SOMEONE JUST START SOMETHING I DONT CARE WHAT. SONIC FIRE EMBLEM UNICORN OVERLORD I DONT CARE

alear isnt bad desu and people are too used to strong carries with overkill stats or skills but that is rare in engage.
Alear is always contributing in my runs, either with positioning or adding chip damage by proccing a few backup chain attacks, or getting unique effects from rings or breaks. Sure she isnt very strong by about chapter 11, oh well. The only time I've had a bad Alear that could not do anything is when I tried to do a bow knight Alear but her build and str are just too low to make her a reliable offensive unit. Also bow knight is unfortunately a poor class despite how cool they are throughout the series.
I think people had a hard time adjusting to the meta of engage where you have a handful of strong combat carries and then the rest of your team is utility fillers or hybrids that don't need the same resources to do their job. They probably turned their alear into a wyvern or something and expected her to be robin 2.0. nah, she has useful and unique utilities as well as just slightly below average combat, but thats fine since offense boosting resources are limited and contested in engage anyways.

Can they let Three Houses team make another Fire Emblem? Everyone hated Engage