Keep in mind that monk/shaman is actually not that great at lower levels. The reason it is so strong at higher levels is 1) with shaman slow the mobs do so little damage that dps is all that matters and 2) both classes have very easy epics.
So at L50 for example the monk is dual wielding 9/16+15/25 with 230+ offense/weapon skills compared to the warrior with 10/21+10/21 and fewer double attacks, fewer dual wields, more misses etc, so the monk probably does 50% more damage. Now by 60 warrior/shaman is actually quite solid, because the warrior's skill checks have caught up with the monk as well as getting triple attack. So if the warrior has some decent VP weapons (say 11/18 Feverblade+18/30 Katana of Endurance) then suddenly dps wise things are quite close. Of course by then your xp rate doesn't matter
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