heh, yeah I just figured out FD was an excellent workaround and was about to post for anyone else who is having problems.
What a great spell!
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ps: I don't think the problem is with pet taunt. Most of the time I can sit and not pull agro right away.
I think the problem is the snare component of darkness is a bit too high.
standard dots (ie blood line) aren't that bad. It's just darkness that is super agro.