Chat Mode Cheating

Maybe it's because I'm not completely sure what every single rule is, but isn't going into chatmode to avoid being killed by an orb, then coming right out of it right afterwards to kill the person who shot the orb at you cheating? I was playing today and Kadir was doing that constantly. He would get into a situation where he was at a disadvantage, then he'd go into chat protection mode, we're unable to do anything about it and as soon as we turn our back to leave the area, he shoots you in the back. I'm not whining, and I'm not complaining. I just think that that is cheating by any definition of the term and should result in a ban. He told me in chat that "That is how you win, you just aren't any good". I just hope he isn't TKC, because that reflects poorly on you as a clan.