Melee as shaman

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Melee Shaman works well, and Shamans can slow tank very well once you get your good slow in the 30s. I slow tanked MM and COM. You are a force if you duo with a rogue or monk and just slow tank. Also if you roll a Barbarian, a BarB spiritits hammer makes a melee shaman a blast from 35 (when it starts proccing). You will use this your entire life, I still use it when soloing targets at 60. Other shaman races can get a VP weapon, smoldering cudgel, which serves the same purpose.

Of course, if you are in a group, often you will be too busy casting, canni dancing, and medding to melee, and your DPS output from melee outside of proc weapons won't be huge since you never get double attack or high weapon skills.