Elementalist Build PvP/WvW and PvE
for PVE Staff is great for open world, and dungeons. D/D is great for open world, and decent for dungeons. D/F is ok for open world and great in dungeons. S/D is good but I personally never got into it, im still trying. For the most part its good to run with a staff and abuse fire, and break out d/d whenever you feel like going melee. for WVW, D/D is the way to go
Scepter/Focus or Scepter/Dagger Lighting Hammer
You use the fire field from Focus or OH Dagger and your blast finishers to give your team Might and Fury, and then conjure Lighting Hammer for auto attacks.
Generally considered to be the best dungeon build for Ele as it provides great damage and great support. Weakness of this build is that you lose LH and thus a lot of your damage if you get downed.
Fresh Air Dagger/Focus or Dagger/Dagger
You use the fire field from Focus or OH Dagger and your blast finishers to give your team Might and Fury, and then swap to Air to auto attack.
Generally weaker than a Lighting Hammer Ele but less error-prone and more mobile. A great build if you are still a newbie or playing with a PUG.
Fire Staff
Very high damage but less support than the other builds. Synergies well with another profession that has a lot of blast finishers, e.g. a LH Ele.
Good build if you’re the second Ele in a party, usually not advisable if you’re the only one.