Scepter dagger elementalist provides enough additional burst combinations to potentially make up for the loss of survivability by not running focus. I prefer dagger because it is far more offensive. The lack of a panic button makes it more challenging, but there is ways to easily kite from damage. It isn’t going to be a cake walk in competitive play, but with a well built team and a non kittenty ele you should b fine.
Flashinn, Scepter/dagger is mine no one else can havz it.