You guys are all proposing a false dilemma. The choice is not between CHA and INT. If it was, I'd go cha all the way unless I was fighting L56+ mobs when Rapture is useful (its a huge manahog). I don't think its a huge difference but I would trade 500 max mana for a 10% increase in charm durations and not think twice about it (5% I'd have to consider a bit but I'd probably do it).
The choice is between CHA and HP. And I am firmly on the side of HP there. When you start charming L50+ mobs with weapons and epic haste against L55+ mobs that hit for 200+ . . . you need HP and AC. Loraen has 75 starting CHA and just epic+insidious halo+sky shoulders+sky neck+buff gets him to 180. Throw in the CHA you get from a Hiero cloak and random hate pieces and you'll hit 200 without trying, and after that my personal opinion is HP/AC all the way.
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