I don’t really know what your experience with this class is, but on my Water Staff Elementalist I can keep whole groups up for the entirety of a dungeon boss fight while also contributing decent off-damage with Ice Bow/my other attunements. I feel like Elementalist may be more complex to play effectively than other classes because you can’t really just stack damage stats – but their base numbers are pretty good. It just involves a lot of stance-dancing and utilizing cooldowns effectively. I feel like you also have to make sure you’re using your utility skills correctly and slotting the right ones – there’s a lot of planning and choices to make.