Guild Wars 2

So I have been away from the game for 2 years and I have decided to come back and level a fresh Elementalist (Engineer as well). I have looked and searched for some good leveling build advice but everything seems to be before the last few major patches/changes. I am level 21 right now and would appreciate if anyone had some good advice on builds to use as I level. Traits and skills to grab, weapons to use etc. Thanks so much in advance.

Bumping it because I am sure someone out there has some suggestions on where to spend my points early and what weapons are better for leveling.

I will not pretend to be an expert on this (I just leveled an elementalist to 80 in about a week) and I just focused purely on power and precision. The little understanding I had led me to believe that the proper points in fire and earth were going to be enough for me to kite a mob until I could burn it to death.

I had some great success even soloing a few champions on my road to 80. One of the first things I went after were under the Glyph and Cantrip training. Even the lesser elemental was amazing when I bit off more than I could chew. Letting him tank for me was a major boon while I switched back and forth from water/earth and fire. The Cantrip’s just seemed to make kiting/staying alive generally easier.

I hope this helps in some way Good luck!

Doesn’t matter, really. Everything works just fine. You can go with Staf and sit on Fire atunement 80% of your time and do great dmg from distance, or if you want to have more fun go D/D and swap attunements a lot, but you will have a bit harder time keeping yourself alive vs elites. Just avoid Scepter. Go with Power and condition. Some precision would be nice too. Mix your stats and get the best results.
As for traits go Fire and Air, if you want more dmg. Fire is must have for both: D/D/Foc and Staff. another one you should go Arcana or Earth, if you need more survivability.