No it's not a typo, but it's not a loss, it's a trade and a very good one at that. He looses repulse but he also looses battlefield cooldown on mystery, his standard attack gets upgraded and he gains a chase.

As for his usage, he has a lot to offer. His mystery is amazing in survival and vs annoying pve levels, because it's basically point and click cancel enemy move. Put him on your move 1 position and give him some initiative and he counters the very popular Hinatas/Gaaras/Lightnings with their aoe paralysis.

Team comp wise, his chase is same as Kabutos so pretty much all the Kabuto teams you see will work with Neji for example Neji/Kakashi/Hinata.