Guild Wars 2

I have made an elementalist and am working on leveling him. The problem i am having is all the builds i find are for level 80 and i am having some trouble surviving. I am currently level 32 and only has access to one trait and do not even have it equipped since i haven’t done the required things to unlock the actual traits i just have the trait point. I have tried a few weapon sets and know i dont really like standing in the back with staff spamming the same things. I also mainly play solo PvE.

I think i have a decent rotation down for spells and i dont have any real trouble 1v1 my problem is mainly when i get to areas where is is near impossible to get a mob 1v1 like mini dungeons or areas for unlocking traits where there is multiple mobs very close together and they all aggro me. I have tried pulling one at a time to me but by the time you get to the third or fourth the original ones seem to spawn right behind me and aggro me.

I have mainly been playing D/D but am open to trying out D/F and S/D as well. I just want to not spend as much time in the downed state if it can be avoided. I usually keep my skills as (signet of restoration, arcane shield, arcane wave, and signet of air/fire) i use signer of air for the movement speed running to different hearts etc. and switch to fire for combat. My general rotation is

Air: 4(to engage mob), 3, 2, 5 (to knock them down and get distance)
Fire: 3 (to reengage), 2, 4, 5, Arcane wave( for might)
Water: 3 (for might) , 4
Earth : 4 (for might), 2
Air: spam 1 till cooldown reset and use arcane shield if i am taking lots of damage.

This seems to work great to take down a single mob 1v1 it is when there are 2-4 of them at the same time. After i finish the rotation the first one is near dead and the AA in air usually finish them off. But while i wait on my cooldowns the other 1-3 typically just down me once arcane shield wears off. Is there any tips or weapon set that will let me survive better. I am pretty comfortable switching attunements and doing combos if there is a better one. I just hate trying to go somewhere to do a “mission” to attempt to unlock a trait or finish a heart where multiple mobs can not be avoided and failing multiple times or having to wait for random other players to come by and follow them through so i dont have to take all the aggro.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

First of all things, try to group mobs up by line of sight then take advantage of your blast aoe to cleave them. Blind is your best active defense at this stage and requires minimal investment. Take either lightning hammer or glyph of storm, instead of either arcane wave or signet of fire. Additionally, get a sigil of energy or buying the Renewing Arcana as soon as you can if you prefer D/x melee play style. The frequent dodge helps tremendously. Lastly, use Earth Elemental as your aggro magnet/ body block/ face tanker.To sum up, you can also contact me, i can give you a couple of minute long mentor session.

While your strategy and rotations are good I think you’re forgetting one very important thing and that is your staff. With staff you can kite kitten all day and unless they have projectiles you can kite as many as you want.

When you get 2 trait points, staff can become especially good with the increased radius on your ground targeted spells.

Also, I’d switch out that arcane wave for ice bow/lightning hammer depending on situation. When you go up against vets/elites/large groups of ranged mobs you can perma blind them with lightning hammer or when you go up against a champ you can freeze them for 5 seconds with ice bow and do a lot of damage before they come to.