It's not for extreme moving around, or to protect your sorry ass. Use it for your teammates, if it was strong who needs a team?
Learn to use the riot shield you noob.
No, pr0 TAM late reply everyone who is "wrong" is a noob.
You simply don't get it apparently.
So I'll clarify again. You probably played the "Turtle don't move my ass in some dark corner using the trowing knife hahaha!" way so far. Because, whenever the **** you move using the riot shield, your feet are exposed, that, EVEN if you are perfectly facing your enemy. It's apparent that you didn't figure it out yet. Also, grenades, tubes, whatever else you can trow at them, makes the Riot shields completely out of place.
I've tried and I've seen good players try it. So yeah, nice call.
If you're going to stand still from a long/med distance, there's your chance.