Druid/Paladin duo

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Originally Posted by Taiku [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Once you get that super long snare duration spell (Ensnare?) charming on druid is extremely safe, I would recommend getting some sort of timer thing to watch the duration of it, like n-parse or GINA, I use n-parse. Break your charm (with invis/hide) before snare is up and re-snare/charm. As long as everything is always snared it should be very comfy, just try to avoid charming things that run at SoW speed like griffs, though griffs are probably fine with snare management, too.

Good to know! It's actually not too bad so far. I've experimented with charming a couple different ways last night, and I think the difference between learning charming as a druid vs learning as an enchanter has been night and day. Enchanter never got the luxury of a snare or a SoW.

1. Running around tanking mobs with a DS and a "DPS companion". Just picking a nice hard hitting blue like a griffawn and going to town on all the gorge hounds. I liked this, my twink gear is pretty good on this druid, and I can still tank blues at my level pretty nicely but I know I won't be able to do this forever.

2. The standard tactic; grab a pet, sic it on another animal, try to break charm when they are low. I struggled with this the most. Never knew what to do when a third animal would jump in. Hide didn't always work to break charm and I'd lose half the exp. May have to resort to buying a GGR or something?

3. Creating a "suicide bomber". I'd take one of the lower leveled blue/green animals like a chasm crawler or a griffawn. Then I'd go find something bigger like a crag spider. I'd root the spider, DoT it, and then I'd turn to the pet and give it everything; feral spirit, DS, and then send it in. I'd let the pet die but hope it did plenty of damage before it did. I actually found this tactic pretty fun. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Originally Posted by Taiku [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Edit: Also as far as I'm aware higher level charm spells DO NOT improve your charm break rates, they just let you charm higher levels, you typically want to use the lowest level charm you can get away with, your level difference to the mob you are charming, and CHA for enchanters(not sure for druids!), and target's magic resist are what change the chance of it breaking early. I would recommend always trying to charm the lowest level mob you can use for what you're doing, Especially since you have a paladin tank to take the hits, a lvl 15 mob will be better than trying to charm a level 20 mob that breaks constantly.

I asked about this and druid charming doesn't go off CHA. Which is very fortunate as a halfling. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]