I just rolled a new druid with the same intent of charming as much as possible. Wisdom/mana isn't going to be as important as hp/ac, at least until the upper 30s. I went with guard captain's mallet, sarnak battle shield, bronze statue of bathezid, barbed dragonscale boots, 5/55 rings, 25/35 earrings. I think I went 25 wis/5 sta, (also went human), but I'm not exactly sure.
I did Blackburrow into WK bandits till 17, then EK charming to 26. Did two levels in Mistmoore and now I'm heading to CT. It's worth it to get an EB item for the CT gator pit, and it's worth it to deal with the hassle of learning underwater charming. You'll use those skills when you head to Kedge Keep.
Some advice on charm tactics:
Although you should attempt to break charm so you get full xp on both mobs, sometimes that's hard, like when you get an add right after recovering from a charm break. Don't be afraid to let the pet take 50% occasionally.
You can bring a mob to the guard by the bridge, let him knock it down to low hp, then charm, pull away, break and kill. Also good with griffenes/griffons and the guards in NK.
If your dps (and ac) is good enough, you can also keep a long-lived high green or low blue charm pet while face tanking. I'm using a Silvery Belt of Contention for haste. Keep DS up and use Stinging Swarm to help ensure you outdamage your pet. I started doing this when I was closer to leveling out of EK animals, around 20-22, and then used that against the crag spiders till 26.
At lower levels, snare doesn't always last long enough, but as you get higher, make sure to always keep both your pet and the target snared and the target rooted. That will give you more breathing room on charm breaks.
Use treeform whenever you can. It's a super efficient way to regen health. Treeform + recasting sow is 70 mana, and Healing is 100 health for 60 mana. So whenever you're low on both health and mana and will need to med for more than 20 ticks, swap over to treeform.
Charming in EK (or oasis) shouldn't be too hard to get the hang of, but charming in CT can be trickier to get the hang of. I'm happy to come along ingame and give some advice and support when you're trying to learn the zone.
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