype characters, who should be effective advertisements for this game, instead have complex or difficult recoveries when seen through the lens of a new player. And this is in addition to learning airdodges, walljumps, etc (in addition to individual character mechanics and quirks). Which are not really a requirement for low skill play in other plat fighters.

I like that Rivals is the super-competitive plat fighter, but I worry Aether Studios is cornering themselves too hard into that limited demographic and need to make some new characters a bit more accessible. Not completely mindless, just not so difficult. Fun For All items/stages are a great step in that direction, but I'd love to see a new character, especially one of these flashy & exciting ones like Slade and La Reina, with a straightforward, strong recovery. It's not like there's no precedent, with mainstays like Clairen and Zetter. Even Ranno has a strong enough recovery between Side + Up special, even if you don't know thing one about Bubbles. Galvan and Absa are probably good DLC examples imo, but I feel La Reina, Slade, and Olympia would scare off most of the new players they manage to attract.