The only way a druid can beat a shaman is if he runs them OOM.
A shaman should try to force melee as quickly as possible, this puts pressure on the druid to force heals out as a wolf pet + shaman melee + slam interrupts can quickly put a druid on the defensive.
If the druid has a powerful summoned pet up, it should give him the edge, this is because the shaman is forced to root the pet first(assuming the druid buff stacked and charmed to prevent 1 cast charm dispel).
This basically means the druid can now root/snare the shaman pet, and then focus on curing any dots on the shaman while trying to deep stack some good MR dots buy loading the weaker ones on first(less mana lost if dispelled).
It's definitely a back and forth style of battle, but the druid is at a disadvantage (in my opinion), as they are simply a weaker dueling class vs. the shaman without a charmed pet. This means it requires situational preparation by the druid to match the Shamans power.
If we are talking Kunark era, I have to say the Shaman is significantly more powerful IF they have torpor. Torpors heal is absolutely nuts for a druid to try and burst through, the shaman can probably just /pet attack and chain pell the druid with torpor back stacked and then click off a few junk buffs to take care of any drifting death etc...
Fun topic and reminded me of a lot of VZTZ fights.
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