I asked the list a while back when I was level 35 about any particular
strategies to solo spectres and as given advice to wait until level 40
before giving it a try. I'm level 39 now, and was cruising through Oasis
and on a whim, ran out to spectre island.

Tambourine in hand, and weaving Aria of Eagles and Accelerando, I targeted
one of the spectres sitting on the corner. I kept a good distance and hit
it with Chant of Flame. I backed off to the shore and waited over in the
plains by the "shelf" near Sro zone. I watched as my target came out of the
water I started to kite him with the 2 chants. I then noticed 2 of his
buddies coming over a ridge. Fortunately, they aren't above level 37, so I
charmed the one I was fighting, and sent him against his buddies.

I happily observed that both of the newcomers started beating on my pet, so
I didn't have to worry about being chased. I kept on eye out for the
healthy one and charmed him when I noticed my pet was getting beat up
pretty well. No problem, 2 died pretty quickly, and I was left with just
kiting the last one who was at full health thanks to his lifetaps.

Kiting is pretty easy as they are slower than molasses. I observed that if
I keep away from them, I hardly got lifetapped. When he was below a bubble
of health he started to run. Unfortunately, he started running just as he
was out of my view. I looked around for him, but he had disappeared and
didn't even show up on track. Evidently, he warped back to the island. As
soon as I went near the island all the spectres aggro'd on me. I zoned as I
wasn't ready to tackle 5.

I went back and hunted them again. I chained them when they ran. If I was
kiting just 1, I chained him instead of using accelerando. Also, I noticed
that the closer I was to the spectre, the less likely he was to resist my
chants. I tested this about two dozen times, but I'm sure John Kim would
disapprove of my sample size. I'll be hunting them more, so I'll keep an
eye on that correlation.

SOW would have been helpful, but it's not necessary.

Lastly, I posted that I thought I saw less of a wobble to our accelerando.
Well with a nice view of myself (instead of in a dark swamp) I
unfortunately see that I still spasm my way across the zone.

Windleaf Mistsong
Clan Battlehammer
Level 39 Balladeer
Bertoxxulous