Guild Wars 2

New to the game within the last few months and ele is my first 80, so please forgive any ignorance on my part. I am having a rough time staying alive with this profession (in dungeons most specifically)! I started out as D/D, but found survivability to be terrible with that combination.

I recently switched to a staff, and I’ve been following DEKeyzToChaos.7381’s advice for a staff ele since then. I went with the well rounded build DEKeyz suggests because I have no interest in being a glass cannon, and I’m wearing mostly Berserker’s gear at the Rare level from tailoring. I’ve tried mixing in pieces with extra toughness but that didn’t seem to help much.

I’m good at staying out of stuff for the most part, but it seems like I’m frequently getting one-shot by certain things in dungeons. Some fights I find myself staying in water attunement so I can soak up as many heals as possible.

Am I missing something? Should I be selecting only defensive skills at this point or is there something I can do with my gear to help? I’d like to stick with the staff if at all possible, because I find it most fun so far. Any help would be amazingly helpful!