Talk:Xin Zhao/@comment-31.54.7.85-20120721132852

In a 1v1 situations would you generally always want to initiate with Crescent Sweep? You lose your main escape tool but you gain a big nice burst and a slight defence boost. You also lose a lot of its effectiveness the lower the enemy HP is.

It really doesn't feel like the other choice is any better - to save it for running away or chasing. As Phreak mentioned, you could use it to knock enemies back away from towers by - charging to a minion and ulting. However this is entirely situational and dependant on whether the enemy runs towards their minions.