Help my Shaman: How should I kill things?

[Sillyturtle]

So I'm playing in <Auld Lang Syne> which means all my gear has to be self found. I'm wearing full banded and have Jewelery up to 170 skill, so some fairly useful pieces. I also have a Midnight Mallet as my weapon. I'm level 22.

I think I'm stuck between the areas of when my melee was decent enough to fight 1v1 andwhen my spells really start to be useful and I'm starting to have a lot of trouble.

For example, I'm out on the Gargoyle island in The Ocean of Tears and it's taking 80% of a mana bar to kill a blue con gargoyle. I've tried opening with Malaise and then rooting for full duration root, then throwing disease on it, but it'll barely be down to 70% before the root breaks.

What do you veteran Barbarisn suggest?