Quote Originally Posted by Eemeefu View Post
The Initiation ability is capable of transferring up to four status effects simultaneously, but only certain status effects. Namely, absorb effects, of which there are currently four in the game. The help text is somewhat misleading in its current state, so I've changed it to a more detailed description for 1.19.

Sorry for the confusion, Delt, and thanks for bringing this up!
There is actually another issue with the description.

The use of the term "transfer". This word implies that you GIVE the effect to another player (and thus lose the effect yourself), when in fact, Initiation DUPLICATES the effect onto another player.

I am constantly using Absorb-DEF on the Ogre and Batraal, then using Initiation on our tank. He gets a DEF buff, and I still get to keep my DEF buff too.