Cleric: Root - Calm - Atone (or atone stick) questions

[stebbins99]

Hello everyone,

I've read some some excellent posts from Mcoy and others on using this tactic-- the "Root - Calm - Atone" -- to get your cleric "into" places (ie dungeons).

My cleric is now 46 and has his atone stick. My question is regarding the middle step, *Calm*

Namely, why use Calm instead of Lull or Soothe (lower-level versions) or Pacify (lvl 39)? Is Calm uniquely qualified for this purpose? Would love some insight on this!

Second question: when doing the root-calm-atone, does the mob have to be at its spawn point in order for this to work? Or, can it work anywhere? (ie a mob chased me around a corner) I can test this second one out on my own but figured I'd ask whilst here in the Priest forums. Thanks guys!