Druid charming in perma pits

[Daldaen]

I do it differently than Auvdar. I don't bind there, <3 firepots. I've learned how to get down there through druid voodoo magic.

Secondly I almost NEVER snare anything while killing. Root is more important. It counts as your 1 damage too $$.

Thirdly I almost never use Savage spirit, as I said earlier goal is for your pet to die not for it to kill anything. If I'm FM I will use DS on my pet so that it wears down some of the rooted mobs that are beating on him, since they will be my new pets shortly.

Fourthly I try to have 3-4 mobs on aggro at all times. 1v1 is too slow, safer but still too slow for me to deal with lol. Having 3-4 mobs rooted on a pet at the same time is win.

[aresprophet]

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

I do it differently than Auvdar. I don't bind there, <3 firepots. I've learned how to get down there through druid voodoo magic.

Secondly I almost NEVER snare anything while killing. Root is more important. It counts as your 1 damage too $$.

Thirdly I almost never use Savage spirit, as I said earlier goal is for your pet to die not for it to kill anything. If I'm FM I will use DS on my pet so that it wears down some of the rooted mobs that are beating on him, since they will be my new pets shortly.

Fourthly I try to have 3-4 mobs on aggro at all times. 1v1 is too slow, safer but still too slow for me to deal with lol. Having 3-4 mobs rooted on a pet at the same time is win.

I clear the entire pit in a spawn cycle by using Savage Spirit and Shield of Thorns to allow my pet to kill 2 mobs right around the time it hits 5% health. Each spawn point has a specific-level mob that will pop (one spawn can be one of two mob types) so getting the right one each time is important; too high and charm will break too much, especially at 54-55, but if you don't manage the fight properly (using ES Vambs, mostly) it'll die too fast.

As you can see there are several ways to fight effectively down there, just try stuff until you get a method that works for you. It's not like you won't be killing thousands of mobs, trying something different for a few dozen isn't going to slow you down too much if it turns out to suck.

[Auvdar]

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

I do it differently than Auvdar. I don't bind there, <3 firepots. I've learned how to get down there through druid voodoo magic.

Secondly I almost NEVER snare anything while killing. Root is more important. It counts as your 1 damage too $$.

Thirdly I almost never use Savage spirit, as I said earlier goal is for your pet to die not for it to kill anything. If I'm FM I will use DS on my pet so that it wears down some of the rooted mobs that are beating on him, since they will be my new pets shortly.

Fourthly I try to have 3-4 mobs on aggro at all times. 1v1 is too slow, safer but still too slow for me to deal with lol. Having 3-4 mobs rooted on a pet at the same time is win.

lol PM me your secret since the only way I could figure out how to get down was to use bind [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Besides, never cared about being bound at Firepots on the druid.

With ES Arms and Gloves, I could snare and DoT for free. Savage spirit costs very little and speeds everything up, thorns is also nice and I used it a lot. With SS and Thorns my pet could kill 2 mobs in a row, then afterwards it would be down to less than 10%, drop pet. But for me, being sowed and having everything snared/rooted gave me that "at least im safe if something goes wrong" (read: didn't always happen) feeling.

But just go do it, you will find your own tactic. I still say, esp. if you don't have the Firepot bind spot. I honestly can't think of any real reason I would keep my druid bound at the Firepots at 60. Maybe to check faydedar I guess.

But I did spend 55 - 60 there. Should be fine at 54, charm just may break a bit more. And charm breaks = your biggest hit to mana down there.

[Auvdar]

Just to add, you can also try using fear down there too. Did that for a while, but the pathing is so terribad it gets annoying and I ended up just sticking to my normal method.