Picking a race for shaman

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Doing this on my phone so first off I'm sorry if it formats funny.

I have made 7 characters now since I started on p99 and have yet to get higher than 22. I figure I am missing my old live character which was a Shaman but have avoided it due to the massive shaman population. I am over the idea of too many shaman and was looking for a pros/cons list of being a shaman currently. My budget for gear is about 10k so gear advice would be welcome as well.

I will add more when I get home as typing this on my phone is becoming tedious.

Thanks in advance!