[@1Charak2] I was considering that in her conception, however since I wasn't really going for a super strength-based character I decided to leave physical injuries such as those to be completely independent of Ekibe herself, since she'd be wrecked otherwise XD On the other hand the clones will act completely independent of Ekibe, save for what she tells them to do through her weird telepathic link with them, or whatever Tsumiki orders, though Tsumiki is the only one they'll really listen to no matter what. This makes cooperation among the clones practically non-existent, since they can all make their own movements and need to judge what to do and when to do it on their own, unless there is direct orders given by Ekibe c: Naturally since this is hard as all Hell to do, she generally won't be doing that unless she knows her clones can take an opponent without her or if she's aware the risk to herself is minimal :3

The real catch is that while she cannot receive physical harm, her mind is many times more susceptible to attack, say if some kind of horrifying illusion is placed upon all the clones :D So the game isn't so much how hard you can hit, but how much damage you can inflict to her mentally ^-^

TL;DR: Her body isn't linked, but her mind is. 

Edit: Clones do take a fuckload of energy to create and maintain, though, so she can't really use them as meatshields even if she has quite the magic reserve :D