Barbarian's don't necessarily have the worst stats...
Having innate high wisdom, at least come kunark, will mean you get the luxury of slapping AC/hp/dex/managear on in certain places without the worry of achieving that "175" wisdom magical number. Strength is unnecessary for a shaman and the return on +stamina isn't as high as a pure tank so you're almost always better off with +hp gear than you are with stamina. Basically, stuff all your points into wisdom, you won't regret that decision when you realize just how much more HP you will have and how much easier it is to get around 170-180wis, even as an evil race.
In terms of gear, iksar shamans are the one race that gets shafted. They can't wear rune-etched and they can't equip JBB, or any jaundiced, actually. The +regen is the same as trolls but iksars get an AC boost, which is great, but unfortunately you'll likely be wearing lower AC gear anyway because of the armor restrictions (at least until they throw iksar armor into the planes).
Trolls have the natural regen which means you have a higher mana regen, and ogres frontal stun immunity (when it comes into play) will be incredible. The troll snare necklace is an overrated item that shouldn't determine the race you pick.
Barbs get the barb hammer, which is basically a JBB for summoning mobs. It doesn't get worse during kunark, it actually gets better. With the dex buffs and dex gear (230dex) I can proc an incredible amount of times per battle and have actually melee solo'd hate/fear trash on my shaman, backing up only to heal. When torpor comes along the need for backing off to heal is negated unless you really grabbed something that you can't handle. But the hammer is just like the snare necklace, something to consider as a bonus and not a reason to pick the race. Barb shamans don't really have any bonuses going for them other than the wisdom boost and not being evil, but imo they look the best and that's quite frankly what matters the most =P
Above all shammies are incredibly gear dependent, so the troll regen and even the ogre stun immunity is trumped by the amount of platinum in your bank, the spells in your spell book and the amount of raid loot you have on you. If you think you can start a shaman, get him to 60 during velious and just start soloing dragons you're sadly mistaken :P
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