User blog comment:Zathronas/Analysis by an author: Volume 2 episode 4 Painting the town.../@comment-15586611-20140815153130

Starting to think Beacon could be a target? I recommend you go back and rewatch the very end of "Players and Pieces."

Also, a few other shout-outs to the Monkey King (I'm thinking LoL and a monk set in Diablo 3) have clones that only explode to deal damage, maybe it's the same thing here?