Elementalist in pve
For me, leveling with D/D was pretty easy in terms of taking down mobs and survivability. I use Staff for group events and champions for the most part.
I have a level 80 Warrior as well and in my opinion, the Warrior is superior when soloing.
It seems like the Elementalist profession isn’t as well rounded as the professions that are able to weapon swap, yet, I keep playing Elementalist as my primary. Go figure.
Elementalist is quite easy to level with ice bow and fgs. For solo dungeons, it’s one of the hardest classes to master since they are really squishy and the fgs nerf will make them slower than tankier classes. So, for a solo aspect, they are far behind warrior if you do think there should be a high risk/high reward factor. A mastered ele is a powerful destruction machine, but they are better used in group settings. Their mobility in open world and their burst/dps makes farming 80 zones easier than most classes.