I have long said that all the ‘evolved’ aliens in the game are overpowered.
If you know you are facing a (big) handful of Crabbies, each doling out 300HP/shot, it incentivises players to alpha-strike - it’s what most players on this forum are complaining about when they say the Pandas are ‘too powerful’.
Like Spite & Malice, I think they should Nerf everything