Nel, Albel, shake hands. You're friends now. :)
The main attack people associate with Albel is that weird sweeping strong/long standard move where he cuts widely back and forth, probably because he uses it a lot when he fights you. That's not so useful when you control him, but fortunately you can avoid using it easily. (Although you can pull it out when plowing through 'weak maggots', where it's kinda fun :) ).
His slashing battle skills, however, are smooth and easily used. His claw stuff...not so much: those are finicky/awkward/"jagged". If you just stick to the slashes he's actually very easy to use, though (to the extent he's a little boring after a while). Kinda like, say, spamming DS over and over again in SO5.
Pronounced "Whup-pot". Say it. Use it.