You might refer to me Prpavi!
For me I consider throwing as a self defence first of all.. To me it works to keep cav away, and sometimes down them. The snowflakes are there to stop runners, interrupt people fighting (yeah, I feel dirty), stop xbowers from reloading and make archers dodge in stead of aim, to get the attention of the enemy.. It's also fun to backstab archers with a snowflake to the head.
Overall I find it gives me
great flexibility, durability and lots of fun on the battlefield. I think I get more kills with my sword though, perhaps like 1/3rd of my kills are throwing kills, though the point investment is larger. It does save my ass all the time though.
If I think I have a decent chance of winning, I go melee. If I know I'm fucked, I throw. Sometimes I throw a snowflake just to piss the enemy off a bit before melee..
I only take Jarids when there's good heavy cav around, or I really want to win the round. Which means usually.