Guild Wars 2

I don’t have Tempest unlocked yet. I heard D/D is good for leveling. I also know that Air and Arcane are also good. Still, I would love some recommendations.

For leveling, it’s staff Ele with Fire/Water/Arcane with Berserker gears. Just camp fire and keep a distance. Use mostly fire 1/2/3 and 5 if it’s a big mob and you have people to tank for you.

The point is to kill mob before it touches you. Also, Ele is very gear dependent, upgrade your gears to full Rares every 10 levels.

I would recommend unlocking the Conjure utility skills quickly. They’ll hit like Exotics, which will be amazing early on, and they’ll grant stat bonuses. Their power adjusts with your level, too. Even if the rest of your gear is past its prime, the Conjure will keep rolling with you. The axe, bow, hammer, and greatsword all work well.

Pick up a level-appropriate sigil of speed for your weapons. That will give you superspeed every time you kill an opponent. I also like the sigil of bloodlust for leveling.

As Sunshine mentioned, you’ll do most of your damage in Fire. You’ll be fine with whatever weapon combination you choose, but range can be helpful for players new to this fragile class. I’d probably recommend Staff or Scepter/Focus. If you want to mix it up in melee a bit more, Dagger/Focus or Dagger/Dagger are a lot of fun.

If you just started then it’ll be a while before you can trait any specializations. When you can, I would recommend prioritizing Fire first. It will ramp up your effectiveness quickly. I’d trait it 2-1-2 at the start to give you faster recharge on your Conjures, faster and more damaging fire skills, and might-generation in Fire. With the Conjures, you should be able to stay in Fire and generate a ton of Might for extra damage.

IMO, Fire/air/water with conjure hammer is the best way to lvl in pve.

In PvE lvling, what you want is speed and blinds.
Usin water, air and fire traits that improve your dmg and provide tons of blinds you will have a great solo capacity to most pve stuff.

Here is how it goes:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJArYhUMoAiNNwsB0RMIAY0TYLkJjAQosIKXyQQKA
Use scepter to gather a few mobs, use sandstorm to have AoE blind, swap to water and conjure the lightening hammer. Smack things to your hearts content.

Thank you so much everyone!