Yes, actually. You just need to stack +mana gear instead of +wis and you'd be golden.
As i stated in this thread before, I've played a shaman on live and am playing one here, but when it comes to a first character you're almost certainly better off with a druid.
Shamans are incredibly versatile in group/solo situations, and even more so on raids, but they're also hard to master and play correctly. It's not a class for the lazy, and the player should be mashing more keys than a bard twisting 4 to truly use a shammy to its full potential.
I made the choice of going necro for my first char because they level incredibly quick and aren't very gear dependent (or at all, really). This allowed me to spend about 50k on the shaman before it even dinged level 2, which helped immensely. If you don't have that sort of funding you should expect somewhat of a struggle to level 34.
EDIT: if you're going for a solo shammy, i think ogre is absolutely the way to go. Stun immunity is critical when trying to land that timely torpor/root.
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