The Alias is a straight workhouse mid with flight ratings 4/4-1/1. It is not super-long, but it is accurate and has enough stability to be reliable. It is a point-and-shoot disc in that it goes wherever you throw it. It flies like a cross between an Innova Roc and a Discraft Buzzz, with the Roc’s amazing hover-glide and Buzzz’s straight-and-dump at the end.
I use my Alias for a few different shots:
- 100-200ft upshots: There are times when I could use a putter to lay up, but I find it easier to throw the Alias on a low hyzer line, or straight line with predictable fade at the end. The slightly below average glide makes it very controllable.
- Straight shots: The Alias excels at going straight. Sometimes I throw it with a hyzer-flip and it goes straight and true. If you throw it hard enough it will turn some, but if you give it enough height it will fight the turn and stay fairly straight. It’s a slow, beautiful shot to watch.
- Anhyzer shots: The Alias can be forced into a turnover shot and will hold the line if given enough power. It’s point-and-shoot ability shines on this shot.
Like all Axiom discs it comes in a great variety of beautiful colours. I have red on red combo in proton plastic, and a blue on light blue in Neutron. I really like the look of both of these and find their stabilities to similar, with the neutron being perhaps a bit less stable.
The Alias fits in my midrange line up in increasing stability as follows: Tangent/Alias/Matrix/Deflector. It has more stability than a Tangent, and a more predictable fade also.
I tried out an Axis for a bit to compete with the Alias, but it didn’t last long. The Axis is a good disc, but a couple things kept it from replacing the Alias:
- The Axis felt too close to being a faster Tangent.
- The Alias was more controllable due to more stability, less speed and less glide.
I recommend the Alias as a solid, reliable, point-and-shoot midrange. You can find one here on Faithful Flight.