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I'm just not sold on the Shaman, what makes them so great?
Mail Armor /w Shields (anti-squishy)
Totem of Wrath Stacks (PvE spec'd)
Instant cast 100% to crit chain lightning ever 3 minutes (EM + NS + CL) (PvP spec'd)
Tremor Totems- stacks you are near unfearable
Grounding Totems - Makes mages and warlocks cry
+a crap load of other totems

... and the list goes on and on.
This, plus the simple but underrated fact that when you aren't healing, your 5th toon isn't standing there holding his cod and is actually contributing to the DPS significantly.
Yes! This is why people are so amazed that you can run instances without a tank. A 5 shammy team is doing ~166% of the damage of the traditional tank, 3 dps, healer combo. Typically, the tank is hardly doing damage, and the healer is doing no damage. 5 shammies melt faces.