Just so I don't have to read through 20 threads of people asking what the best E/X nuker build is, or what the "best" fire elite is:
Fire attunement
Mind blast
Rodgorts invocation
The others are really optional. You can take stuff like fireball, flame djinns, and immolate for more damage. Go /Mo for rebirth, aegis, or heal party. Go /P for There's nothing to fear. Go /Me if you want Arcane Echo-Meteor Shower. Go /Rt for splinter weapon, ancestors rage, and flesh/death pact. Go /D if you don't trust your monks and want mystic regen (not recommended if you have good monks). Spec into air for gale and blinding flash. Spec into earth for ward against melee/stability wherever needed. General PvE only skills such as pain inverter (bosses), technobabble (non-bosses), great dwarf weapon (physical support), breath of the great dwarf (heal party), finish him (target killer), you move like a dwarf (snare+kd), and I am unstoppable (no kd=nuke more!) are also great to use.
Edit: Because idiots like to flame for little things like me saying go /Mo for rebirth, I included it for completeness, not because I'd personally take it. Rebirth, while horrible on a monk (because they should actively use all 8 skill slots), is strong on a midliner, who can run away from battle and prevent a whole teamwipe (like missions). Having it on an ele makes just as much sense as having it on any other midline caster. You'll be using this outside of battle anyways, and even if you do use it in battle, mind blast can easily get your energy back up much faster than any other caster nearly instantly (so the bigger energy pool lost isn't even an argument).
Comments on different elites:
Mind blast: Decent damage by itself. Essentially infinite energy output to power other big damage or support skills. Has perfect synergy with just about everything. Does slightly less damage than Searing Flames with a standard bar, but provides a lot more party support.
Searing flames: Great damage and AoE. More frontloaded damage than mind blast, but can't keep the large damage output in prolonged battles unless you devote a whole bar to it. This makes it pretty useful for NM but not nearly as powerful for HM.
Savannah Heat: Massive AoE damage with low energy costs. No real support for other skills. AoE causes monsters in HM to scatter and possibly wipe your team.
Mind burn: Massive one target damage, but can't be sustained at all. No easy synergy with other skills due to exhaustion. Can take down a single target easily in NM, but elite becomes completely useless for the entire duration of the mob, and is for the most part completely useless in HM.
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