The main reason why they call it not very good is that it isn't reliable. When you are using charm to solo you have one mob charmed and another that is rooted taking dmg. When one of them gets low health (hopefully both) you invis to break charm and then kill the lowest one.
Even at 65% that isn't great because in one round your pet or the rooted mob might die. You want to know for sure that you are going to break charm exactly when you want so you don't loose exp because your pet bites it (or because your rooted mob dies and your pet steals 50% exp). Much better to invis and burn the mana than loose the exp. Hide was definitely a strat just maybe not the best one.
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First let me start by saying that the Overthere is hands down one of the quickest places in existance to do levels 17-24. There are a few ways of going about this, there is fear kiting (detailed in another strategy posted here) which is what I did until I got up enough bravery to test out charm for the first time. The strategy is simple, pick a nearby mob, mes it, tash it, and charm it, then find a mob of similar strength, tash it, and sick your newly found pet upon it. As the fight between the two monsters progresses keep your eye on both the health of your pet and the health of the mob that your pet is fighting. ALWAYS keep the monster that your pet is fighting rooted, this is extremely important as in the case that your charm would break you only have one extremely pissed off mob on you instead of two. If this should occur simply color flux, glance at which of the two beasts has the highest health, and charm it. Nuke as necessary to ensure that your pet does indeed win the fight, however not so much as to end the fight with your pet's health too high (or he'll be a pain to finish off). After your pet has come out victorious simply cast invis (or use your inate hide skill if you're a dark elf), color flux, and nuke. If you know that one nuke won't be enough to kill your former pet than flux, mes, root, and nuke until dead. There ya go, this strategy carried me from the end of level 21 to level 24 in about 2 days, and I imagine it could have been used far before then. Good luck to you all and happy charming!
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I have no evidence of how good hide was but it was obviously a strat that was known and used (also charm was known and used successfully to solo).