Depends — if a summoner had their tank pet out, they may have been able to take it, or at least to run out of range while the pet died behind him. Coercer would simply mez it and run away (after level 10 he’d mez it, charm it, tell it to stay put, then run away, then release the charm once he’s out of leash range). Wizard and warlock could both root it and run or root it and try to root/nuke without their dots.

Though I do agree — my coercer betrayed from Illy in the teens, but the things I was pulling off with my personae at levels 12-14 were very surprisingly awesome. Of course, I feel even more awesome with my coercer, but then, I’m the evil mind-controlling type