We are aware of this interaction. In normal play this happens very rarely because there isn’t many cases where you would be standing next to a target maximum range without moving or the target moving.
What is the aoe melee bug?
Melee skills for players work the same way. This is to my knowledge, intentional.
I can see how this could be frustrating in some cases, if you do not like how this interaction works, it would be worth posting under feedback and suggestions section of the forums.
As for the melee minions walking back to caster when standing maximum distance, we are aware of it. It was brought up as a side effect of the recent minion AI rework. We are still planning to update minion AI over time and it will be something most likely that gets addressed in future patches.
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