I'm not sure if this counts as a tip, but elemental can feel a bit rough sometimes levelling/starting out at max level, definitely push through it because it feels much better once you get past that than it used to imo.
I am level 32 doing 5 mans via the finder and quests with a bunch of heirlooms on so going ok. The play style reminds me of Mage so far but i barely have any spells at this stage.