Connecting the DoTs: A Summoner Guide

[OneWingedSora]

It goes without saying that no pet have an attack called "attack" (pet's don't auto attack, they use their base attack, in this case burning strike every 3 seconds). In the log I linked, Ifrit also used "attack" more times than burning strike, which leads to believe that he used attack for every physical hit received under the duration of radiant shield. Further digging through that log reveals that Ifrit took no damage during the encounter outside of splash and (aside from splash not being physical anyway) radiant shield was not active during the damage intake. Looking at the log though it seems that he will continue to use attack well past the duration of radiant shield.

Ifrit auto attacks, and that is what it refers to in the log by "Attack".