+1 confirm. I’ve lost count of the number of times my Flesh Golem and Shadow Fiend have sat on the side lines sharing a bucket of popcorn while I’m getting my head bashed in.
Then, of course, immediately after a battle, while I’m trying to take a breather, Fleshy suddenly decides to give the nearest veteran, champion, or non-hostile swarm a hug without my input. At this point I am firmly convinced that the Golem is made of the reconstituted remains of Leeroy Jenkins .
So for elite skills, we’re either stuck with a doorstop of a minion or two shapeshifts which have a duration-to-cooldown ratio of 1:6 and 1:9, but kill off all the minions on activation, anyway.