The Empyrean body gives food effects to the dragon if that's what you're refurring to. As for shield bash I've never had a problem with it. He uses it almost every chance he gets with the Hammer Mill effect. However, a move that works much like Tactical Switch, Role Reversal, Ventriloquy would be probably feasible. Have it in the same manner as those, but work with buffs. However, a stop would have to be done to prevent giving your automaton OP buffs, so maybe make buffs that cannot be canceled by the player untransferable. IE: Cruor buffs.