General newbie necro questions:

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

3) I don't charm undead for pets. Typically, for charm to be efficient you wind up grabbing a green mob which likely will not be as damaging as your own pet. Also, your cast pet could last longer than the charmed pet going against a blue and above. Charm is resistable, meaning recasting charm; whereas a cast pet is more likely a single cast and therefore more mana efficient. I can think of other reasons why I don't charm a pet and go to work. I prefer to cast a pet and then use that spell slot for a dot, not charm.

Don't write off charm. Charmed pets are much better than summoned pets, they just require a little work. But charm will allow you to break a lot of camps that you otherwise couldn't, the pets are much beefier, and they open options for you that you wouldn't have with a normal pet. Also, duoing with a shaman, druid, or cleric, you can mow through some stuff with the right pet weapons and haste in zones like CoM, Howling Stones, KC.