Demonology Wild Imps body pull enemies out of combat, negating M+ skip strategies and causing wipes

[Lynaith-moon-guard]

Originally posted this in the warlock forums here:

What am I supposed to do about Demonology wild imp aggro during M+ skips?

Just started to get into M+ this season and I am being driven absolutely nuts by imps pulling enemies we are trying to skip. Yesterday, I ran a Mechagon where we tried a priest mind soothe skip that involved running around the perimeter of the enemies. Despite being out of combat, an imp cut through the circle, directly through a mind soothed enemy, and pulled the group, thus negating the skip. Prior to that, I ran a Cinderbrew Meadery where we did the simple hop over the fence skip before the…

Video evidence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKb9mieRRiw

To summarize, wild imps spawned by demonology warlocks have an aggro radius of their own, and are able to pull enemies when they wander or snap-run towards the warlocks, effectively increasing the player’s aggro range in a substantial and unpredictable way. This causes certain mob skip tactics common in M+ to fail, as well as pulls additional enemies towards the warlock without the warlock being able to control this behavior.

It is to my knowledge the only spec in the game with this problem. I hope there is a fix where imps (and other pets) cannot aggro enemies on their own.