Shamen Vs. Druids as Soloers

[Estu]

Huh, so I guess druids have it pretty rough until 34, just like shamen. My shaman has actually been having a BITCH of a time soloing at levels 11 and 12 - he's just wearing banded, a kite shield, and a fine steel spear. For a bit at 9 and 10 I did dot kiting since I have SoW, but now it's not really worthwhile and I might as well melee; but it takes a lot of time to take down monsters and rest up afterward. I think a quality weapon and maybe some more AC could make a big difference; considering just farming some plat with a necro and then raising the shaman [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]. I was hoping level 14 would be a big boon, too, but I don't get new dots until 19 and the root isn't going to make that big a difference in total amount of time spent killing + medding.