If you ' re looking for a cheap thrower , check out the Convoy C 8 <| sep |> your super potato must suck major <| sep |> Only thing it is missing is defensive stats <| sep |> So does most of it come in through the back wall ? This is the advice i was hoping for . Is there any other noisy spots you know of ? <| sep |> I ' ve found a shield to be most useful against Virals the fast , aggressive type and humans . Blocking attacks in itself is not particularly useful when you could be kicking , dodging or attacking . But if you can land the well timed block , just before their attack , it stuns them for an easy counter kill , the elemental upgrades make it even better . The shield doesn ' t lose durability if you time it correctly . It ' s not so useful against biters in my opinion and the larger zombies hit too hard , I haven ' t been able to block anything from them . Better to dodge out of their way . I never go anywhere without a shield since I discovered how useful it is .