I think people are wildly overestimating the ability of a naked Enchanter. It's a hell of a lot harder and much more dangerous to charm when you've got only your base CHA, a small mana pool, no HP gear, no JBoots, no Gazughi ring, no WC cap, etc...
The Necro is able to perform much closer to their normal geared baseline even without gear due to the nature of their spell line. Hell, it's conceivable that a good Druid could out-level an Enchanter if they're both naked. Snare and SoW go a long way to making charming safer, and don't underestimate the convenience of ports for leveling quickly.
Also, a naked Mage easily out-levels a naked Wizard. A naked Wizard can't quad, and literally just has to root/nuke singles over and over and med in between, meanwhile the Mage is basically expending just 200 mana for pet and a little more for a small finishing nuke for each mob if he knows what he's doing, and is medding through each fight. A naked Cleric would out-level a naked Wizard, since they'd basically be doing the same thing, (root nuking) but the Cleric has a bunch of other useful tools in the bag, as well.
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