Druid charming questions

[Swish]

50% is the rule, if the charmed pet is doing that much damage you're probably doing something wrong as a druid though. As with necros, stack up the dots...and if you suspect the pet is ahead, pull it off at ~20% and let the dots guarantee the final damage to be yours over 50%.

Charm breaks, its a fact of life... just keep your sow on (enchanters don't have that luxury unless they've got jboots), snare it(?) and recharm.

Rare to see charming being done... kiting/quadding is much more druid-esque from what I've seen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Elamder]

Good questions here. Druid charming is level based and the higher your level, compared to your target the better. Charms break, it's just what happens. At level 25 I was able to charm mammoths in Everfrost and kill another quite easily. Some pulls everything went wrong and I had to root or snare to get things back under control. As I hit 26 and 27 it got easier and easier. Since I do not use DoTs to kill my target my pet does almost 80% of the damage, so I kill my charmed pet. The goal is to get them both down under 20% health and then break the charm. I try to hide first and if that doesn't work, then I cast camo. I always kill my charmed target first, and then the other.

As I said sometimes its frantic trying to get things snared or re-charmed, but if done right I have to cast three spells per 2 mammoths; charm, snare (on the one being killed) and camo.

Also, I always use the highest level charm. At 29 you will get ensnare that lasts forever, not having to worry about snare dropping.

Finally, do not be afraid to fear one to get things under control.

[Nysus]

I always use the lower level charm. I didn't notice any duration difference with the higher level charm and it costs more mana and has a longer cast time.

Be keep your sure target rooted. That way if charm does break you only have 1 thing beating on you instead of two.

And don't forget about the pet back command. I did for a while. ;(