Champion's "First to Strike, Last to Fall" and Mercs

Hello!

Well, I'm reporting this because it took sometime for me to figure it out and it's kinda frustrating.

Usualy, the mercs always hit first during battles in game. Sometimes, they hit out of the screen. Well, it makes one of the most important nodes of Champion Ascendancy kinda useless, because Champion need to hit first to perma intimidate the enemy. But how to do so, if your merc hits the enemies out of the screen?

I don't think this was intended, because an entirely new mechanic (and a really good one) nerfing your Ascendancy doesn't make sense.

It would probably be better to change some text in the Ascendancy (your first hit always intimidate?, Idk.). Its ok to receive this penalty when party playing, but with mercs? No, it's not. T

Someone told me that this is a "feedback", not a bug, so that's why I did post in here. To me, it's a bug, there's no way GGG intended things to be this way. The loss of intimitation is huge damage loss.

Thanks!