Any thoughts on him.

I used his brother Ursine Iron Hide to help clear Skinwalkers faction Wars. As for Icecrusher he is a decent champion that can be used in PVP content or against some bosses or hard hitting mobs to mitigated the damage and help control the waves, Not a top rated champion in my opinion though. 

I have used Ursine Icecrusher against Blinder Teams in Arena.

Blinder Teams were very popular in September before Champion Rebalance.

Gold 4+ Arena players like using Blinders against Roto's teams.

Here is a screenshot showing you a Blender set up:

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The Goal with this set up is to Bull Rush the Enemy team.

- Arbiter ---------> Turn Meter Filling + Increase the Teams Attack

- Longbeard -----> Rallies with all Allies  (The Allies use there A1 skills)

- Both Skullcrown + Sinesha have AOE moves on there A1 skill.

The set up can be very dangerious because of all the Rushing AOE damage.

This set up did good vs. Rotos because Rotos is Vulnerable to Multi-hits.

Rotos has a passive which prevents him from dying if the enemy does 1 Big Hit.

However, this set ups is Bull Rushing with Multiple Big hits due to the Rally Mechanic.

I own Rotos.

This set up was designed to help shred most Roto's team's.

I had to create a New Set up with out Rotos.

Thus, I used Ursine Icecrusher to help with my New Set up.

Ursine Icecrusher passive reduces incoming damage by 15% on Critical hits.

Most Gold 4+ players all build there heroes with 100% C.Rate to do Big Nukes.

The way I countered the Blinder Team was the following:

- Ursine Ice Crusher - Damage Reduction Passive

- Seeker - Increase Defense Passive

- Extremely Defensive Champions

- Big Shields to with stand the Brunt of the Hits.

If I remember correctly, I faught against 104 Blender teams.

I had 100 Wins with 4 Losses

The funny part is my Ursine Icecrusher is only level 40.

He help me win all of those fights at level 40.

All I needed Ursine Icecrusher to do was to help me survive the first few big hits.

Blender teams are very Squishy teams.

If you survive there first turn onslaught, You will often win the fight.

Any return Attacks you do are pretty fatal for them.

If I was to grade Ursine Icecrusher, I would give him a 4.

I think he is a Very Good hero.

I don't think Ursine Icecrusher is a 5.

Why? Because there are other heroes who can do what he does better.

Ursine Icecrusher Passive reduces damage by 15%.

The game has Legendaries heroes which reduce damage by 25%.

Ursine Icecrusher Aura does 25% Health in All Battles.

The game has Legendaries which do 33% Health in All Battles.

You can see how Ursine skills are slightly weaker vs. Legendary heroes.

However, Legendary heroes are very tough to get.

I didn't own any Legendary which reduces damage by 25%.

So I used Ursine Icecrusher in my team with the 15% damage reduction.

I lost 4 fights - If I had a Legendary, I might have lost 0 fights.

Am I upset about losing 4 fights? No

I think Ursine worked like a Charm.

thanks

in  all  honestly  it  simply  comes  down  to  how  many  resources  you  have,  if  you  are  a  bit  of  a  whale  then  for  sure  build  him  out  because  why  not,  he'll  help  in  certain  parts  of  the  game.  If  you  are  not  a  whale  or  f2p  then  stick  him  in  the  vault,  add  some  levels  to  him  every  now  and  again  but  dont  splurge.  Your  resources  will  he  bettee  spent  on  a  better  champ  when  you  get  one.  Pretty  much  same  goes  for  any  champ  that  isnt  considered  A  tier  or  above.