Try beating a mage that gets 2 energy shields up, one before the fight, then another when that one breaksYeah energy shield is awesome, but druids still stand a chance of surviving. They could use natures embrace, ward of magic, ice and fire.
Then they use abuncance and shield of bark. Then they use wind so the mage melee would miss a lot of times.
Usually, i wait until the shield breaks up and then attack. Im using a druid atm. but a lvl 60 friend soloed kiara with energy shield and he won

I will let at least one punch land after every spell I cast.
I am only lvl 121, but I don't think there is a druid, let alone anyone on the server (minus rangers who bolas), who can beat me in dueling, except other mages. And I'm not even built for dueling. My lures are set for leveling. A dueling mage maxes his or her lures.