Talk:Xin Zhao/@comment-113.190.48.213-20130110124725/@comment-108.226.190.34-20130114080233

You can initiate like that, but some teams actually want you to initiate like that (haha, blitzcrank grab to put you out of position then rape you when you dive the carry) and they can still just run away from you or do whatever or flash out of ur dash.

A specialized initiator doesn't give the enemy any chance to react and disables multiple people, like malphite, if it hits someone, they can't react for a few secs.

What you described could work and often does if you have multiple champions that can initiate in similar and aggressive ways, but because the enemy team can respond to your play in an unexpected way, Xin Zhao is not a particularly specialized initiator.