New to ele!
No one can tell you about ele’s and what works. You have to play and die till you find what works.
Your play style determines your weapon and how you dance though attunements. Also, the situation determines what weapons are best for your play style.
The only now you get good is with practice.
Ele’s are just complex. I personally bounce between traits and styles all the time. I always run 30 into water no matter what. Everything else depends on my mood.
I have a few different exotic armor sets for pve and wvw. For me. I personally haven’t found one spec that is both useful in pve and wvw. To me it’s Ike playing two different characters.
The class is wonderful but there is powerful build snd its 30 water, 20 to 30 arcane and the last ten or so points are up to you.
Other builds are viable but they are very much skill dependent. It is not hard, just takes a bit of practice.
{{80 ele Soap 80 engi Flush}}
Hahaha, so he/she has to figure it out on their own, but they pretty much have to put 30 in water and 20-30 in aracana? Well, there goes the customization part of making a build! lol.
Honestly, you should decide what you want to focus on first. Damage output or survivability? Then you can go from there.
This is my go to build for staff ele in pve
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fEQQFAWhImSbyR4wjDAkHn4CLCFVQRRxM7A;TMAg0CnM+A
(may need to copy paste into browser)
Full berserker set, ruby orbs instead of runes, superior sigil of force or energy.
Spirit of Faith [HOPE] – RIP