My answer is just simply no in every aspect about basically everything except that he’s good for new players as well. He’s just so easymode that I and many other Legend players don’t touch him. So you rarely see him used to the full extent. Granted this now without temp hp on ranged not as outrageously easy as it used to be (you could just carelessly went and hittrade without having to think).
Now it has been a very long time since I last played him but I didn’t see changes to this anywhere so:
Your dmg resistances reduce the dmg you take from venting.
Your ultimate not only taunts it gives you 50% dmg resist on top of your passive resistances. Seeing an IB mostly blocking during ult is an easy way to know how much he actually knows about the class he plays.
His unique access to drakefire weapons can also not be understated.
I only remember having incredibly easy runs with this career. I used Drakefire pistols as the primary weapon and a 1h melee for mobility.