Had a 21/15 Hoplite Thrower. But that was when Throwing Lance required 7 PT. I would use a spear, elite cav shield, & a set of throwing lances. Or a war spear, steel round buckler, & a set of throwing lances.
But after the latest patch, I respec'd to 18/18. Just got back to lvl 30 a few days ago.
The only trouble I had with my hoplite thrower was against shielders. They'd block throwing lances. Then they'd hug me when I'd try to melee as hoplite. So I'd have to put up my shield and melee with just my spear. I kind of suck at blocking. So against a shielder who can block a major of my spear blows, I'd eventually lose out.
So I came up with this solution, which I attempted on my way back to lvl 30... with decent results. My new layout is a set of Throwing Lances, an Elite Cav Shield, and a set Heavy Throwing Axes.
This is quite the versatile build. It gives me 2 lances & 2 axes to throw (keeping one each for melee). I now have an axe for melee, which I use solely for breaking shields. The elite cav shield helps defend in melee, but even more so against ranged (especially against HA). When I'm with a crowd of teammates, I can still hoplite... melee with a throwing lance & shield. When I fight solo against someone hugging me, I can put up the shield, and the throwing lance makes a great weapon by itself (has good speed). Playing hoplite really helps against cavalry as well. They tend to avoid you all-together when they see you with a spear & shield... especially when they know you can throw that spear as well. With that said, I do miss the spear & war spear (even more so)... because their reach did help against Cav. With that said, a nice trick that I find is to act like you are going to throw your lance at a Cav. If he's coming head on at you, he'll try to ram you, hoping you don't have time to release your throw... or at the very least, still get a stab or bump in if you hit his horse but don't kill it. But at the last second, I switch to melee mode and let off of the LMB. You'll immediately melee attack with your throwing lance... halting the horse. It's a nice move.
Mind you, I still get most kills from throwing weapons. This build is also pretty effective as a hoplite... to get kills while in a big melee scrum (supported by teammates of course).
See build in spoiler below. Obviously you'll have to adjust your Throwing WPF to match your armor weight. I wear the Saracen Lamellar Cuirass at 10.3 weight. My total weight is about 13.5 weight. 80 WPF was actually enough for effective WPF (to pick throwing weapons back up). But I like the little extra, just in case I make a slight armor change. And I took some 1-hand WPF. You could keep it at 1 WPF, and add it to Polearm instead. Probably should have done that, as I only use the axe for breaking shield. But it would have only given me 130 in polearms... so I thought the extra WPF in 1-hand might help with me break shields (quicker hits, more hits, more damage to break it shields quickly... then switch to throwing lance in melee... or back away and where I can now throw at him without his shield).
Strength: 18
Agility: 18
Hit points: 53
Skills to attributes: 2
Power Strike: 6
Shield: 5
Athletics: 6
Power Throw: 6
Weapon Master: 6
One Handed: 52
Polearm: 120
Throwing: 85
