I'm actually going to be rolling a shaman alt once I get my main all leveled up. I'm going to be going with a troll for a couple big reasons. First, the troll regen should speed up your downtime overall by a little bit, as you'll heal up that much quicker after a canni for mana. The second big reason is that a troll shaman of Innoruuk can get
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=1254 which, besides not having HORRIBLE stats, also gives you an ability in a snare (albeit a short duration one) that the class doesn't otherwise have.