I really had a tough time charming until I was able to do the elephant highway in SK for this very reason, resists and breaks led to wasted mana.
Practice and more practice will help you. Snaring will certainly give you some wiggle room when charm breaks, but takes more mana. Experiment with using root and cancel magic as well. I've always like that combo.
Root mob youre fighting, root your pet when charm breaks, recharm, stand next to newly rooted pet, cancel magic on mob, re-root mob, treeform to heal after the fight.
Charming will always eat you HP - its a bit less conventional than your "don't let anything hit the caster" mentality. Don't be afraid to experiment and learn using snares, roots, cancels and fear. Believe me, dying in your 20s sure beats having to eat a death at 59 in the bear pits...
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Grelwin, Grelroc, Grelfu, Greltwin
60 Halfling Druid
57 Iksar Shadowknight
60 Iksar Monk
20 Halfling Druid
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