Shadow Full Magic vs Witch

I am very very new, played a little bit a couple of months ago and I am downloading the game again because I would like to see if it got any better, my question is simple:

If I play a shadow and fully spec into magic will I be noticeably weaker than a witch ?

Before anyone asks I don't want to play a witch because I don't play female characters, not a male chauvinist, I just can't live myself into my character if its a female toon.

Is the shadow at the left of the witch or the right ? If its on the left then no. But even if its on the right I'm goin to say no.

My power charge witch on standard is specced to the start of three classes starting point.

And my power charge witch on anarchy is specced to the start of the one on the left.

In the beginning you will notice it to be harder to just spam spells. But once you get into the "tree" of the Witch you can start doing magic for real. As a Shadow your magic should be focusing on crits and speed though. So Lightning spells are good candidates.

Thanks guys very informative, ok Lightning focused shadow here we go :)

They are more or less the same regarding starting trees. I´d say that the witch´s start is more costly, but also offers some nice mana nodes which the shadow doesn´t have. That´s about it.

You can also do a crit freezing pulse build.

My crit chance with 7 power charges up is around 70%