Shield Phalanx Fighting and Lore Pets

[Bill Z Bubba]

Lore pets don't buff defense when in range of Phalanx Fighting from Shield Defense. While this might be WAI, the fact that healers can heal them and buffers can buff them implies to me that they should properly benefit any character with them appropriately.

[Vanden]

The power is probably coded to ignore pets so a single Mastermind teammate doesn’t max out the bonus.