Hero Beasts

We've all seen our heroes stand around and get blasted by defenses while they're attacking a storage or other insignificant structure. Wouldn't it be great if the heroes were smart enough to shift their focus and attack whatever is hitting them first, then work on something else? Well, since they are smart enough to do that, the heroes could have pets/beasts that join them in battle. It could be a one-time use (like their abilities) to play at a moment of your choosing. When you let the beasts loose, they will first attack whatever defense is attacking your hero at the time, then it will move on to something else (possible regroup with the hero and go after the next defense that attacks that hero). It could perhaps be a way to target those pesky infernos. Wait til they are locked on to your hero, then set the beast loose to destroy it.

The King could have a dire wolf and the Queen could have a griffin perhaps. Any other awesome beasts would do. Obviously lots of numbers would need to be figured out to balance a feature like this. I'll leave that to the devs to decide.