[K Peculier]

This isn't really about the strengths of youkai in general but more like how you have to go through the entire zoo on a summoner as their weird blue snake noodle thing hovers over the furthest corner of the map while you worked hard to make them eat dirt.

If you think about it, why would monsters/evil players suddenly just stop attacking you to go after your youkai when they're directly linked to you?

All youkai are created equally, some youkai are just better at running to a corner.

Another solution I can think of is that the youkai need to be within 3 tiles of the KO'd summoner to still be active on the battlefield to mimic the fact that they should be protecting the summoner rather than going on a journey of self-discovery.