Shaman's Role in Instance play

[MongoJerry]

Who else has a ranged spell interruption?  Mages only?  I forgot that spell-interruption was pretty rare until I was playing an alt (and getting spelled to death from afar).  I'll have to try having Earthshock I for minimal mana cost/aggro, as well as my highest level Earthshock for damage as well as interruption later in a fight as it does quite good damage for an instant-cast.

Priests can get the talent spell, Silence, if they invest heavily (21 points) in the shadow tree.

Thanks for the great info.  As far as Totems go:  I don't know about other Shaman's experiences, but I don't find myself dropping too many totems in solo/duo play.

Yep, exactly. But in group play, those totems start becoming valuable, because they benefit several people at once. A shaman who doesn't drop totems is still playing like a soloer. The more you drop totems -- particularly the right totems for the right situations -- the better your party will think of you.

Another very useful totem I forgot to mention is Earthbind that can slow the mobs down for the party and make things much easier on squishy mages and priests when they pull aggro.