Solon’s Song of the Sirens

A few tips on the best ways to use perhaps the best song that bards are gifted with….

Solon’s Song of the Sirens: Level 27, purchased at Kelethin Bard Guild

Effect: Charms opponents for approximately 10 seconds. Also wipes Damage counter.

Info: Works better when Charisma is high & works better with wind instruments.

There are a few different ways to use this song to its full potential. You can make something your pet and command it. You can enlist a temporary helper. You can stop kill stealing. You can save your Hide!

When you charm a monster or creature of some kind you are able to give it certain commands. The most important ones are /pet attack (your pet will attack whatever you have targeted) and /pet to me (your pet will stop fighting and return to your side). You can also experiment a little with /pet sit and /pet guard me. For a GREAT explanation on how to use these commands effectively and to charm and Kite things, refer to "Wileras’ Charming Guide". (I suggest you practice on Griffawns which are green to you at lvl 27 when you get the song)
I discovered that when out numbered you can use the charm song to enlist an ally for a few seconds. When in Mistmoore at lvl 27, I found myself alone and up against 2 pledge familiars. As they where both hitting me I sang my charm song by accident!! Suddenly the tables had turned and pledge familiar 1 was on my side, I auto-targeted pledge familiar 2 and started whacking away. It’s amazing how quickly pf-2 dies with both pf-1 and myself hitting him. After about 10 seconds, if pf-1 broke the charm I would target him again quickly and sing charm song again and repeat. Once pf-2 was dead I simply waited until pf-1 broke charm and then it was a one on one fight which is much, much easier.

This works great because when you’re in the middle of melee you don’t have to give "/pet commands". Once charmed your pet goes into guard mode, which means he will attack anything that hits you.

After a bit of practice you will find that you can take down 2 pledge familiars or two initiate familiars on your own very safely!! I am sure that this method could come into play in many situations but I used to do it lots in Mistmoore.

TIP: If you have more then 2 opponents try charming the first one, attacking the second one, and singing Kelin’s Lucid Lullaby. This will make the others stand around with the occasional hit, but for the most part they are waiting for there turn to die. Pf-1 breaks the charm, you target pf-1, stop lullaby and re-charm him, the start up lullaby again. On more then one occasion I took out 3-4 blue’s on my own… although it is hard… so stay near the zone okay? J

Stopping kill stealing is another amazing feature of our beloved charm song. The beauty of our song that makes it so powerful is that it wipes the damage counter. What I mean by this is that if a wizard damages it into an inch of its life and you charm it just before it dies, then the wizards hits mean nothing as far as "getting the kill" goes. Once it breaks the charm, one person will hit it and it will die and they will get all the experience. This skill can also be used in power leveling. For example: Try taking a lvl 5 friend out to Karana plains. Find something that’s green to you but red to your little friend. Start fighting the thing, and just as its about to die, charm it. Once it breaks the charm allow your little friend to finish it off on his/her own. The lvl 5 will then get experience for solo killing something that cons red to them!!

Last of all you can save your hide. When in danger and life is low, charm whatever your fighting and then heal yourself while it simple stands there. You can save group member as well like this, however when you are grouped be careful not to charm something that a caster is about to blast, you will quickly lose friends because all casters HATE wasting their mana. (by the way did I mention when something is charmed, other player characters cannot hit it?) Anyway this song can be used to save yourself although I personally prefer to sing FEAR song (lvl 26) and then run fast to the zone J

Well that’s about all I have to offer… I hope the info helps you out a bit and I hope you come up with some methods of your own. Charming is a POWERFUL song when used properly and you will go far using it.