Shield/Thrower Hybrid question

[Kasigi_Yabu]

Well I was gonna use heavy throwing axes, with either 2stacks and a 1h wep or 3 stacks

[Digglez]

if you are new to throwing, I would suggest only using 1 stack. Learn when to hold'em and when to throw'em.  Most hybrids get caught up throwing and get blindsided instead of being useful in melee as well.
Remember you are a HYBRID.  Throwing should augment you as a danger on the battlefield.

someone coming up ladder? throw
someone closing on your line without a shield? throw
archer running away? throw
crossbowman reloading 20ft away? throw
backpedalling s-key spammer? stop, backup & throw
etc

[Kasigi_Yabu]

Ok thanks for the advice, that helps a lot
What about this: non shield person coming up to me, do I throw until the lace possible second then draw my 1h or draw my 1h before that?

[WITCHCRAFT]

You have to judge their movements. If they are charging at you with high speed and don't flinch at all, ready your melee weapon instead of throwing. If they stop, strafe around, or start feinting from 10 feet or so then throw. Remember, changing the weapon mode from throwing to melee is faster than actually switching weapons! Give you a little more room for error.

[Turboflex]

Yeah try pressing x with heavy axes and turning it into a melee. They have short length but decent damage, and usually the person is running up to bump you so it can be a solid surprise swing you land. Then the guy will prolly back off a bit to take advantage of your short length weapon giving you chances to safely switch to real melee wep.

[Kasigi_Yabu]

Thanks those are both great bits of advice!

[Digglez]

I will do 1 good aimed throw when people are closing, then switch to melee in time unless I feel another hit will completely finish/kill them.

like I said, biggest thing to learn for hybrid is knowing when to hold and when to throw.  It doesnt help that devs added a completely uncalled for hardcoded time delay when switching melee/throw mode.
You'll take plenty of unneeded deaths by throwing too long.  You'll learn when you need to switch.

If devs complete this patch it wont be as bad, if they kill you with ammo remaining, a teammate could swing by and pick it up off your corpse since you'll drop ALL of your weapons/gear.