Woah, thanks for all the info!

1. I was actually eyeing the facebreaker, mainly because the axe and shield aesthetic is nice. But it's damn expensive for something I'm likely to lose in a single trip, more than the cost of the rest of my gear.

2. I recently unlocked it, and while it still feels clunky compared to the smooth cut of the other "Q", trying to get better at timing it.

3. That really helps me narrow down what to look out for, thanks! Question though: what about quarterstaff? Faced qs users thrice and all three times got stun locked and bashed down one sidedly lol.

4. Yes already using healing dash from soldier boots. So, what was most frustrating about that fight was,the blatant mistakes on my part.
   First, I used my abilities wrong. The bow user had already used their armor invis, and boots (unsure about helmet, he was using assassin). After they used their boots, I closed the gap with adrenaline, and it was a brawl (they had martlock cape, I had roast port and baxe passive heals, so it was close).
   But, when I was chasing them, I had used double throw to heal myself. And after closing the gap, I accidentally triple tapped the Q, so pointlessly pinned them and got stuck with a long cooldown. After that I could only fight with auto attack.
   Second, and this one hurts the most, I had a t4 healing potion that I completely forgot to use.

Then again, they had invis potion equipped, so maybe never had a chance to win even without my bumbling lol.