Do Shamans have a place in end game content?

[Taelas]

Well, let's be honest. A lot of the "hybrid" classes in the game aren't really hybrid.

Resto druids are pure healers - heal leather is worthless for tanking or kittyscratching. Tank druids are pure tanks, covered in +sta/+agi/+dodge and incapable of actually shifting out while tanking (or they get splat). Balance druids in theory have the same kinda-ok-itemization overlap as Elemental Shaman except that they can buff the group OR heal (not both at the same time) and their damage is terrible. Enhancement Shaman are rogues with buffs: their Str/Crit/Hit gear isn't healing anybody. Holy paladins are pure healers, ret paladins wear all Str/Agi/Crit, so on and so forth. Hybrids with the actual ability to hybrid within a fight are rare.

You can wear hybrid gear, but in my opinion, that just makes you suck at two roles at once.